Sam Phillips
How does she do it?
With a sultry voice that seems to capture a grin, she emotes so eloquenty what she writes. Don't DO Anything gets my early vote for one of my top five albums of the year. The songs seem pretty personal and relational, but then again, almost all of her lyrics do. She is one witty writer.
Other new albums I just heard about:
Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider
My Epic - I Am Undone
Wrench In The Works - Lost Art Of Heaping Coal
Austrian Death Machine - Total Brutal
The above four are albums that arrived right during deadline and, try as I may, I could not get them covered in the Sep/Oct issue. Of this I am extremely bummed -- especially for the great Austrian Death Machine (a concept album and fun side project by Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying ... he played all the instruments. It's totally rad ... and a riot) and the new Alice Cooper album (oh my gosh, I'm bummed about not being able to cover this one yet. It releases next Tuesday, July 29).
Phil Keaggy - Phantasmagorical (releases August 19 through Infinity)
It's called Master & The Musician 2. This could be really good.
They're also distributing the latest Larry Norman anthology album into the Christian Bookstore market (aka CBA) - Rebel Poet, Jukebox Balladeer: The Anthology.
Infinity is also distributing the reggae music from Lion of Zion Entertainment (Christafari and other cool reggae artists).
And just this morning I picked up the mail, which had a new Chris Tomlin album in it. Jamming to Stryper at the moment (loud in the office, like it should be). Stryper, it seems, has a new album in the can ... but a release is delayed until things get worked out (like a good promotional campaign, finishing up this Boston tour, etc), apparently.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at July 24, 2008 11:48 AMSo....Are you sayin you're already spining the new Stryper or am I just reading into it.
Posted by: Clint at July 24, 2008 02:47 PM