Quick Takes
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| Group/Artist |
Album (Label) |
Style |
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Note This |
Lyric Sample |
| Clay Crosse |
Stained Glass (Reunion) |
r&b-flavored, inspirational pop |
Bryan Duncan, Bob Carlisle, Michael Bolton |
tunes of hope and spiritual challenge sung with soulful passion |
So many churches and denominations/ Got their opinions … / And statements and beliefs … /But as far as I recall/ I do believe it all/ Comes down to a man dying on a cross/ Saving the world/ Rising from the dead … / Loving everyone He saw —"Saving the World" |
| Eager |
Eager (Questar Mission) |
modern rock |
PFR with a dose of Soundgarden |
PFR's Patrick Andrew formed this band after PFR's breakup. |
You can't hold the sun/ You can't stop the rain/ All you've left to do is/Hold the hand that can —"The Hand That Can" |
| The Insyderz |
Motor City Ska (Gumshoe) |
ska |
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Five Iron Frenzy, Supertones |
another upbeat ska band for those growing numbers of ska fans |
I can see the emptiness in your eyes/ Your lack and want of Christ is no disguise/ In life's struggles you lose your nerve/ Choose this day whom you
will serve —"Walking Dead" |
| Phil Keaggy, Wes King, Scott Dente |
Invention (Sparrow) |
guitar-driven pop, rock, jazz, classical and more |
no comparison |
seven instrumentals and four vocal tunes from three truly masterful guitarist-songwriters |
Lord, You know the real me /I know You see right through me /Make me as You see me/ As You see me through these days —"More to Be Revealed" |
| Miss Angie |
100 Million Eyeballs (Myrrh) |
aggressive, beat-driven modern rock |
Cardigans, Veruca Salt, Cranberries, Fleming & John, B-52's |
for "eye-opening" insight into the album's title (and title tune), see Revelation 4:6-8 |
Where mourning dawns/ And evening fades/ You call for songs of joy/ I will be glad to sing of Jesus —"Satisfied" |
| Chris Rice |
Deep Enough to Dream (Rocketown) |
light pop |
James Taylor, Rich Mullins, Steven Curtis Chapman |
the first signed artist on Michael W. Smith's new Rocketown label |
I get so clumsy/ I get so foolish/ I get so stupid/ And then I feel so useless/ But You're sayin' You love me … / And that You wanna be near me /'Cause You're makin' me holy — ("Clumsy") |
| Smalltown Poets |
Smalltown Poets (ForeFront) |
southern-flavored roots rock |
Wallflowers, Jars of Clay, The Waiting |
songwriter Michael Johnston discovered his talent for lyric-writing in his high school creative-writing class |
Never failing, ever hoping/ Seeking to preserve/ It always is giving/ Often beyond words/ And when there's nothing left to say/ Love has a voice —"If You'll Let Me Love You" |
| Strongarm |
The Advent of a Miracle (Tooth & Nail) |
hardcore |
Earth Crisis, Unashamed |
intense! intense!! intense!!! |
The filth and the shame, they all wash away/ For you, Christ, will clean the slate —"Advent of a Miracle" |
Thanks to these readers for their help with this edition of "Quick Takes": SuzAnne Bradaric (Cypress, CA), Meredith Crowley (Piedmont, AL), Christine Duchac (Sidney, OH), Nikki Dugan (Bloomington, MN), Elizabeth Evans (Palos Hills, IL), Missi Hegland (Portland, OR), Natasha Hodges (Dallas, OR), David Kinton (Henderson, NC), Megan Knouff (Fayetteville, OH), Tomas Mackey (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Michelle McCloskey (Montesano, WA), Michelle Oden (Casper, WY), Meghan Rhodes (Goodview, VA), Elizabeth Riegel (Mableton, GA), Jason Shaffner (Syracuse, NY), Rachel Schlabach (Cincinnati, OH), Elisa Vannice (Phoenix, AZ), Katie-Jean Willis (Bellevue, WA), Daniel Winn (Franklin, KY), Sylvia Worley (Franklinville, NJ), Courtney Zimmer (Courtland, VA).
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