On the surface Soaring melodies, strong vocals, synths and guitars galore, and the ability to make you feel something (even if you're not sure what that something is..!). A great album for singing in the car or while cooking the dinner. Background Hillsong is a bit of a mix of…
On the surface.. The temptation is to be too gushing about this album, because it is quite possibly the best songs-for-church album I've heard in a long time. Strong melodies, awesome words, and a really well produced album. It focusses on the ideas of endurance in hard times, dwelling on…
On the surface… This is a well put together album. Perhaps noticing how online streaming has changed how we listen, the Getty’s have this time released a short album- just 8 tracks in total, and they’ve done them well. Well produced, slick and accessible. Interesting to listen to, but not…
On the surface… This sounds like your standard contemporary christian album. Lots of rocking guitars and synths and strong bass and drums. Catchy riffs and sing loud in the car moments. We historically have some awesome songs from Tomlin (how great is our God, our chains are gone, Our God,…
Church is awesome. It’s the place to be encouraged, to learn, to build each other up. To make friends and find our support. To sing and pray and rejoice and mourn and find a weird and wonderful family to help us run the race to the end. But as most…
Young teens (11-14s) are a group I think can sometimes struggle with singing. They’re at the stage where they’re often incredibly self-conscious and many are desperate for approval from their peers. They may be tempted to think that singing about Jesus isn’t cool or for them. But this is such…
We had a brilliant week last week in the Barbican with the Proc Trust, hearing wonderful, encouraging teaching, and being blown away with the sound of so many singing their hearts out! The songs we sang together were mostly well known, but if any were new to you, here are…
Sometimes its helpful to think a little deeper about the hymns and songs that we sing. So we asked Daniel Johnson to give us some historical and theological background to this Isaac Watts classic that has been recently adapted by the Gettys. We hope you find this interesting and helpful.…
Recently we emailed a number of music directors around the UK and asked what songs they had been teaching over the last few months in their churches. We hope the list below and the Spotify playlist will give you some inspiration in the coming weeks and months. Obviously with lists…
Got some free time on the sofa this week? Why not listen Reuben Hunter's awesome talks from last month’s Word in Song conference in London? We had a great day's training together and these Bible talks from 1 Peter 1 are such an encouragement for you and any church musicians,…
Last week at our Music Leaders Training, we spent some time reviewing the book “Sing!” by Keith and Kristyn Getty. Published this year, and launched at their inaugural “Sing!” conference, “Sing!” is a short book, “…about singing together as the church in a way that impacts all of your life.”…
Here are all the songs we are singing at EMA 2017, including links to recordings and sheet music. For sheet music for those not listed, see Songselect Tuesday 27th June Song 1: Tell out my soul Song 2: Before the throne - Listen - sheet music Song 3: Be…