THE HEART OF WORSHIP

MATT REDMAN

SONGWRITERS: MATT REDMAN & MARTIN SMITH

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: REVIVAL GENERATION: I COULD SING OF YOUR LOVE FOREVER

LABEL: WORSHIP TOGETHER

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1999

 

        Matthew James Redman(born 14 February 1974) is an English Christian worship leader, singer-songwriter and author. Redman has released 16 albums, written 8 books, and helped start three church-plants. He is best known for his two-time Grammy Award-winning single, "10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)". Co-written with Jonas Myrin, the single reached Nº 1 on the US Billboard Christian Songs chart in 2012.

When the music fades

All is stripped away

And I simply come

 

Longin' just to bring

Something that's of worth

That will bless your heart

 

I'll bring You more than a song

For a song in itself

Is not what You have required

 

You search much deeper within

Through the ways things appear

You're looking into my heart

 

I'm comin' back to the heart of worship

And it's all about You

It's all about You, Jesus

 

I'm sorry Lord for the thing I've made it

When it's all about You

It's all about You, Jesus

 

The King of endless worth

No one could express

How much You deserve? Lord

 

Though I'm weak and poor

All I have is Yours

Every single breath

 

I'll bring You more than a song

For a song in itself

Is not what You have required

 

You search much deeper

You search much deeper within

Through the way things appear

You're looking into my heart

 

I'm comin' back to the heart of worship

And it's all about You

It's all about You, Jesus

 

I'm sorry Lord for the thing I've made it

When it's all about You

It's all about You, Jesus

 

I'm comin' back to the heart of worship

And it's all about You

It's all about You, Jesus

 

I'm sorry Lord for the thing I've made it

When it's all about You

It's all about You, Jesus, yeah

It's all about You

 

Every song we sing

Every breath we breathe, Jesus

Its all about You

It's all about You, Lord

 

I'm comin' back to the heart of worship

And it's all about You

Since it's all about You, Jesus

 

I'm sorry Lord for the thing I've made it

When it's all about You

It's all about You, Jesus

 

Sing to say, it's all about You

Every melody every heart beat

Every breath we breathe

It's all about You

 

There's no one

It's all about You

It's all about You

It's all about You

 

Yeah we know that

You will not share Your glory with another

Oh, You shall not share Your glory with another

Jesus, You will not share Your glory with another

Oh, You shall not share Your glory with another

 

You will not share Your glory with another, Jesus

Oh, You shall not share Your glory with another

There's no other

 

You will not share Your glory with another

Oh, You shall not share Your glory with another

There's no other

There's no like you in the Heavens and the Earth.

I COULD SING OF YOU LOVE FOREVER

SHANE & SHANE

SONGWRITER: MARTIN SMITH

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: VINTAGE

LABEL: SHANE & SHANE

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2020

 

    Barnard was born Shane Corey Barnard on January 14, 1976, in Placerville, California, to father James David Barnard and mother Margaret Ann Barnard (née, Gardner), and later grew up in Lubbock, Texas, where he attended Texas Tech University and later Texas A&M University. It was there that he led worship at the popular Christian student gathering Breakaway, and where he met Everett. Barnard is also known for his unique style of strumming the acoustic guitar and his high vocal range.

     During his junior year as a student at Texas A&M University, Barnard began a recording career. Prior to joining Everett, Barnard teamed up with friend Caleb Carruth to release an album. Entitled Salvation Still Remains, it was released in limited numbers. Barnard and Carruth later agreed to end their partnership amicably, stating that they "were just moving in different directions."

       Barnard is married to fellow CCM artist Bethany Dillon.

    Shane & Shane is a Texas-based contemporary worship music band known for acoustic praise and worship music. The band consists of Shane Barnard (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Shane Everett (vocals). They are often joined by their drummer and manager, Joey Parish. 

Over the mountains and the sea

Your river runs with love for me

And I will open up my heart

And let The Healer set me free

 

I'm happy to be in the truth

And I will daily lift my hands

For I will always sing

Of when Your love came down

 

Over the mountains and the sea

Your river runs with love for me

And I will open up my heart

And let The Healer set me free

 

I'm happy to be in the truth

And I will daily lift my hands

For I will always sing

Of when Your love came down

 

I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever

 

Over the mountains and the sea

Your river runs with love for me

And I will open up my heart

And let The Healer set me free

 

I'm happy to be in the truth

And I will daily lift my hands

For I will always sing

Of when Your love came down

 

I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever

 

Oh, I feel like dancing

It's foolishness, I know

But when the world has seen the light

They will dance with joy

Like we're dancing now

We will sing

 

I will sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love

 

I could sing (oh, I could sing)

Oh, I could sing (oh, I could sing)

Oh, I could sing of your love forever

Oh, I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever.

I could sing

I could sing.

THE END OF LOVE

FLORENCE WELCH

SONGWRITERS: FLORENCE WELCH & TOBIAS MACDONALD JESSO

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: HIGH AS HOPE

LABEL: REPUBLIC RECORDS

GENRE: INDIE

YEAR: 2018

 

       Florence Leontine Mary Welch (born 28 August 1986) is an English singer, the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the indie rock band Florence and the Machine. The band's debut studio album, Lungs(2009), topped the UK Albums Chart after charting for 28 consecutive weeks and won the BRIT Award for Best British Album. The band's second album, Ceremonials(2011), debuted at number one in the UK and number six on the US Billboard 200. Their third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful(2015), received positive reviews and topped the UK and US albums chart. The band's fourth album, High as Hope, was released in June 2018 and has sold over one million copies worldwide. In 2018, Welch also released a book titled Useless Magic, a collection of lyrics and poems written by her, along with illustrations.

     In 2022, the band announced their fifth studio álbum Dance Fever set to be released on 13 May 2022.

     High as Hope is the fourth studio album by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine. It was released on 29 June 2018, by Republic and Virgin EMI Records. It was preceded by the singles "Sky Full of Song" and "Hunger". "Patricia" was released as the third and final single on 10 August 2018.

       The album was executively produced by Florence Welch herself, along with Emile Haynie. Following How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful(2015), High as Hope features more minimalist, stripped-down productions and explores themes of heartache, loss, family, and finding comfort in loneliness. The album received positive reviews upon release, with music critics lauding Welch's vocal delivery and personal lyricism.

I feel nervous in a way that can't be named

I dreamt last night of a sign that read, "The end of love"

And I remember thinking even in my dreaming

It was a good line for a song

 

We were a family pulled from a flood

You tore the floorboards up

And let the river rush in

Not wash away, wash away

 

We were reaching in the dark

That summer in New York

And it was so far to fall

But it didn't hurt at all

You let it wash away, wash away

 

And in a moment of joy and fury I threw myself

From the balcony like my grandmother some years before me

I've always been in love with you

Could you tell it from the moment that I met you?

 

And we were a family pulled from a flood

You tore the floorboards up

And let the river rush in

Not wash away, wash away

 

We were reaching in the dark (wash away)

That summer in New York (wash away)

And was it so far to fall (wash away)

Said it didn't hurt at all

I let it wash away, wash away

 

And Joshua came down from the mountain

With a tablet in his hands

Told me that he loved me, yeah

And then ghosted me again

 

We were reaching in the dark

That summer in New York

And it was so far to fall

But it didn't hurt at all

I let it wash away, wash away

 

Reaching in the dark (wash away)

That summer in New York (wash away)

And was it so far to fall? (wash away)

But it didn't hurt at all

I let it wash away, wash away.

SUBLIME YOU

KOOL & KLEAN(KONSTANTIN KLASHTORNI)

SONGWRITER: KONSTANTIN KLASHTORNI

COUNTRY: GERMANY/UKRAIN

ALBUM:VOLUME VIII (*THE SMOOTHJAZZ LOFT*)

LABEL: KVK MUSIC

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 2019

 

           A crossover jazz and electronica project, Kool & Klean is the studio creation of Ukrainian-born/Germany-based saxophonist Konstantin Klashtorni. Since he debuted the project in 2010, Klashtorni has issued a steady stream of Kool & Klean albums including 2011's Volume II, 2014's Volume V, and 2017's Volume VII.

       Born in 1971 in Korosten in northern Ukraine, Klashtorni grew up with three older siblings, the son of an engineer father and music teacher mother. At age nine, his mother enrolled him in the local music school, where he started on clarinet. By his early teens, he had switched to saxophone and eventually enrolled at the R. Glier Kiev Institute of Music. It was there that he first discovered jazz. After graduating, he traveled Venezuela, where he developed a love for Latin traditions, playing with performers like Soledad Bravo, Andres Briceno, Gilberto Santa Rosa, and more. Returning to Europe, he furthered his studies at the Rotterdam Conservatory and eventually earned his Masters of Music Arts from the Royal Conservatory of the Hague. From there he moved to Germany, where -- influenced by artists like David Sanborn, Gerald Albright, and Kenny Garrett-- he made his solo debut with 2003's Downtown. The similarly inclined crossover álbum Led by You followed in 2006.

         After building his home studio, Klashtorni began looking for ways to diversify his recorded output and create more avenues by which to explore different sounds. He launched his own YouTube channel, Smooth Jazz Loft, and realized the potential for issuing albums under different names. In 2010, he released his first album under the Kool & Klean moniker, Volume I, drawing upon the influence of artists like Paul Hardcastle, Brian Culbertson, Dave Koz, and others. More well-received volumes followed including 2012's Volume III, 2014's Volume V, and 2017's Volume VII. Along with Kool & Klean, Klashtorni has issued albums under his own name in the Smooth Jazz series, and under the Groove Jazz N Chill title series. In 2019, he returned to the Kool & Klean series with Volume VIII.