-Diane and The RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
"Trust Proverbs 3:5" by Franceilia McDonald (Spiritual Artist from Alaska (AK))
Monday, January 26, 2009
Check out The Spiritual Delivers, one of RadioIndy's favorite Spiritual artists
Radioindy Artist Spotlight for The Spiritual Delivers
Band Name: The Spiritual Delivers
Band Location: Texas Waco
Sounds Like: The Canton Spirituals/ Williams Brothers
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Check out Renee Parker, one of RadioIndy's favorite Spiritual artists
Band Name: renee parker
Band Location: North Carolina
Sounds Like: nicole c. mullen
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Check out EJ Strong, one of RadioIndy's favorite Spiritual artists
Band Name: EJ Strong
Band Location: Texas
Sounds Like: Daryl Coley or Donnie McClurkin
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Monday, January 19, 2009
RadioIndy is pleased to present TAMIR with a GrIndie Award for the CD "The Way of the Heart' poetry of Rumi"
"'The Way of the Heart' poetry of Rumi" is a spoken word album by TAMIR, narrator; Amir Vahab, music that brings the insight of the thirteenth century mystical poet back to life. Narrated by the smooth, sultry, and theatrical voice of voiceover artist TAMIR and accompanied by spiritual and befitting backing music by Persian multi-instrumentalist Amir Vahab, this release celebrates Rumi's wisdom on ten penetrable tracks. These stories and poems offer commentaries and teachings on spirituality, divine love, and the mystery of love. "The Way of the Heart" is well-recorded; TAMIR's spoken word delivery is clean and Vahab's instrumentals sound precise and balanced. "Gamble" is a great story about paradox and risk in the game of love, with the inspiring lyric, "Gamble everything for love, if you're a true human being." "Separation" has frantic poetry delivered by TAMIR matched by frantic acoustic instrumental work from Vahab. "Sacrifice" is a poem about a conversation between a chickpea and a chef that comments on the predestination and liveliness of the chickpea. "The Way of the Heart" is an excellent release 800 years in the making, and anyone who marvels at the insightfulness and mysticism of Rumi are going to want to pick "'The Way of the Heart' poetry of Rumi" up.
-Chris & the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team
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RadioIndy is pleased to present Elizabeth Salvatico with a GrIndie Award for the CD "It All Belongs to Him"
"It All Belongs to Him" is the outstanding, eclectic contemporary Christian solo debut from singer/songwriter Elizabeth Salvatico. Salvatico blends her own cultural diversity with the influence she gained from a mission trip to Kenya to craft songs with African and Latin, as well as gospel, blues, jazz, symphonic orchestra, and piano rock qualities. This album also has songs sung in English, Spanish, and in chant form from the Masai of Kenya, though, regardless of language, all of the songs are about glorifying God. Salvatico has an excellent vocal range and takes lead on these songs well, and these recordings also feature some great vocal accompaniment from the Wilmington Chester Mass Choir. "It All Belongs to Him" is well-produced, the vocals and arrangements clean and professional sounding. "The Masai Song" opens up the album with an all-encompassing track that begins with a pleasant chant from the Masai, then introduces rhythmic conga beats that are soon after accompanied by violin and piano, and the three instruments just jam for a while. Salvatico lends her native tongue to the title track, "It All Belongs to Him," and "Your Love (Tu Amor)," which features excellent Latin guitar and piano work as Salvatico praises God for his love, alternating between English and Spanish. All of the other tracks are strictly in English, and have a great piano rock feel to them. "It All Belongs to Him" is a musically and vocally impressive debut from Elizabeth Salvatico, and any fan of eclectic contemporary Christian music should check it out.
-Chris & the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team
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RadioIndy is pleased to present Rosalina Vega with a GrIndie Award for the CD "He Is Here"
"He Is Here" is a great praise & worship album from Panamanian gospel vocalist and songwriter Rosalina Vega. Vega delivers with an inspiring and heartfelt vocal performance and a great range that breeches the operatic, similar to the vocals of Dionne Warwick. On the majority of the tracks, Vega's vocal is solely accompanied by traditional, though skillful, piano arrangements crafted by pianist Michael Andrews. These simple arrangements bring the message of her words to the forefront which is, simply, praising God through song. "He Is Here" has four Vega originals and six traditional hymns and worship songs, and she sings each song beautifully, with immense inspiration and an open heart. The album is well recorded and creates a nice balance between the vocals, piano, and gospel message. "I Give My Heart" is a Vega original with nice piano work and inspiring, heartfelt lyrics about giving it all to Jesus. "Forever More" is a spiritual track with a soothing arrangement and hopeful lyrics about the afterlife. Her variations on traditional songs, including her operatic, multilingual rendition of "O Glorious Love" and her beautiful rendition of the standard hymn, "I Surrender All," are also noteworthy. "He Is Here" is a great album with an inspiring message, and should be looked into by anyone who enjoys praise & worship music and great female vocalists.
-Chris & the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team
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RadioIndy is pleased to present Francesco Buccheri with a GrIndie Award for the CD "The Call"
"The Call" is an inspiring instrumental new age EP from Italian musician Francesco Buccheri. These four songs are inspired by, and dedicated to, Buccheri's stay at the Monastery of Camaldoli, where his interactions with the monks came to influence his music and his life. The songs are religious, spiritual, and meditative, and the ambience and new age sound are great for introspection. "The Call" is well-produced, and the arrangements are clean and crisp at any volume. "Il sogno" is a peaceful track with waves of ambience, a laid-back beat, and melodic guitar. "Four Movements" is a less calming and more exciting, louder track with a lot of ambience created by epic guitar playing, the occasional cymbal crash, and rolling waves of drums in the background. With "The Call," Francesco Buccheri elaborates upon his religious experiences while keeping his music approachable by both the non-secular and secular world. Fans of inspired new age music are going to want to pick this one up.
-Chris & the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team
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Friday, January 2, 2009
"In the Beginning..." by Zakben (R&B Artist from Georgia(GA))
-Diane And the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team
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