All in all, The Frye Family Band reaches its audience with appealing lyrics, arrangements and a good blend of voices.

 

The Frye Family Band - Reclamation

Artists: Tom Frye (vocals, guitar), Maggie Frye (vocals), Kaylyn Frye (vocals), Jonathon Frye (vocals), Nate Dugger (Guitar), Matt Stanfield (keyboards), James Gregory (bass), Stephen Gause (percussion)
Oubache Music 8-88295-28269-7 (2015)
6 Tracks
30 minutes
www.FryeFamilyBand.net

 

Frye Family Band has been writing music and touring for years. The children were home schooled. It is a close-knit family group with Tom (Dad), Lisa  (Mom), and children Maggie, Kaylyn and Jonathon.  Now, the children are older and heading for college, so the context of the band changes. The family still writes their music and it is inspirational and reaches out to the audience. With five tracks on the CD “Reclamation,” you get the flavor of the band, and there is an extra song by Tom Frye included. 

 

“Creation’s Song”  is the first on the CD, with lyrics of “Earth would sing His praise…Alleluia.” “All In,” sung by the girls in the band, has an appealing, softer arrangement that speaks of “where He leads me, I will follow…and I'm All In.”  “Song of Hope,” which should trade  places with “Creation’s Song” and be Number One on the CD, is about dealing with insecurity. “I am my Father’s and He is mine…sin and death is not on me.”

 

“You are God” is thankfulness, while “Broken Places”  is about giving hope in the “broken places.” God “…hears every cry and calls you by name.”  The extra one on the CD, “Completely Yours,” has a freshness to it and it sung by the ladies in the group. “I want to be completely yours…take my life and set me free.” There is a good blend here of voices and instruments.

 

All in all, The Frye Family Band reaches its audience with appealing lyrics, arrangements and a good blend of voices. The family also has published a book of devotions called “101 Devotions For Busy Families” that has been  reviewed at Phantom Tollbooth.

 

Copyright 2015 Marie Asner