Oregon Christian Music

Mike Haines - "I Want to Be"

I Want to Be by Mike Haines

It was a pleasure to finally meet Mike Haines in person this past Sunday. Mike leads the praise worship at Community of Hope Lutheran Church in Wilsonville, Oregon. Mike is as charming in person as his songs are to hear. Thanks for sharing your faith and talents Mike!

Future of Forestry - Slow Your Breath Down : Travel 3 Tour Rehearsal in LA

 

Absolutely love this group. Take a listen and then follow them.

X-Fest 2011 is COMING SOON!!!

If you wish to see your local Christian musicians from the NW, the best place to do that is at X-Fest. XFEST is a Christian rock festival which takes place annually on labor day weekend in Stevenson Washington, just :45 minutes from Portland Oregon. XFEST is essentially, like Creation Fest, a 3 day music fest of camping, community, bands and artists. Xfest proposes that art, music and written verse convey the artists, the musicians, the writers sense and view of the world as they know it to be.

For a full list of musictians and schedule, visit XFEST band page. Here is a short list of local artists:

• Agents of Future
• Adonijah
• Hello Yello
• Living Witness
• His Legacy
• Great Horned Owl
• Asteroid M
• The New Divide
• Gamblers Die Broke

~Twinman: Music for your life

Falling Up is back!

That's right, Portland based band Falling Up is back with a 5th album following a quiet split-up after their hit-and-miss album "Fangs!". Thankfully, it was not the end. Falling Up came back together on their new independent album "Your Sparkling Death Cometh".

Frontman Jessy Ribordy takes the wandering synth soundscapes of "Fangs!" and combines them with more traditional rock elements from earlier albums. Together, we have an epic progressive rock album that is wonderfully mastered. The lyrics are beautiful and Jessy's voice is so pure in this album. The song "Diamonds" is a great example of this.

For a full review of the album, check out Jesusfreakhideout.com. They rate this album 4.5-5 stars out of 5 stars!

Release date: Your Sparkling Death Cometh, June 28th, 2011.

~Twinman: Music for your life.