Showing posts with label Townend Stuart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Townend Stuart. Show all posts

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Kingsway 27th November

Don't ask.

Title: The Light of the World
First Line: The Light of the world
Artist: fairly certain it's Kristyn Getty...
Composer: Stuart Townend and J.K Jamieson
Album: Creation Sings
Mp3: Yes
Sheet Music: Yes
Popular sources: None

My thoughts: What can I say?  It's nearly Advent, so it must be time to dust off a Townend or two (cue heavenly choir - ahhhhhhh!) and this is typical fare, sounding all, um...'Celticky' - if I'm allowed to turn it into a verb.  Yes, it's good, and yes I like it, but I'm not going to rush to transcribe it or type out a chord sheet.  I was surprised that I couldn't find this on my CCL CD though, given it's (apparently) 3 years old already.  Perhaps it's a demand thing.

Also starting this week, Kingsway are releasing 5 Christmas choruses/hymns and I'll get round to listening to them at some point.  Townend and Getty's Joy Has Dawned and Brenton's Joyful Joyful I am familiar with (and are very good I hasten to add), not sure about the other 3 as I can't remember if I've heard them before or not.

This song is available on Kingsway from today until 3rd December inc.  To access, you must logon; or register with Kingsway, who in return will add you to their mailing list, but they are not serial spammers.

Tuesday, 4 September 2012

Kingsway 4th September

Title: Psalm 62
First Line: My soul finds rest in God alone
Artist: Aaron Keyes
Composer: Stuart Townend, Aaron Keyes
Album: Not Guilty Anymore
Mp3: Yes
Sheet Music: Yes
CCL: Yes
Popular sources: Songs of Fellowship 4, Source 4

My thoughts:  Ah St. Stuart of Townend - who doesn't love this guy for what he's done for church music - a way of putting scripture so effortlessly into song, and also, if you've grown up CofE (like me) making it sound like you've known it since you were a kid.  Only you can't have done because it's only a few years old.   I've had a copy of this for a while, but I like seeing hymns like this on Kingsway once in a while.  If you don't have a copy of this, here's your chance.  Aaron is another singer/songwriter with a big future, still a whippersnapper on his 3rd album (I think).  Worth a look is his profile on Kingsway also.

This song is available on Kingsway from today until 10th September inc.  To access, you must logon; or register with Kingsway, who in return will add you to their mailing list, but they are not serial spammers.