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Reviewed by Stephen Luff Colorado-based Red Rocks Worship consist of David Anderson, Adaeze Nooelle Azubuike, Jake Espy, Brinnae Keathley, Jerrica Matrone, Tyler Roberts and Nicole Serrano. This release follows the more sedate offering 'The Rooftop' EP in 2014. The first two songs, the title track and "Echo The Son" deliver energy a-plenty but after this the pace slows down with, to my mind, the best tracks on the collection, the Lumineers sounding "Love Changes Everything" and "More", which has been selected to get a bit of Cross Rhythms radio airplay. Although the seven-song mini-album does...

Reviewed by Stephen Luff This album follows the 2009 EP 'Courage And Fire', with nine new songs at the same high octane pace, more akin to a rock concert than the Abundant Life recordings of the church it is a part of. This is a positive strength and helps it stand out amongst the many recordings out there. It is evident from the start that the quality of musicianship is very high, the opener "In This Moment", although tame compared to the pace of some other tracks on the album, the souring guitars, heavy drum beat and rock style vocals set the bar high for the rest of the album. "Heart Made ...

Reviewed by Stephen Luff There are many hymn collections out there, varying in both quality and style. Here we have 12 re-workings of these classics with arrangements which take in pop, Americana and a bit of modern country. The first cut is Edward Perronet's "The Sound That Saved Us All" sung by songwriter and producer Antony Skinner (sounding like Springsteen in many ways), is a great opener and sets the pace for the collection. Savannah Ellis presents George Matteson's "Love You Never Let Me Go" based on the original 1882 hymn but with additional lyrics from producer John Hartley. It works...

Reviewed by Stephen Luff This two CD set was recorded in June 2013 at London's Riverside Vineyard Church, contains 17 musicians from the UK and Ireland, alongside various worship leaders from UK Vineyard churches. The album is overflowing with songs written by British songsmiths including some penned at a songwriting retreat. There is also an excellent version of Kevin Prosch's "Show Your Power" and a new, powerful version of Samuel Lane's "Oh My Soul", which opens the album. It is very difficult to highlight the best tracks as there is not a bad one in the 13 song collection, but the title t...