Entries tagged with “music” from FaithBasedBlog.com

I've done it again. Thought I'd pick up one of the other Peterson books, but got sidetracked when I took another look at Miroslav Volf's "Free of Charge." You can check out the first chapter of the book here. To me, this one seemed to just sing to me a little more than the alternative.

Speaking of books that sing, another one for future reading is Bill Henderson's "Simple Gifts." This one is centered around Henderson's walk of faith and the role that traditional hymns have had on it. As one who shares that sort of relation to music and faith, it sounds like an optimal fit. Definitely have to work this one in over the summer.

As for some music for the month, I'm thoroughly enjoying DecembeRadio's self-titled release. But I'm also looking forward to Stryper's "Roxx Regime Demos" that ships on 7-7-07 and Jacque Deshetler's "Signal" (tunage on MySpace for now) which ought not be too far behind. It's a pretty good month for music fans.

New band to me here, and I'm already sold on DecembeRadio. Courtesy of a good preview in the Chron, the band is playing in the Clear Lake area on Friday. I'd normally drag someone out to go see the band, but I've committed to facilitating a Movie Night that evening.

Lacking the live experience, I'd decided with a pretty high degree of resoluteness that I'd pick up their CD this month. To be specific, I was prepared to march into the Lakewood bookstore on Saturday and procure a copy within a nanosecond of arriving. One problem ... the CD wasn't in stock. Ugh! Barnes & Noble to the rescue? Not quite.

For some odd reason, I had time to burn late Sunday afternoon and headed to the Galleria area. Primarily to hit the two bookstores on the block. I scoured the Borders bookstore in the mall only to discover the CD wasn't in stock there, either. The record store on the first floor, though, was a much better find. Namely because I didn't even have to pay an inflated Galleria-style price. Instead, I ended up getting a used CD for less than Amazon.com was willing to resolve my agony. Favor of God? You decide.

Anywho ... here's the band's signature track, performed acoustically. It really is a great song and I should probably be sick and tired of it by now. Overall, the band is very much a hybrid of modern secular bands like the Black Crowes as well as a variety of heavier southern rock bands back in the 70s. As the interview in the Chron states, that makes it real easy for us oldtimers to dig the musical stylings of these 20-something kids. For a few more musical clips (including the original version of this song), check out their MySpace page.