I have a new favorite christian band … Tenth Avenue North… I have listened to both of their albums and have yet to hear a song that I don’t like or more important one that doesn’t speak to me! It’s not often I even like Contemporary Christian Music.. I’m more of a black gospel kind of person.. =) However I have XM Radio and I’ve really only listened to 33 and 34 before .. Southern Gospel and Black Gospel.. Kind of opposite ends of the spectrum there.. hah! Then one day they both were playing HORRIBLE stuff, so I tuned in to XM 32 and I have to say I was very pleasantly surprised!!! WAY better then K-LOVE – which has been the extent of my contemporary music experience – and I wasn’t impressed. However getting back to XM32 – I heard some of these in about a 2-3 hour period..
Love Is Here - Tenth Avenue North
For Those Who Wait – Firefly
Lead Me – Sanctus Real
Healing Begins – Tenth Avenue North
Your Love Sets Me Free – The Advice
Beautiful, Beautiful – Francesca Battistelli
Blink – Revive
Get Back Up – TobyMac
Forgiven – Sanctus Real
Needless to say .. Sanctus Real, The Advice, and Tenth Avenue North are officially my new favorite groups… The ones posted are just the ones that really stuck with me! I love the words to Forgiven by Sanctus Real ” In this life I know what I’ve been, but here in your arms I know what I am” ! Amazing words, amazing music.. A really good song -I’m a treasure in the arms of Christ! I don’t have to carry the weight of what I’ve done, because I’m Forgiven!
Love is Here – by tenth avenue north … All the words speak to me … but especially “Love is near, it satisfies, streams of mercy flowing from his side” !!! WOW!!! You can’t really get more REAL than THAT!!!
Anyways I”m not going to go through all of these songs, but if your looking for something to put on your Ipod or MP3 player .. I would recommend the above mentioned songs – and even the whole albums of Sanctus Real and Tenth Avenue North – You won’t regret it!
