2009, Great Comfort Records
For more than 30 years, pop music has suffered from a God complex—attaching a scarlet letter to artists who include the religious experience in their songs.
But a new generation of musicians from across the spiritual spectrum is emerging, discarding the trappings of the Christian-culture industry to reintroduce the transcendence, beauty and historical gravity of western scared music to the places where it belongs: dinner parties, road trips and back porches.
Come O Spirit brings together artists like Dave Bazan, Damien Jurado, Rosie Thomas, Denison Witmer, The Welcome Wagon (featuring Sufjan Stevens) and Leigh Nash to revive 400 years of long-forgotten melodies and liturgical music. The brainchild of producers Isaac Wardell and Mason Neely, Come O Spirit interprets hymnody through lush, cinematic arrangements and a drop of Southern gothic mystique. It’s like a prayer.
But a new generation of musicians from across the spiritual spectrum is emerging, discarding the trappings of the Christian-culture industry to reintroduce the transcendence, beauty and historical gravity of western scared music to the places where it belongs: dinner parties, road trips and back porches.
Come O Spirit brings together artists like Dave Bazan, Damien Jurado, Rosie Thomas, Denison Witmer, The Welcome Wagon (featuring Sufjan Stevens) and Leigh Nash to revive 400 years of long-forgotten melodies and liturgical music. The brainchild of producers Isaac Wardell and Mason Neely, Come O Spirit interprets hymnody through lush, cinematic arrangements and a drop of Southern gothic mystique. It’s like a prayer.
Tracklisting
Disc 1
| 1 | I Sought The Lord (featuring Leigh Nash and Megan Roderick) |
| 2 | It Is Finished (featuring Trent Dabbs, Kate York, Leigh Nash and Kevin Bevil) |
| 3 | Come O Spirit! (featuring Aimee Wilson) |
| 4 | Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me (featuring Laura Gibson) |
| 5 | Just a Closer Walk (featuring Damien Jurado and Rosie Thomas) |
| 6 | Open Thou Mine Eyes (featuring Kate York) |
| 7 | The Mourner's Prayer (featuring Denison Witmer and Sam Ashworth) |
| 8 | Hard Times (featuring David Bazan, Rosie Thomas, J.Tillman, Laura Gibson, John Totten and Chris Totten) |
| 9 | Kyrie (featuring Shara Worden, Sarah Fullen and Megan Rederick) |
| 10 | Be Still My Soul (featuring Sarah Fullen, Kelly McRae and Evan Gregory) |
| 11 | How Calm and Beautiful (featuring Joseph Pensak and Laura Young) |
| 12 | Lord, I Believe (featuring Liz Janes) |
| 13 | He Never Said A Mumblin’ Word (featuring The Welcome Wagon) |
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