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Something Heavenly downhere

downhere is the band I wish I had found sooner. I did not discover this band until their 2008 album, Ending is Beginning. The album is brilliant and contains songs like “My Last Amen,” “Something Heavenly,” “Coming Back Home,” “The Problem,” “The Beggar Who Gives Alms,” and “How Many Kings.” “How Many Kings,” reprised on…

Carolina

Key of Zed has recorded a new song. (Check it out here.) Carolina (Lyrics and Music by Mike Charko and Keith Shields) I called you up to see how you were So you think that I still care Don’t get me wrong, I’m movin’ on With a part of me still there Asheville’s pretty this…

Common Sense

I am not sure who it was that first said, “Common sense is not all that common.” Many have said the same thing in a variety of ways and Mac McAnally has a song that expresses this. “Take It Easy,” from the 1994 album Knots, pokes fun at the TV talk show hosts who earnestly…

Inland

I have been listening to the songs on Jars of Clay’s album Inland since 2014, shortly after it came out. Some of my favourite songs on the album (I have previously written about some of these) include “After the Fight,” “Reckless Forgiver,” “Loneliness and Alcohol,” and “Fall Asleep.” (The amazing video for Fall Asleep can be…

Great Moments in Music History

Great Moments in Music History If I were a music DJ (does such a thing still exist?) I would curate a show that focussed on some of the greatest moments in music and radio history. There would be plenty of room to talk about first radio transmissions and music innovations, but I would also address…

Lazarus Heart

Randy Stonehill, has been a pioneer of Contemporary Christian Music since the 1970s and his signature album, Welcome to Paradise will always be the definitive collection that changed Christian music. Randy Stonehill continues to make great music and his 2011 album, Spirit Walk, is one of his best ever. Today, I want to honour the…

No Hit Wonder

The latest composition by “Key of Zed” is more auto-biographical than previous offerings; and long-time fans will recognize references to previous songs. Enjoy listening to it on ReverbNation and follow along with the lyrics below. No Hit Wonder (Words and music by Mike Charko and Keith Shields; SOCAN, 2017) It started for me in ninety-three The…

Broken and Sinful from the Start

Yesterday, I quoted Scot McKnight saying, “sinfulness has spread throughout the human race from its first beginnings and … each individual has contributed their own share to it.” Adam and the Genome (Venema and McKnight, 2017, BrazosPress). It made me think of this song by Jonathon Foreman: Broken from the Start (words and music by Jon…

America

I love rediscovering great songs. Listening once again to the song “America” written by Paul Simon, and performed by Simon and Garfunkel, I was struck by the genius of this song. The chord structures, time signatures, and poetry are beautiful. It paints stunning pictures in my mind. The song tells a story of two young…

Chained to the Rhythm

I have a confession: I like one of Katy Perry’s songs. “Chained to the Rhythm” is her latest single and she debuted the song on the Grammy Awards Show. Why do I like this song? The message of the song is aimed at the average person in North American culture, and the message is that…