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30 September 2009
INTERNATIONAL SOLO RELEASE FOR MIRIAM WEBSTER
Miriam Webster - one of the key worship leaders with Hillsong Church in Sydney
over the past ten years - releases her first international solo CD Made Me Glad
through Kingsway Music next month, with an Australian release due in November.
You’re probably familiar with some of Miriam’s songs. Made Me Glad, Dwelling
Places, Welcome In This Place and You Are Faithful have appeared on various
Hillsong projects. And numerous artists including Martin Smith, Alvin Slaughter,
Don Moen, and Sandi Patty have recorded her songs too.
Made Me Glad, recorded in Nashville, includes some new songs, some old, plus a
stunning duet with Darlene Zschech called Loving Kindness.
EARLY CHRISTMAS FOR COMPLIMENTS OF GUS!
It’s Christmas in September for Aussie favorites Compliments Of Gus!
That’s right! Melbourne’s distinguished Christian pop rock quartet is set to release
its first Christmas-themed CD titled Seasoned.
Keyboardist and songwriter Jared Haschek says some of the songs are about
Christmas, some hint at Christmas, and some have nothing to do with it.
Seasoned launches this weekend at Sydney’s Blackstump festival, but fans who
pre-order the disc online from cog.net.au can download the mp3 files from the
band’s website.
THE LADS PITCH TO PRE-TEENS
Kiwi band The Lads release a new self titled CD this week.
Originally released online as Secrets Of The Universe, the CD is now called The
Lads – at least in Christian retail stores.
The CD sees the band move away from the CCM base it developed in Australia and
New Zealand to target pre-teens.
The Lads CD includes new versions of International Mystery Man and Creator, plus
covers of the Rich Mullin’s tune Sometime’s By Step, newsboys’ Amazing Love, and
Hillsong’s Tell The World.
GRANT NORSWORTHY, SOLO
Grant Norsworthy, the bassist with the Paul Colman Trio is heading home for a few
weeks to present a number of solo gigs around Australia and New Zealand.
Grant’s “More than Music” seminars and workshops are very different to his work
with the trio. He speaks about what it means to be a worshipper, living out God’s
love, plus advocating for Compassion.
He’s presenting a number of sessions this weekend at Blackstump.
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FRESH START FOR HEALER
American singer Kari Jobe [pronounced Kerry] has recorded a new version of
Healer. And it’s rocketing up the US Christian charts.
Healer is same song that Mike Guglielmucci wrote about his faked leukemia.
The inspiration for Jobe, who’s a worship pastor and songwriter from Gateway
Church in Texas, is very real.
She says her reason for recording the song centres on a very real young girl,
Kelsie Constable, who is suffering from a real leukemia.
It’s interesting to know that when Guglielmucci made his public confession last
year, there was some debate about what to do with the song.
The first edition of Hillsong’s This Is Our God DVD included a segment of
Guglielmucci talking about how his “illness” and how it inspired the song. Hillsong
recalled the DVD and removed the segment from the second edition. No change
to the CD.
Planetshakers, which first recorded Guglielmucci’s song on its Savior Of The
World set, recalled both the DVD and CD. Planetshakers has reissued the CD,
but not the DVD.
Now with Kari recording the song, Healer has a fresh start.
AUSSIE SINGER RAISES AWARENESS OF POST ABORTION SYNDROME
Melbourne singer Amy K this week releases Silent Cry, a new song that raises
awareness of post abortion syndrome and the work of the Providence
Foundation.
The foundation is a non-profit organisation set up to provide “balanced
information” and/or assistance for women who are facing, or have faced, life
changing pregnancy decisions.
Amy is one of the singers in the Melbourne Gospel Choir which has backed Delta
Goodrem, Westlife, and Guy Sebastian.
Amy says she recorded the song after being approached to sing it by songwriter
Jud Field who is also in the choir.
Silent Cry will be released to radio and TV next week, with a DVD and CD single
available in stores and online.
CAROLYN TO LAUNCH TRASH AND TREASURE
Carolyn Oates – the Melbourne singer songwriter who worked in the Australian
Christian music arena during the 90s before relocating to Europe - is set to
launch her first mainstream album called In The Moment.
The lead single – Trash And Treasure - is supported by a video clip created by
the same team that’s worked on Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Matrix,
Moulin Rouge, and Mission Impossible.
The Trash And Treasure launch takes place at Edinburgh Castle Hotel in
Brunswick Melbourne on 9 October.
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