Looking For Some Light – Albums & Songs Of The Year 2020 Some Thoughts On The Music That Pointed Me Towards The Light This Year At this point, it’s almost a universal truth that the whole world is waiting for the calendar to flip the page to the next year. […]
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Alex Caldwell’s Top Ten Albums And Songs Of 2017
Crooked, Yet Still Fumbling Towards The Light On A Spiritual Journey Through 2017 With The Best Albums Of The Year The old Baptist hymn says “This world is not my home / I’m just a’ passing through / If Heaven’s not my home / O Lord what will I do?” […]
Alex’s Top 20 Albums Over 20 Years Old: Jars Of Clay’s Self-Titled First Album
Jars Of Clay And The Art Of The Resurrection “Arms nailed down Are you telling me something? Eyes turned out Are you looking for someone?” – “Liquid” by Jars Of Clay Having grown up in the Church, I’ve seen both the best of what a life of faith can bring […]
Alex’s Top 20 Albums Over 20 Years Old: The Lost Dogs, “Scenic Routes'”
Breathing Deep The Breath Of God With The Lost Dogs When I was an adolescent, I was taught that God loved me, and loved the whole world equally with the love of a perfect father. But when I was a teenager (who was attending a new church and school), I […]
“Alex’s 20 Great Albums Over 20 Years Old: The Choir, ‘Chase The Kangaroo'”
The Choir And The Art Of Sadness “A sad face is good for the heart / Go on cry, does it seem a cruel world? A sad face is good for the heart of a girl / A sad face” […]
“Alex’s 20 Great Albums Over 20 Years Old – ‘This Beautiful Mess’ by Sixpence None The Richer”
Sixpence None The Richer And Life’s Beautiful Mess Messiah / I know you are there Within, without me / Holding me Messiah / I know you are there Catching, carrying / This beautiful mess – From “Within A Room Somewhere” If there is one idea that keeps drawing me towards […]
“Looking For America – On A Spiritual Journey Through 2016 With The Best Albums Of The Year”
Looking For America – On A Spiritual Journey Through 2016 With The Best Albums Of The Year A look back at the past year is what we journalist and writers do. Trying to “get a handle” on what just happened is an age-old task that is always just beyond the […]
“Switchfoot And Needtobreathe – The Spurs and Warriors of Christian Music”
Music And Basketball: Switchfoot And Needtobreathe – The Warriors and Spurs of Christian Music There are a few distinct things I’ve been a fan of since childhood (good books, good movies, good Chinese food etc.), and chief among them are basketball and music. There were no real outdoor courts in […]
Alex Caldwell’s 2015 Staff Picks
Being a music reviewer (or film or any other kind of art) can be a downer at times, because your intake of mediocre art can be too much. If you let it get to you, then you can wonder if there is anything good happening in your little corner of […]
A Look At The Lyrics Of Jon Foreman, Part 1
No Cheap Inspiration Here A Look At The Lyrics Of Jon Foreman, Part 1 Back in my freshman year of college, I came across a “new artist sampler” CD in some magazine or another, and a few tracks in, these lyrics jumped out of the speakers of my college […]