12/18/2023 0 Comments Illuminate cd![]() "That'll be one of the questions you'll be asking after a listening of David Crowder's CD. If you're looking for some praise music that's better than most of the contemporary stuff out there, check out the David Crowder Band and get illuminated." ![]() I especially like "Deliver Me" and "Stars". However, there are lots of other tunes that are just as powerful. I find that song to be the most powerful piece of music on the album and it has yet to not bring me to tears. I purchased ILLUMINATE because it includes the song "O Praise Him (All This For a King)". It's a rare feat in today's post-modern "Christian" culture. In short, praise music that someone outside of the Church might actually become interested in as well. ![]() Here was an artist who was creating music full of passion that didn't copy the culture, yet was full of intelligence and purpose. I was introduced to Crowder's music for the first time this past summer. There are only a handful of artists who, like the great hymn writers of old, are writing music and lyrics that isn't addicted to mediocrity and is actually intelligent, passionate, and spiritually meaningful. There isn't a whole lot of Christian music being created that's worth listening too, let alone praise God with. Christian music, including most of those who write praise and worship songs, copy the culture or even worse yet, remake previously culturally-imitated "praise" songs. "To be completely honest, there really isn't a lot of great praise music being written today. ![]()
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