Welcome to an all new edition of Music Video Monday, where we do our darndest to track down the best Music Videos in Christian Music. We begin with Smalltown Poets, which is making a comeback after a four year break. This is Prophet, Priest and King
Next up we have Audrey Assad. She has released Evergreen this past Friday. This is the Lyric Video for Drawn To You.
And finally we finish off our two week marathon. Last Week Michael W. Smith lit a million lights in the Pop arena. This week he leads worship and we find ourselves Surrounded. This is the live video of the title cut.
That does it for this edition of Music Video Monday. February is in the Bag. March and Spring Awaits. Until next month, I am Awaiting Your Reply.
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Monday, February 26, 2018
Monday, February 19, 2018
Music Video Monday: Breaking Out A Million Lights
Welcome to an all New edition of Music Video Monday. Happy Presidents Day. This is a sham holiday created to kick off High School Winter Vacation. We used to have two holidays in February, which honored Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. In a rare move of contraction we have to honor all Presidents including U.S. Grant (great General, incompetent President, most corrupt administration of All Time. Sorry Libs, Nixon doesn't even come close), Hoover(Caused Great Depression) and William Henry Harrison (32 days). I think I like the old way better. And you get two days off with pay.
We begin our Music Tour with All Above Me, a Christian Female Fronted Metal Band. (With all apologies to Icon For Hire, it helps with the categorizing. And they should be honored. No one has accused all FFR bands of sounding alike, something that can not be said of Male Fronted Bands unfortunately. The Ladies know how to create their own unique sound. Maybe the guys should take a lesson.). The Calgary Band has released their first Full Length Album Return to the Battlefield. Featuring Kevin Young of Disciple, this is King and Crown.
Sometimes a band takes a wrong turn. Sometimes it is a fatal mistake, sometimes the ship of state can be righted. Such is the case with Nine Lashes. A promising start in the Hard Rock/Metal genre (can you get much more promising than to be nurtured by Trevor McNevan of TFK?) they put out three solid albums before careening out of control into pop boy band territory with Ascend (talk about an ironic title). They return with a new single Breaking Out. All I can say is You have found your way back home.
Finally, those of you who have been with us since our reboot began know that The Night Beat had its start as a Radio Show in the Mid to late 1980's. A staple on the radio those days was Michael W. Smith, who was a perfectionist in those days, pushing back release dates to absurd lengths. Time must have mellowed him, because while he still makes excellent music, he is releasing 2 Albums in Two Weeks. A Million Lights drops on February 16, Surrounded on February 23. This is A Million Lights.
That does it for this edition of Music Video Monday. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.
Sometimes a band takes a wrong turn. Sometimes it is a fatal mistake, sometimes the ship of state can be righted. Such is the case with Nine Lashes. A promising start in the Hard Rock/Metal genre (can you get much more promising than to be nurtured by Trevor McNevan of TFK?) they put out three solid albums before careening out of control into pop boy band territory with Ascend (talk about an ironic title). They return with a new single Breaking Out. All I can say is You have found your way back home.
Finally, those of you who have been with us since our reboot began know that The Night Beat had its start as a Radio Show in the Mid to late 1980's. A staple on the radio those days was Michael W. Smith, who was a perfectionist in those days, pushing back release dates to absurd lengths. Time must have mellowed him, because while he still makes excellent music, he is releasing 2 Albums in Two Weeks. A Million Lights drops on February 16, Surrounded on February 23. This is A Million Lights.
That does it for this edition of Music Video Monday. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Night Beat Rewind: January 2018
A New Year, a New Edition of Night Beat Rewind. 2018 has begun, and it is starting with a bang. I wont spend a lot of time telling you how big a month it is. I'll let the releases do the talking. We begin with the songs released in the month, with hopefully an album will follow soon afterward.
The Singles Scene
- Audrey Assad - Drawn To You 4.75 Emeralds
- Beacon Lights - Sleeping on Me ft Spencer Kane 4.50 Emeralds
- Brad and Rebekah - Never Alone ft Watoto 4.75 Emeralds
- Mike Brand - It's all good 3.50 Emeralds
- Ty Brasel - No More 4.75 Emeralds
- Ty Brasel - Phoenix in Exile 4.25 Emeralds
- Brvndon P - I Get No 4.50 Emeralds
- Eshon Burgundy - Testify 4.75 Emeralds
- Captured - With All 4.50 Emeralds
- Family Force 5 - Fire On The Highway 4.75 Emeralds
- Free G - The Great Escape ft Sibbyl 4.75 Emeralds
- James Gardin - Limits 4.50 Emeralds
- Tragic Hero - Look Who I'm With 4.50 Emeralds
- Joey Jewish - Brown Boi ft WHATUPRG 4.25 Emeralds
- Prafit Josiah - Count Yah Blessings 4.50 Emeralds
- Lovecollide - I Don't Want It 4.75 Emeralds
- TobyMac - I Just Need U 4.75 Emeralds
- Sarah Masen - Three Strangers 4.75 Emeralds
- Kevin Max - AWOL 5 Emeralds
- Mighty Men of Faith - River of Life 4.50 Emeralds
- NF - No Name 4.75 Emeralds
- Nineclub - Keep On 4.75 Emeralds
- Owl City - Lucid Dreams 4.75 Emeralds
- Sarah Reeves - Right Where You Want Me 4.75 Emeralds
- Brian Reith - Good 2 B Back 4.50 Emeralds
- Scandroid - Time Crime 4.75 Emeralds
- Scandroid - Time Crime (Instrumentals) 4.75 Emeralds
- Shiwan - New Grammar 4.75 Emeralds
- Social Club Misfits ft Tauren Wells - War Cry 4.50 Emeralds
- Tedashii - Splash 4.50 Emeralds
- Chris Tomlin - Resurrection Power 5 Emeralds
- Roy Tosh - Stronger 4.75 Emeralds
- JJ Weeks Band - Fools Gold 4.75 Emeralds
- The Young Escape - Good Life (Loud Luxury Remix) 4.50 Emeralds
Missing The Mark
- Eric Birdine and The Messengers - The Message Volume 2: Bless His Name 4.25 Emeralds
- Ruslan - Indie Jones II 4.25 Emeralds
- Corey Wise - Infinity Vibes EP 4.25 Emeralds
Pure Platinum Perfection
- Forerunner Music - Fully Alive 5 Emeralds
- Nicole C. Mullen - Like Never Before 5 Emeralds
- Rend Collective - Good News 5 Emeralds
- Mark Lee Townsend - 1919: The Ballad of Rexford 5 Emeralds
- Various Artists - Wow Gospel 2018 5 Emeralds
We finish with the albums in the middle, which have to fight it out in the pool.
Semi-Precious Metal
- Cory Asbury - Reckless Love 5 Emeralds
- Leanna Crawford - Crazy Beautiful You (Deluxe) 4.75 Emeralds
- Todd Dulaney - Your Great Name 4.75 Emeralds
- Equippers Revolution - CLRS EP 4.75 Emeralds
- Tommy Faulk - Come What May 4.75 Emeralds
- Jordan Felix - Witness (Remixes) 4.75 Emeralds
- First Free Music - Awake/Alive 4.50 Emeralds
- For All Seasons - Clarity EP 4.75 Emeralds
- Freedom Church - Thunder. Reign 4.75 Emeralds
- GodzG - Grayscale 4.75 Emeralds
- KJ-52 - Jonah Part 2 (Limited Release) 4.75 Emeralds
- Adam Layne - Emblem 4.75 Emeralds
- Steven Malcolm - The Second City, Part 1 EP 4.50 Emeralds
- Mass Anthem - Through People Like Me 4.75 Emeralds
- Germaine Martel - Human 3: The Holy Trilogy 4.50 Emeralds
- Jared Miller - Chasing Me Down EP 4.75 Emeralds
- Cameron Moore - Alpenglow 4.50 Emeralds
- Rapture Ruckus - Ignition EP 4.75 Emeralds
- Remedy Drive - The North Star 4.75 Emeralds
- Brooke Robertson - Have My Heart EP 4.50 Emeralds
- Sleeping Giant - I AM 4.75 Emeralds
- Jason Upton - A Table Full of Strangers, Volume 2 4.75 Emeralds
- Cory Voss - Songs of Heaven and Earth 4.50 Emeralds
2018 is under way. It looks like its going to be a big year. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.
Monday, February 5, 2018
Music Video Monday: Riding In an Off Road Minivan
Welcome Back to Music Video Monday. We have had a bumpy ride lately, sort of like an off road minivan (more on that later). Still, we have managed to scare up a few videos this time.
We begin with Lights. She manages to keep putting out some great music videos in conjunction with her Skin and Earth Graphic Novel/Album. The latest of these is called We Were Here, and it features her husband Beau as a priest.
Next up we have a somewhat regular, Artifex Pereo. This is the music video for As History Would Have It.
Tooth and Nail Records has a history of discovering and nurturing new talent, who then go on their own and keep producing great Music (Do the names Emery, Icon For Hire and Thousand Foot Krutch ring a bell?). Their newest discovery is called Off Road Minivan, and they will be releasing their debut on February 16. This is Spiral Gaze.
That does it for this edition of Music Video Monday. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.
We begin with Lights. She manages to keep putting out some great music videos in conjunction with her Skin and Earth Graphic Novel/Album. The latest of these is called We Were Here, and it features her husband Beau as a priest.
Next up we have a somewhat regular, Artifex Pereo. This is the music video for As History Would Have It.
Tooth and Nail Records has a history of discovering and nurturing new talent, who then go on their own and keep producing great Music (Do the names Emery, Icon For Hire and Thousand Foot Krutch ring a bell?). Their newest discovery is called Off Road Minivan, and they will be releasing their debut on February 16. This is Spiral Gaze.
That does it for this edition of Music Video Monday. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.
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