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Tim HugHes
Love Shine Through (Kingsway)
FOR FANS OF: Martin Smith, Matt Redman
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Tim Hughes first
studio album in four
years reads like a
veritable worship All-
Star game given the
players and co-writers
involved. Yet Hughes
signature melodic
touch stands taller on Love Shine Through
with beautiful refrains on “Counting on Your
Name” and “Never Stop Singing.” Artists
like Phil Wickham, Martin Smith and others
might enhance the landscape, but Hughes is a
worship powerhouse on his own.
–Matt Conner
WE LIKE: “Counting On Your Name”
sTuarT Townend
The Journey (Kingsway)
FOR FANS OF: Robin Mark, Keith & Kristyn Getty,
Audrey Assad
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Taking Psalm 81
to heart, famed
worship songwriter
Stuart Townend (“In
Christ Alone,” “The
Power of the Cross”)
incorporates bright
horns, clanging
cymbals, scurrying strings and pedaled
accordions to strike up a colorful chorus of
worship on his latest full-length. Sometimes
boisterous, The Journey is overwhelmingly
tender, using slow-rolling banjos, gentle
fiddles and dobros to address subject matter
both holy and human, while imbuing his
gracious hymnody with gentle reminders of
redemption through Christ.
–Andrew Greer
WE LIKE: “By Faith”
dave & Jess ray
Music For the Radio (Independent)
FOR FANS OF: MercyMe, Meredith Andrews,
Tenth Avenue North
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With every penny
earned benefiting
Aid Sudan’s Radio
Station Project, the
espoused Houstonian
worship leaders
soak an impacting
six-song tracklist with
compelling pop energy and faith-in-action
lyrics. Effectively alternating lead vocals,
the Ray’s proclaim faith in a way that is both
radio-ready and yet starkly poignant, best
exampled in album closer “Into the Night”:
Who will follow as our Savior leads/We must
love each other not with words/But with action
and the proof of deeds.
–Andrew Greer
WE LIKE: “Into the Night”
Tricia Brock
The Road (INO Records)
FOR FANS OF: Superchick
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For any Tricia Brock
fans worried for the
solo apple as it falls
from the Superchick
tree, you need
not. The beautiful
melodies, immediate
hooks and resonant
lyrics pervading Brock’s solo debut, The
Road, make the album an instant hit.
Beginning to end, The Road is a dynamite
release and this large bandwagon is
intended for far more than Superchick fans
already in-house.
–Matt Conner
WE LIKE: “Breath of God”
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