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Runners' Up Billy Bragg  - Mr Love & Justice Derek Webb/Sandra McCracken - Ampersand (EP)

Admiral Twin - The Center of the Universe  (last updated 4/21/08)

Ever wonder what became of the odd, quirky indie band the Mellowdramatic Wallflowers? 

Canadian worship leader's sophomore album fights to find a place.

The talented bluesman also expands upon the gospel flavor that slightly graced Diamond Days.

Timeless and comfortably settled... Blue Highway have created a gorgeous album.

Stocki reviews Billy Bragg's new album and finds God all over the songs of an athiest...

Stellar Stone

Coriolis, formerly known as Thundara, is a synth-metal project based in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Stocki reviews the new Counting Crows album and finds it more authentic than recent releases...

Praise and worship with a wonderful pop sensibility.

Stocki reviews what he believes is the most vital Delirious? album to date...

This Winnipeg, Manitoba indie-alt rock band has the chops to make a dent in the broad musical landscape of this digital age we are immersed in.

If you're a fan of emo rock this record will get you hopping.

Brilliant song-writing and occasionally high-energy soft rock from the former Marillion frontman.

Julie Gribble is one of those singer/songwriter types that will convince you she's bound for stardom if given the right breaks.

Heath Street is a band named after a neighborhood in suburban Boston, MA. Their style remind me a lot of another Boston recording group, the folk duo Harrod and Funck.

Gritty rock and roll from Knoxville, TN,

Top-notch artistry with gentle wisdom that is quietly compelling

Let's clear one thing up right away: the only way this is King's X's fifteenth album is if you count the Atlantic Records promo only release of Building Blox.  Either someone can't count, or the title means something else.

Leeland continues to take steps in the right direction with Opposite Way…..

Bob Levis might be the best blues player you’ve never heard of……

Frantic retro punk?  70's Brit pop?  Garage blues rock? 

If you like Sarah McLachlan, Dido, or Enya and were searching for a christian singer/songwriter that is comparable to that style…look no farther!

Two years ago, Mandisa made a splash on American Idol.

Keeping the tradition of gospel-blues rock vibrant and “down home.

Texas-based duo Monk and Neagle is often accused of falling into the John Mayer/Jack Johnson/Jason Mraz niche.

When you see an album title like _Death of the Avante-Garde_ you expect something unique, and perhaps a little pretentious too.

Out of Ruin sound like a band that aren't exactly sure what they want to be.

Forget placing a label on this group.  Too many styles, too many different subreferences, too many influences to narrow down.

Ty Tabor may bring the Beatlesque melodies and the guitar tone to King's X, but dUg Pinnick brings the grit and the heaviness.

High energy and pure fun for young people

REM apply for the biggest band in the world again... How do they do?

Re:Zound does it well, but hundreds of other bands do it just as well or better.

Happy synth-laden music.

This collection lives up to its name.

Standing Small - Oh Sweet Child  (last updated 4/24/08)

This fine Cd merges first-rate mainstream rock with Psalm like lyrics

One listen, is all that is needed, and you will become addicted!!!

An excellent example of the power and potential of contemporary, corporate worship.

Soulful praise and worship from a gifted veteran

My hope is that they think about a full release, and touring together, and that this isn't a one off.
 

Blind Boys of Alabama - Down in New Orleans (last updated 5/7/08)

While this won’t go down as the best Blind Boys disc – age has left its mark on their vocal chords, despite the band’s best intentions - it is filled with big songs and shows a fresh, jazzy aspect to their work as living legends of gospel.

This is the ideal complement to Jesus and Justice and Sugar Queen.

It all adds up to a world music extravaganza of talent, strings and styles; one that is easy to enjoy and which gets better the more that you hear it.

It should particularly appeal to those who enjoy bands like Steeleye Span, Renaissance and Iona.

No histrionics here, just a bunch of quirky, charming, summer evening tunes.

Stocki reviews the Tribute album for Ballymena's most successful songwriter David McWilliams and sees a plethora of revelations...
 

Writers' Picks for 2007

April 2008

• Jon Foreman - Fall/Winter
• Kirk Franklin - The Fight of My Life
• Delirious? - Kingdom of Comfor

• Carrie Newcomer - The Geography of Light
• Bodeans - Still
• Laura Story - Great God Who Saves

• Delirious? - Fusebox
• Neal Morse - ? Live
• Plumb - Blink
• Swirling Eddies - The Midget, The Speck & The Molecule

• Aradhna - Amrit Vani
• Blind Boys of Alabama - Go Tell it on the Mountain

December 2007

• Kevin Max - The Blood
• Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child
• Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
• Radiohead - In Rainbows

• Caedmon's Call - Overdressed
• Glass Hammer - Culture of Ascent
• Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
• Bruce Springsteen - Magic

October 2007

• Mark Olson - The Salvation Blues
• Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child
• Mike Farris - Salvation in Lights
• Jonathan Rundman - The Best of Jonathan Rundman: 20 Songs from the 20th Century

• Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music DVD
• Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
• Mike Farris - Salvation in Lights
• Various - Glory Revealed