The Wired Christian

This site is a directory of Christian radio and Christian TV stations, programs, on demand, MP3 music download, and podcasting links found on the internet. If you are surfing the web and would like to listen to some Christian tunes you can just head on over and find a new station that you might like. The front page is very well laid out and you can pretty much see what you want at a glance. Plus if you don’t see what you are looking for there is a simple search form at the top of the page. It also has a link right beneath that for more detailed searching via the Advanced Search which will let you specify such things as the genre, location, language, type (see or hear), etc.

As you are browsing the site and finding the actual listings you will notice that there are icons to the left of the listing. These let you know what type of feed you will be getting whether it is a Windows Media Player feed, a WinAmp feed, Real Player, MP3 Download, etc. This is very useful information to know before you go clicking on links.

All in all I found that they had quite an extensive listing covering a fairly broad range of genres and topics. Head on over and check it out at ChristianTuner.com!

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WorshipTogether.com has a 50 Worship Anthems CD set for sale on their site. These are some of the most powerful and life changing songs from both the UK and the US. Below is an abbreviated list of songs. If you click through to the site they have the full song list as well as links to audio samples. Check it out!

• Here I Am To Worship
• Our Love Is Loud
• Shout To The Lord
• Beautiful Savior
• The Power Of The Cross
• Better Is One Day
• etc…

* Note: This is not a paid advertisement or affiliate link. I just think people should listen to great worship music!

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Yes, I’m a little late on this one but I just discovered them so I thought I’d share. Red is a rock band consisting of Randy Armstrong (Bass) (twin brother to Anthony), Anthony Armstrong (Guitar) (twin brother to Randy), Jasen Rauch (Guitar), Hayden Lamb (Drums) (has a twin brother) and Michael Barnes (Vocals). Umm… what’s with the twin thing? Moving on. They released their debut album, End of Silence in June 2006, almost a year ago. I’m still not sure why we still call them albums. Aren’t they CDs these days? Anyway the album was nominated at the 49th annual Grammy Awards.

Michael Barnes has a great voice and he has some good backup from the band at times. There is also some good old screamo (yes that’s a real musical genre) mixed in at times and plenty of head-bangin, foot thumpin, heart racing good beats. But don’t let that scare you off; the music is very complex and there are a number of songs that are not so in your face. There are piano and string snippets mixed in to give some feelings of grandeur (synthesized of course) and a nice mix of tempo and volume contrasts to keep your interest. In fact, this album has replaced 30 Seconds To Mars - A Beautiful Lie as my current favorite.

The impressive part… they’re a Christian rock band. That’s right. Rockin with the brethren! Representin for Christ. I couldn’t believe my ears. I’m really proud that the quality of good Christian rock music has risen to the level that the “world” is nominating their albums for Grammy Awards despite blatant Christian themes in the music.

If you’re into rock or would like to try it out you can purchase Red - End of Silence here. Or if you’d like a FREE preview head on over to the band’s website where you can listen to their song Breathe Into Me online.

So how did I do? Do you have any suggestions on how I could have improved this review? Do you disagree with anything I said? Or do you just want to give me the ole two thumbs up? I’d love to hear any comments you have below! Thanks for taking the time to stop by.

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