The Christian Music Thread Genre • Page 115

my brother in christ, youre burying the lede.... thats Michael W Smith's debut album under there! lol

 

People don’t realize how hard 80s/90s smitty went. He was a bonafide pop star.

 

Thank you. Purchased.

 

man I loved MWS. Secret Ambition was such a banger

 

So glad this was still available, I've been checking all weekend. I'm so excited for whatever they have planned for 2026

 

a few months back, I went down a MWS rabbit hole on youtube and my brain still knew all those songs somehow. legitimate bangers

 

I had this old VHS tape I used to watch all the time that was like a documentary about him with a lot of footage from his shows that I used to watch all the time.

 

This is sold out now, sorry to anybody that didn't get it but happy for the band to see these go relatively quickly

 

Have there been any good recent releases from non problematic Christian artists? Preferably newer artists/ bands.

 

John Van Deusen, Jon Guerra, Former Ruins, and Andy Gullahorn all come to mind.

 

Josh Garrels announced his new record just recently, due out in November.

 

John Van Deusen’s catalogue is fantastic. His new one included.

 

The band let me know more copies of their green variant would go up online at some point, non-numbered ones. So there should be another chance to get one.

 

Great recs, but I'm pretty sure all of these guys are over 40.

Are there really no young progressive Christians making good music?

 

Love our spy on the inside.

 

All of y’all’s cool, hip Christian artist favs are always songwriter dudes, lol. Where are the cool spiritual, religious women??? Gosh.

 

Will always love Jennifer Knapp.

 

You see her debut got a vinyl release recently?
Jennifer Knapp - Kansas (2025 Limited Edition Turquoise LP)

 

Oh yes I snagged that

 

Found out Jennifer Knapp re-recorded Kansas last year, which is cool. Love the idea of the Jennifer Knapp of today singing the songs from the start of her “CCM” days.

 

Taylor Leonhardt? Jess Ray?

 

just more of the songwriter dudes here:

 

I can’t tell if folks are trolling or not…. lol. As a white guy who’s almost 40, that’s definitely my music demographic too… so yeah..

Semler is younger and not male. I like them a lot.

 

Liz Vice would be my pick, although not checked out her release from this year yet.

 

here's a link to the cover story from september's relevant magazine talking about some new indie artists "shaking up the christian music industry."

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