Yay! Let’s talk about our fave bands and artists that we think are the coolest and want to talk about but can’t start a whole thread about each one so we can just come here and be happy!!
So what are we waiting for??
I’ll begin with Sanctus Real and Leeland.
They are two of my all-time favoritest bands, and get this: They are both supposed to be at Night of Joy in Orlando this year, both on the same night, and even better, the same night my youth group is planning to go to it!!!! AWESOMENESS!!!!!!!
Lately, Future of Forestry, downhere and Jars of Clay are my top 3 favorites (Leeland & Sanctus Real are probably 4 and 5). As for top 10 all-time favorites my list is:
1)Shaun Groves
2)Matt Redman
3)downhere
4)Jars of Clay
5)Mercy Me
6)Newsboys
7)Jeremy Camp
8)dc Talk
9)Third Day
10)Casting Crowns
Tough list, I had to leave out Todd Agnew, Delirious and David Crowder, but they are also right there for me.
Bandwise I like Alathea, Enter the Haggis, Relient K, Switchfoot, Taylor Sorensen and the Trigger Code and from the good old days of CCM, I still love Mylon LeFevre and Broken Heart.
Favorite voices belong to George Rowe, Rick Elias and Taylor Sorensen. Those guys could open up a phone book and start singing the names to me and I would be happy.
George and Alathea are both indie. G tours around the country at big churches and did a beautiful series of performances for Christmas last year. http://www.myspace.com/georgerowe
And Alathea just came out with a fantastic new CD called “My Groots Go Deeper.” It’s their best one yet--a new level of sophistication. You have to check out their Myspace and sample the songs! http://www.myspace.com/alatheamusic . It’s just Mandee and Cristi now; Carrie left the group about a year ago, after she got married and moved to Nashville. Mandee and Cristi are still in Unicoi, TN. The big goal is to get them on A Prairie Home Companion. I told them when they get booked, I’ll go up with them to St. Paul to cheer my head off.
Aw, I don’t get TBN on my cable. The cable system is leeching away one station at a time and moving them to the digital tier. As long as I still have my Bravo and A&E though, I won’t upgrade.
I love Christy Nockels, Andrew Peterson, Shaun Groves, uh, and some not Christian stuff like Counting Crows and Sarah McLachlan.
Great choices. I also love Christy Nockels and Sarah McLachlan. Along the lines of Nancy’s point on who could sing me the phone book, my top 15 favorite female singers are:
1)Sarah McLachlan
2)Andrea Corr
3)Tiffany Arbuckle
4)Amy Lee
5)Christy Nockels
6)Nichole Nordeman
7)Amy Grant
8)Mandy Moore
9)Adrienne Camp
10)Bethany Dillon
11)Sheryl Crow
12)Jewel
13)Ginny Owens
14)Michelle Branch
15)Anna Nalick
Again, tough list. Jaci Velasquez, Dido, Faith Hill, Natalie Imbruglia and LeAnn Rimes are also right there for me.
Ooh, it would be hard for me to choose favorite vocalists. I’ll just list them randomly:
guys--
Matt Hammitt (sanctus real)
Kevin Max
Nate Sallie
Shaun Groves
Jeremy Camp
Phil Collins (I don’t actually listen to his music, I’ve just heard him singing on the Tarzan movies )
gals--
Nicole Nordeman
Tricia [?] and Melissa (superchick)
Rachael Lampa
Cricket (my youth worship leader; she’s got a pretty voice)
I’m sure there’s more. But I’m not gonna name any more for now.
Anyone here fans of Mutemath? They’ve got some pretty cool music. You should see their latest music video “Typical.” It’s the most unique video I think I’ve ever seen.
It’s like, they were filmed singing and playing everything backwards, then the video was made to play backwards so that it looked like everything was going forwards except the things they look like they’re doing are physically impossible to do unless your tape was being played backwards!!!
In short, it’s a very creative video that you’re likely to enjoy even if you aren’t into that type of music.
Yes, MuteMath is great. I like their style and you are right, that video is cool. Also, I’ve been thinking of who my favorite male singers are and I need to break them into secular and Christian. So, here are my top 20 favorite Christian male singers:
1)Shaun Groves
2)Marc Martel (downhere)
3)Mark Hall (Casting Crowns)
4)Mac Powell (Third Day)
5)Steven Curtis Chapman
6)Kevin Max (dc Talk)
7)Matthew West
8)Jeremy Camp
9)Bebo Norman
10)Phil Wickham
11)Bart Millard (MercyMe)
12)Jadon Lavik
13)Mark Harris (4Him)
14)Eric Owyoung (Future of Forestry)
15)Chris Rice
16)Mike Weaver (Big Daddy Weave)
17)Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real)
18)Matt Redman/Martin Smith (tie)
19)Michael Olson
20)Aaron Shust
chris rice. shaun - a given! christy nockels/watermark. ginny owens. sara groves. chris tomlin. mac powell/third day. elizabeth hunnicutt (indie from mn). michael olson. phillips craig and dean. mark schutlz. some mercyme.
Well, Shaun of course. Then (not in any particular order), Kutless, Salvador, Third Day, Switchfoot, some Newsboys, some Toby Mac, Michael Olson, Leeland, MWS, Aaron Shust, Chris Rice, Hyper Static Union, and then there’s the whole secular list from Peter Frampton to Led Zeppelin, to Pink Floyd, Rush, Journey, etc.
Jason Gray has a rather nice voice, in a different way. Anyone else like the song “Blessed Be?” It’s so sweet.
Mary Ann,
Yes, I really do like the Jason Gray song “Blessed Be”. His CD “All the Lovely Losers” is another good one from 2007. So far, this has been a good year for new Christian music. My top 10 favorite CD’s from this year are:
1)Future of Forestry-Twilight
2)33 Miles-33 Miles
3)Todd Agnew-Better Questions
4)Jackson Waters-Come Undone
5)Rush of Fools-Rush of Fools
6)John Waller-The Blessing
7)Brandon Heath-Don’t Get Comfortable
8)Michael Olson-Where Fear and Faith Collide
9)Jason Gray-All The Lovely Losers
10)Jeremy Riddle-Full Attention
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