One of the joys of revision is listening to a lot of music. An exciting new discovery for me has been High Street Hymns. Coming out of Christ Episcopal Church, Charlottesville, Virginia, they are a bit like the excellent Red Mountain Music but more cheerful and suitable for congregational singing.
This is what they say about their ministry:
Our goal is touch hearts and minds with the love and grace of God, primarily through the forgotten poetry of the Church. By writing new music for long-forgotten hymn texts, we hope to infuse the Church with songs that are both theologically rich and musically accessible. The words we sing each Sunday matter tremendously. They reach into the deepest places of our souls and form us, preaching the Gospel to us again and again.
Alex Mejias talked and performed his way through a few of their recordings here. One word that he used over and over for the words of the hymns he was singing was 'beautiful', and I think the music captures that response to the love of God in Christ.
You can listen to all their music online. The words are lovely (not least the EP of songs about the love of God and 'My Song is Love Unknown').
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