Eclipse 6 is a six person group from Utah who create all their music a cappella. No instruments are used but the human voice, which is quite remarkable. Here are three samples of their work, two traditional hymns and a modern country tune that should be one as well.
Read MoreThe Psalms Project is a band setting all 150 Psalms to music in their entirety, including the essential meaning of every verse, a marriage of King David’s vision with modern worship music. The Psalms Project is led by singer/songwriter/producer Shane Heilman, who has collaborated with over 70 musicians thus far.
Read MoreThe Kingdom Choir, a collective from London, England sings performs and records songs that inspire and unify people. In December 2020, The Kingdom Choir held a very special performance at The Treehouse Hotel, dedicated to all NHS staff who have worked above and beyond this year in caring for those suffering from COVID19.
Read MoreFormed of individual singers and performers from in and around London, England, The Kingdom Choir is a group of like-minded artists dedicated to creating a sound that demonstrates the community they share. The Kingdom Choir has been performing up and down the country and all around the world for over 20 years. They are perhaps best known for performing at the British royal wedding, May, 2018, ‘Stand by Me.’
Read MoreYes, there were terrible things in the news this week and every week, but, Louis Armstrong, who knew some trouble in his time, offers us this ode to beauty and hopefulness that always seems to lighten the spirit. It is perhaps the musical version of ‘Rejoice in the day and be glad.’
Read MoreThe idea that songs can bring redemption has echoed down the centuries. The wretch that was saved in “Amazing Grace” was rescued from Hell by a song – “how sweet the sound.” The appalling crime he’d committed was the same crime that afflicted Bob Marley in his “Redemption Song”: the writer of “Amazing Grace” was a slaver; Bob Marley was a descendant of slaves.
Read MoreThe Stellenbosch University Choir is a choir affiliated with Stellenbosch University. Founded in 1936, it is the oldest choir in South Africa. The choir is viewed as a leading South African choral ensemble and has toured overseas extensively where it has won critical acclaim for its performances. Currently the US Choir is ranked number 1 on the Interkultur World Ranking List of the top 1000 international choirs.
Read More“The river in my song is a metaphor for being born again." The song was inspired by the traditional American spiritual "Down To The River To Pray," which was famously covered by Alison Krauss for the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? Bridges heard the tune at one of his local open mics. "It just really amazed me," he told Spin. "And it helped me find God in my story."
Read MoreMary Oliver saw the fingerprint of the divine in every detail of nature, marrying her love for all things alive with her search to make sense of the world. Here she reads from her own poetry.
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Read MoreMary Oliver was a woman of such deep faith in the goodness of things. A Pulitzer prize winner at a young age, Mary spent her life asking the deeper questions of life, searching out the answers through her affinity with the natural world, a place she had retreated to during a difficult childhood. She saw the fingerprint of the divine in every detail of nature. .
Read MoreAfrica Rise is a signature Mzansi Youth Choir song and was composed for the 2015/2016 AVBOB media campaign. The Zulu lyrics translate to: “Let us show respect, tolerance, compassion and above all love for our fellow brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers of Africa. We are Africa and we are one family.”
Read MoreA hymn composed by Katherine Davis. Sung in the video by Lebanon County Youth Chorus, from their album 'Somewhere in the Skies.'
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