Recording artist, producer, and arranger, Andrew James, has a new cd out, “O Holy Night.” Here’s a Christmas album that won’t stay on the shelf January through November. Listen to Andrew as he talks with TMC Youth’s Sharman Brown about giving a contemporary beat to traditional hymns and Christmas songs.
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I can’t wait for this to come out. I’m definitely getting it.
Fun to hear how you choose the hymns to update.
So looking forward to your new album! Can’t wait till it gets in my reading room!
I love how the guitar and percussion MOVES…. the pieces, gives them the sense of going forward, like in “What is thy birthright man?” and “I’m a Pilgrim, I’m a Stranger”.
My favorite in your first album is “Whither”! I keep playing it over and over….I so love the harmony! So looking forward to “O Holy Night”!
Your voice has a special quality of humility and strength. Thanks so much for sharing your gifts!
This guy is awesome. I loved Somewhere To Begin, and I had wondered what the guy behind the music was like. Its so refreshing in this interview to hear an intelligent, talented person in my generation that is into Christian Science. Musically, his work is so great. What a treat to have really good, contemporary music with CS lyrics. I’m looking forward to picking up O Holy Night from the reading room soon. I hope he keeps these albums coming!
PS - My hobby is to write songs and perform them on my guitar, and over the last year or so I’ve started to get into playing hymns. Andrew James’ music inspires me to keep working on playing hymns myself.
The word that comes to my mind whenever listening to Andrew’s work is “EFFORTLESS” and “CRYSTAL CLEAR.”
Beyond the surface, I see his mastery of music talents, ripe thoughts - which SO NATURALLY flow… Very, very nice!!
He is really letting the beauty of Spirit, SOUL, shine through his work. Not pumped up or pressured… Just being a crystal-clear expression of the MESSAGE - Very inspiring. In the seeming simplicity of his works, there is ever-refreshing profoundness.
God bless you, Andrew! Thanks!
I got this cd and it’s really, really great. I highly recommend it to everyone!
Great music. Really fresh.