All The Poor & Powerless - All Sons and Daughters

I discovered All Sons and Daughters while downloading music from NoiseTrade last spring. They have an amazing blend of soft beautiful harmonies that create a praise which melts your heart. When I started to research the duo of David Leonard and Leslie Jordan I realized that I had seen the name David Leonard before. It turns our he was the lead singer of Jackson Waters, a Christian Pop/Rock band that I saw in concert at Pittsboro Baptist Church back at Northwood. I really loved their sound and have listened to their album over and over again. When I saw that some of their sound had been transferred to All Sons and Daughters I was very excited. For the longest time I saw satisfied with the free songs they posted on NoiseTrade but today I decided to finally start supporting artists that I enjoy. Now I am able to relish all of the great songs that they put on their first EP, Brokenness Aside No1. You can pick up this album from Google Music for $5.99, its well worth your money!

I decided to focus on a song that really drew me to All Sons and Daughters, below is a great video of a song that is emotion filled and musically drawing.

All the poor and powerless

And all the lost and lonely

All the thieves will come confess

And know that You are holy

And all will sing out

Hallelujah

And we will cry out

Hallelujah

All the hearts who are content

And all who feel unworthy

And all who hurt with nothing left

Will know that You are holy

And all will sing out

Hallelujah

And we will cry out

Hallelujah

Shout it

Go on scream it from the mountains

Go on and tell it to the masses

That He is God

We will sing out

Hallelujah

And we will cry out

Hallelujah

All is Great in the Lord

Paul Shackelford

More Information about All Sons and Daughters

@allsanddmusic

http://www.allsonsanddaughters.com

Rise Again - Needtobreathe

I have been reading a book about the arts and Christians role in creating culture. Steve Turner, the author, asserts a major critique that modern Christian art does not speak about real life. The art created does not sound genuine or have any ties to real life that people outside the faith can connect with. While reading the book I listened through this album and I think that this song does a great job of breaking the mold. The members of Needtobreathe are all outspoken followers of Jesus but very little of the art that they produce mentions Jesus or Christianity at all. Instead they craft creative music, written from places of pain and joy. "Rise Again" steps through pain that occurs in life as we see relationships stretched and torn. The bitterness of broken hearts and friendships is then contrasted with the truth that we will get up from this pain and rise again. "I can see us moving on, I can feel that coming on strong", the joy that comes after the

Twenty-Four - Jess Ray

Lately I have been listening to lots of music and podcasts while working and biking to work. I was feeling a need for some new music so I turned to NoiseTrade to check out some new artists. My favorite thus far is Jess Ray because of the honest lyrics, tastefully simple musicality and overall enjoyable listening environment. While on my flight back to Atlanta I was struck by this song at first because of the drums that propel this song behind the walking guitar. If I were to add drums to a track like this it would have been done in a very similar manner. Once I got past the drums I was awe struck by the simple power of these lyrics, take a read below and follow the link to her blog to listen. To me it was not written for an outward expression of hope or encouragement but rather as a inward proclamation to the soul. As the psalmist often choose to sing, this song speaks inward in a call to stand up and be reminded of truth all to often forgotten. As I gear up for the star

You Will Be My Ain True Love - Alison Kraus

This song has so much power, even if you remove the lyrics. I just decided to take in the full potential of the song by turning the stereo all the way up and playing the song a few times. Before even looking for a video of this song I knew it was related to the Civil War and the separation that occurred between loved ones. This song starts out explaining the battle field and how the soldier has survived the terrors of war. As the song continues to build you can tell that the soldier wants to be with his love. They have been separated by this war and now he wants to be back with her. The last few lines portray his death and how he has been reunited with his "True Love". I believe that this song describes his "True Love" as God, our eternal True Love. He has returned to his maker after being killed in Battle and this song paints that picture so well. This song has tons of power in the music behind the lyrics, it adds so much to the meaning of this song!

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