To whom or to what are you loyal, and why? If you aren't loyal, why not? That's what these Songs About Loyalty are all trying to find out. Ready...set...enjoy! ~ JH 1) Nina Nesbitt ~ "Loyal To Me"
2) Kendrick Lamar ~ "Loyalty."
3) Paloma Faith ~ "Loyal"
4) Odesza ~ "Loyal"
5) Alice Smith ~ "Loyalty"
6) Lincoln Brewster ~ "Loyal"
7) D. Clea ~ "Loyal"
8) Death Cab For Cutie ~ "I Was Once A Loyal Lover"
9) Laura Mam ~ "Not Loyal"
10) Tiger Lou ~ "The Loyal"
11) Major Lazer ft. Kizz Daniel & Kranium ~ "Loyal"
My wife and I will be heading out this afternoon to see and hear some great Christian music performed at the Winter Jam Tour Spectacular. Here's a sample song of each artist we will be seeing tonight. Winter Jam is a non-ticketed event – you just show up, stand in line, and pay your $10 at the door, and you get to see 10 different artists, plus a speaker. Can't beat that! Enjoy these tunes, and maybe you'll want to hit the road and come out as well! ~ JH
1) We Are Messengers ~ “Everything Comes Alive”
2) Stars Go Dim ~ “You Are Loved”
3) Trip Lee ft. Dimitri McDowell & Leah Smith ~ “Sweet Victory”
4) KB ft. Lecrae ~ “Sideways”
5) Sidewalk Prophets ~ “Save My Life”
6) NewSong ~ “One True God”
7) Red ~ “Darkest Part”
8) Lauren Daigle ~ “Trust In You”
9) Matthew West ~ “Grace Wins”
10) for KING & COUNTRY ~ “Fix My Eyes”
BONUS: Guest Speaker Tony Nolan ~ "Overcoming Struggles"
Today starts a three-part miniseries featuring songs with the words "Yours," "Mine," or "Ours" in their titles. Because there were so many songs that qualified for each post, I tried to pick the best songs I could find and weed out the "filler" tracks that sometimes permeate these pages. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) Ella Henderson ~ "Yours"
2) Red ~ "Yours Again"
3) Angus and Julia Stone ~ "I'm Yours"
4) Skillet ~ "Yours To Hold"
5) Metric ~ "Eclipse (All Yours)"
6) Jason Mraz ~ "I'm Yours"
7) Lauren Daigle ~ "I Am Yours"
8) The Script ~ "I'm Yours"
9) Tracy Chapman ~ "I Am Yours"
10) Elevation Worship ~ "Glory Is Yours"
11) Barbara Lewis ~ "Baby, I'm Yours"
12) a-ha ~ "Forever Not Yours"
13) Dara Maclean ~ "Yours Forever"
14) Jimmy Needham ~ "Yours To Take"
15) Kari Jobe ft. Darlene Zschech ~ "Yours Forever (You Took The Nails)"
This isn't the first time I've done a gimmicky post like this (it's the second time), and it probably won't be the last either. For those lucky 10 (well, 11) of you who responded, these songs are for you. For everybody else, these songs are not for you, but feel free to enjoy them vicariously through others! ~ JH
1) David Hasselhoff ~ "True Survivor" (David H., your prize is a song by the one and only "The Hoff"! You lucky dog, you!)
2) Ruth Lorenzo ~ "Dancing In The Rain" (Mrs. Ruth, I don't understand all of what this lady's singing during the verses, but it sure does sound pretty, doesn't it?)
3) Jan Howard ~ "I Never Once Stopped Loving You" (Jan, this one was challenging. A lot of European artists with the name Jan are guys – probably pronounced YON. But eventually I found you a lady singer. Enjoy?)
4) Penny McLean ~ "Lady Bump" (Did I promise anywhere here that the songs I picked would be good? Because this one kind of isn't…on any level. But it's disco. And no one else's song is – so you should feel special, Penny! Or something like that…)
5) Lauren Daigle ~ "Trust In You" (I had to chase that last "song" with one of actual quality – and this one IS! This particular Lauren is one of my new favorite Christian artists!)
6) David Crowder*Band ~ "How He Loves" (Back-to-back favorites here. I must like you or something, cousin David!)
7) Martina McBride ~ "How Far" (Was there really any other Martina that I was going to include here? Not a chance! Hope you like it, Martina-that-I-know!)
8) Racheal GreyCloud ~ "Talk To Me In Touch" (Yours is an unusual spelling of the name, Racheal, so this was a tough one, too. But I found one, by Jove!)
9) Don Omar ft. Lucenzo ~ "Danza Kuduro" (Because you're my best bud, Don, I know I can get away with posting this crappy song which inexplicably has nearly 700 million views on YouTube. I have no idea what the lyrics mean – they could be explicit as all-get-out for all I know, but here it is anyway.)
10) Kevin Fowler ~ "Beer Season" (Kevin W., this one was a no-brainer. You like beer, and here's a whole song about it. Sorry it's a country song…but still.)
11) BONUS TRACK: Jason Bonham Band ~ "Wait For You" (Jason M., you were a tad tardy in joining the "Like" party, but because we share the awesomest first name ever, I'm cutting you some slack and giving you the "bonus track." You're welcome.)
This final entry in the "Fruits of the Spirit" was dogging me, too, making it all but impossible to compile. Finally, I made a breakthrough and came up with more songs than I could use, actually. I tried to narrow it down to the best of the best. While you won't find the phrase "self control" in the titles of these songs (and most often, not in the lyrics either), the spirit and attitude of "self control" as a virtue, or "fruit" as it were, permeates each song in this collection. Did I mention that there are some really great songs here? Because there are. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) Sanctus Real ~ "I'm Not Alright"
2) Jars Of Clay ~ "Worlds Apart"
3) Jeremy Camp ~ "My Desire"
4) GS Megaphone ~ "Use Me"
5) Skillet ~ "Monster"
6) Casting Crowns ~ "Courageous"
7) Relient K ~ "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been"
8) Tedashii ~ "Make War"
9) Third Day ~ "Cry Out To Jesus"
10) Plumb ~ "Smoke"
11) Matt Redman ~ "Never Once"
12) Hillsong Live ~ "From The Inside Out"
13) DC Talk ~ "In The Light"
14) Trip Lee ft. J. Paul ~ "Fallin'"
15) Casting Crowns ~ "Slow Fade"
16) Jennifer Knapp ~ "The Way I Am"
17) Fireflight ~ "Unbreakable"
18) 116 ft. KB, PRo, Tedashii, & Andy Mineo ~ "Temptation"
19) Matt Maher ft. Audrey Assad ~ "Lord, I Need You"
20) Tenth Avenue North ~ "The Struggle"
21) Lauren Daigle ~ "How Can It Be"
22) Pillar ~ "Further From Myself"
23) Disciple ~ "Dear X, You Don't Own Me"
24) KB ft. Swoope, Trip Lee, & Jai ~ "Open Letter (Battlefield)"
