Nice arrangements of some classic worship songs
My wife and I saw Jadon Lavik at 2008's annual Fish Fest in Irvine, CA. We loved his music, and quickly purchased this CD, and have added it to our Worship MP3 CD for the car.
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new spins to old songs
Jadon Lavik's new record is refreshing amongst the many modern worship albums that have been released lately. Here we have a collection of untraditionally traditional Sunday morning hymns played in a modern fashion by this singer/songwriter. In listening to it, I was actually hoping to hear more remakes of the old hymns than the 11 that are here. I would've loved to have heard Beautiful Savior or Crown Him With Many Crowns, but oh well, I suppose it can`t be a double CD. Instrumentally, the album is very stripped down with a more coffee shop/acoustic feel to it which I think is a plus for the songs. It's almost exclusively acoustic guitar and piano. The purity of Lavik's smooth crooning adds a nice finishing touch. Blessed Assurance is one of my favorites for this reason, along with it's beautiful message and lullabye-like sway. Don't expect all the hymns to sound as you remember them, if you didn`t think Amazing Grace could be made into a jazz guitar song, you`ll have to hear it! The record grows on you and eventually I think you'll like it as much as I do.
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