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Ellie Holcomb: Find You Here (rejoice always)

I enjoy songs by Ellie Holcomb. Here’s what she wrote about her new release:

The command from scripture, to “Rejoice always” seems harsh at times, in the face of a cancer diagnosis, or depression, or a lost life, or a lost job, or a broken and trampled on heart. In the face of sickness or sadness or loneliness, it seems so unnatural, and almost cruel to ask people to “rejoice”, but the second half of the verse comes crashing into every terrible and unforeseen circumstance we might face.

“The Lord is near.”

God’s heart broke when He saw all that we would encounter as broken people in a broken world, so He sent His son to be broken for us, so that when we’re breaking, we’d know that we are not alone. We can rejoice because we have a rescuer who has already been to hell and back for us. We can rejoice because whatever we are facing, we can be certain that “the Lord is near”.

I wrote “Find You Here” a few days after this profound experience of God’s peace. My prayer is that whoever you are & whatever you are facing, that you would be encouraged to lift your hands and “Rejoice!” And that as you rejoice, you’d be reminded of His faithfulness. Because, no matter what mess you are in the middle of, “the Lord is near”. His heart is breaking with yours, and His healing is coming for you as you lift your heart and your hands to rejoice in who He is and what He’s already done for you.

"Find You Here" is featured on the new album, Red Sea Road, available now: https://www.ellieholcomb.com/red-sea-road

Follow Ellie at https://www.facebook.com/ellieholcombmusic/

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Find You Here - Philippians 4:4-7 Written by: Ellie Holcomb, Rusty Varenkamp, Benji Cowart It’s not the news that any of us hoped that we would hear It’s not the road we would have chosen, no The only thing that we can see is darkness up ahead But you’re asking us to lay our worry down and sing a song instead Chorus: And I didn’t know I’d find You here, In the middle of my deepest fear But You are drawing near You are overwhelming me with peace So I’ll lift my voice and sing You’re gonna carry us through everything And You are drawing near You’re overwhelming all my fears with peace You say that I should come to you with everything I need You’re asking me to thank You even when the pain is deep You promise that You’ll come and meet us on the road ahead And no matter what the fear says, You give me a reason to be glad CHORUS Here in the middle of the lonely night Here in the middle of the losing fight You’re here in the middle of the deep regret Here when the healing hasn’t happened yet Here in the middle of the desert place Here in the middle when I cannot see Your face Here in the middle with Your outstretched arms You can see my pain and it breaks Your heart CHORUS Rejoice, Rejoice Don’t have to worry bout a single thing Cause You are overwhelming me with peace Don’t have to worry bout a single thing You’re gonna carry us through everything Overwhelming peace

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RE•IMAG•INNOVA Here and NOW “Getting The Band Back Together” #BRAZIL July 15th! Fireflight

Fireflight announced recently that they will be appearing LIVE in concert in BRAZIL July 15th 2017! “We are excited to announce that we are “getting the band back together” for Som Da Vida in Rio de Janerio, Brazil on Saturday, July 15th! Our beloved brothers Justin Cox and Adam McMillion will be rejoining us…” WOW! Great news! Brazil has a massive music fanbase. Let me repeat… JUSTIN COX & ADAM MCMILLION! A CLASSIC Fireflight lineup! This is going to be great!

Wow – I’m pretty excited about this. I hope there are some good fan vids for the stateside fans to see and hear, I mean… this is a historical moment. Thank heavens! ANOTHER NEW ALBUM TOO for 2018, 2019 or 2020? Can you imagine? Hey, you never know… once they get rehearsing for this Brazil gig, they might have some inspirations that can bring the idea together. Wow. Hope. I’m totally dreaming… theres not been the slightest hint that something like a whole new album could come together in the future.. but read on…

WE LOVE THIS BAND! Wish them the best on this tour! For safe travel and everything working perfect! Keep Fireflight and the crew and the fans in your thoughts and prayers! – iconiclight (previous post)

https://twitter.com/iconoscopicmuse/status/869037338432811010

I love all of the tracks on RE•IMAG•INNOVA and particularly I really enjoy listening to “Here and Now” – wow, what an amazing vocal from Dawn Michele. I am reminded every time I listen (and I listen to Fireflight often!) how great a vocal artist Dawn is. She has inspired me again and again. Just brilliant.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8OUbE6v9GDs

This brilliant EP is only available as audio download:

iTunes & Apple Music: https://itun.es/us/-bZ3hb Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7656Y0jSc8yJIhVyWl6IyW Google Play: https://play.google.com/album/Fireflight_Re_Imag_Innova

I also want to shout out to INNOVA – Fireflight’s awesome 2015 release…

Tracks

Keep Fighting

Lightning

I’ve Got the Power

Here and Now

Safety

Resuscitate

The Fallout

Easy To Brak

We Are Alive

Out of My Head

This is Our Time

Light Inside

Album Credits: INNOVA 2015

Fireflight   Primary Artist Geoff Duncan   Guitar,Keyboards Rusty Varenkamp   Keyboards,Background Vocals Joshua Silverberg   Guitar,Keyboards,Background Vocals Glenn Drennen   Guitar,Background Vocals Wendy Drennen   Bass,Background Vocals Dawn Michele   Vocals Adam McMillion   Drums Kipp Williams   Acoustic Guitar,Keyboards,Background Vocals Becca Bradley   Cello Phoenix Drennen   Background Vocals

Geoff Duncan   Composer,Programming,Producer,Engineer Rusty Varenkamp   Composer,Programming,Producer,Engineer Joshua Silverberg   Composer,Programming,Producer,Engineer Miles McPherson   Drum Engineering Glenn Drennen   Executive Producer,Art Direction Matt Pamer   Artwork Dawn Michele   Composer Jared Fox   Drum Engineering Kipp Williams   Composer,Programming,Producer,Engineer Matt Parner   Artwork

Dawn Michele is the only member of the four Fireflight members listed as an actual composer for each song on INNOVA, each track having co-composer credits with Geoff, Rusty, Kipp or Joshua. INNOVA is available as a CD. I can’t say I’ve ever seen it nor any other Fireflight albums ever in vinyl. If they’re out there let me know!

…the music via vinyl? Wow, that would be something wouldn’t it? Re-imagine this: The entire Fireflight catalog remastered and pressed to vinyl. Wonder if ever? IDK! It would be a daunting and expensive project, maybe impossible. Who knows! That’s two dreams!

As a follow up to all of the Fireflight band activity that we’ll be seeing this year, I will be posting quite a bit about the band, both as news items and as retrospective reviews and features (including photos and videos), so be sure to FOLLOW and also, read all of my posts about FIREFLIGHT here on wordpress!

Check out the iconiclight FULL REVIEWS of Innova and RE•IMAG•INNOVA

RE•IMAG•INNOVA Here and NOW “Getting The Band Back Together” #BRAZIL July 15th! Fireflight announced recently that they will be appearing LIVE in concert in BRAZIL July 15th 2017! "

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Audio CD-Invitation - Andrews Meredith

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Audio CD-Invitation - Andrews Meredith

You Invite Me In 2. Lift Up Your Head 3. You’re Not Alone STUDIO SERIES 4. Treasure 5. Show Me What It Means 6. Deeper 7. The River 8. New Song We Sing 9. Who is Like You 10. Draw Me Nearer 11. You’re Not Alone (acoustic With an eagerness to help others far exceeding her 25 years, Meredith Andrews has been leading worship since high school (currently at Harvest Church in Chicago) and is passionate about helping orphans in India and Guatemala. Singing about God’s grace, love and hope for the broken is yet another form of outreach for her. Meredith’s debut album, The Invitation, showcases powerful vocals accentuated by beautiful piano melodies. The recurring theme of the album is restoration: God invites us to come as we are, regardless of where we are in our lives. All we have to do is receive His invitation. Produced by Jason Ingram and Rusty Varenkamp, the album is full of hits with standouts including the soaring ballad and first radio single, “You’re Not Alone.” We invite you to experience Meredith Andrews, the talented new face making her mark on the CCM world and the local church alike.

Extended Catalog Item

By: Andrews Meredith Publisher:  Word Entertainment

ISBN: 53102X ISBN-13:  0080688741020 CPC: Contemporary / Pop

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Jon Bauer Celebrates Eight Covenant Award Nominations

Jon Bauer Celebrates Eight Covenant Award Nominations

Singer/Songwriter Earns Prestigious Nods for Artist and Album of Year (more…)

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Building 429 Gear Up For New Album 'Listen To The Sound'

March 15, 2011-Dove-winning band Building 429 enters into a new season as it joins the Provident Label Group family and announces its fifth studio album, set to release May 10, on Essential Records. Titled Listen To The Sound, Building 429 has crafted a record that is sonically vibrant and lyrically substantive, with songs that collectively acknowledge life's struggles, but point to the hope, grace and love of God.

The 10-song project is produced by Jason Ingram and Rusty Varenkamp (Tenth Avenue North, Sanctus Real) and Rob Hawkins (Fireflight). Blessed with one of the most distinctive voices in any genre of music, lead singer Jason Roy, wrote or co-wrote nine of the ten tracks on the new album.

Roy says, "I'm a worship pastor now and that has been a huge part of the lyrical content of this record because many of the songs are about the lives that I've been involved with through working at my local church. The writing really does come from a much more honest place, as an overflow of the life that we've lived over the last two or three years, especially this past year."

Drummer Michael Anderson agrees, "Individually we're all on a different spiritual level than we've ever been," he says. "We have great home churches now that we're happily involved in. Our family lives at home are better than they've ever been and our relationship as a band is light years above what it's ever been. I think that really shows through with this new music."

Roy adds, "All four of the guys in the band have come to the conclusion that we have finally made 'the' record of our dreams in Listen To The Sound. People have come to expect something of Building 429. This record is going to break that expectation in the best possible way!"   The title track garners immediate national attention at radio as the first weeks of adds result in confirmations from all three K-LOVE, Air 1 and WAY-FM networks, plus commitments from 52 AC and CHR markets including Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Denver, Tampa and St. Louis.

Scott Smith, Music Director of K-LOVE says,"I love the new Building 429 song, 'Listen To The Sound'! The band's fresh, new sound is one we believe that K-LOVE listeners will love."   Corey Mann, Music Director for WHPZ South Bend, IN, adds, "This new record is everything AC needs in a band. Good songs with incredibly catchy sing-a-long moments, great guys, amazing live show, and a message that needs to be heard. One of the best of 2011."   Roy acknowledges the uplifting messages shared on Listen To The Sound will encourage families struggling in this tough economy, people dealing with depression and other challenges. "This record keeps coming back to the point that this is not what we were made for, that this is not our home. It is hitting people in the midst of a struggle and reminding listeners they are not alone and hope is rising, but it's doing it in this pop kind of thing that makes you smile while you listen to it."   The impact of Listen To The Sound's new hope-driven songs is already being felt within the band's own family. Roy shares, "I finished the record and I sent the songs to my dad and he literally asked me, 'did you write these songs about me?' The answer to that question was 'no, not intentionally.' But it also proves to me that all of us struggle in a lot of ways with the same stuff. It's how you choose to handle the situation that you are in that defines who you are."

In the past few years, Roy, Anderson, guitarist Jesse Garcia and bassist Aaron Branch have toured heavily, hitting the road with Casting Crowns, tobyMac and other acts as well as headlining several treks.  This month, Building 429 will headline a 20-city "Listen to the Sound Tour" kicking off late March, featuring guest artists, Australian rockers Revive and pop foursome Anthem Lights. Additionally, Building 429 will be partnering on tour with long-time supporters Food for the Hungry to secure sponsorships for children and families in Haiti as well as other impoverished countries.   Building 429 is best known for its 2004 breakout hit "Glory Defined," which was named BMI's Christian Song of the Year in 2005, and that same year Building 429 was named New Artist of the Year at the Gospel Music Association's Dove Awards. From that launching point the band has been tirelessly playing 150 live shows a year, developing their own touring brands "Winter Blast" and "SummerFest," and growing its dedicated fan base.

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