Positive Entertainment Reviews

I am ever so excited about this new band that is going to take positive christian entertainment by storm. This is the very first time I have discovered this new band on Jesusfreakhideout and they are signed by Save The City Records who is partnering with Prolegend Records which is totally brand new to me.
I have not yet heard any music by Red Coalescence but I believe they are going to take the Christian Music scene to a whole new level with music that is new generational and diverse. I believe this should excite the younger generations that are searching for new and current up to date music and I am also excited about hearing their music. They are going to push and hopefully eradicate the creative boundaries in Christian Entertainment and this is sheer evidence that their is a much brighter future for Positive Christian Entertainment.
Youth Leaders, can i please inform you to check this band out and bring their new music to the young people that you are ministering to in this day and age.
Their debut album ''Killers is available now on downloads so can I encourage you to check them out.
you can go on www.amazon.com and look up Red Coalescence.
The New Family Force 5 album ''Time Stands Still'' is coming out on August this year and their new singles are ''BZRK'' and ''Let It Be Love''.

I am deeply concerned about the fact that some of the positive modern albums especially Faith based Pop and Hip Hop albums are being released on download only.
I personally don't download music full stop and i prefer to perchase physical CD's.
Artists, please can i encourage you to release your albums on audio CD's as well as MP3 downloads because it is getting quite difficult for me to perchase some new and fantastic albums that are being released on just downloads, and I really enjoy supporting you and your God given ministry.
With that being said, may God continue using your music and ministry in a powerful way to reach more people for Jesus Christ and may God bless you. I am excited about meeting all of you when we get to Heaven to be with God forever and I'm looking forwards to hugging you when i meet up with you in Heaven. I would like to encourage you to keep on making more positive music to advance God's awesome kingdom. You have all been a real blessing and I am so proud of God for saving me from my sins and for adopting me into his awesome family. See you all soon and may God bless you now and forevermore.
Let us receive God's divine number 777.

I am pleased to review another amazing album which is one of the most innovative and exciting albums you will hear. John Reuben is quite comical and animated and his music is original and creative and it doesn't conform to conventional and commercial standards. We need a lot more original and innovative artists that are willing to create music that has never been heard of before.
In the past i used to listen to Gorillaz and Gnarls Barkley and they are very cartoony and animated in their music. I also listened to some futuristic indie bands including Space and Super Furry Animals and their songs were quite animated and futuristic. These two bands are examples of boundary pushing and unbridled creativity in their music.

If you like music that is creative, original and animated then check out John Reuben. He is a Rap artist who truly stands out and he is not afraid to create music that is awesome and fun with lyrics that are real and authentic. I like John Reuben quite a lot because he knows how to create songs that bring the younger side to me and make music that is captivating. I am hopefully going to listen to John Reuben for quite a long time. The first time I heard of John Reuben was when I heard the song ''Make Money Money'' on the Hip Hope Hits 2008 CD last year. ''Make Money Money'' is also on the album
''Word Of Mouth'' along with other songs including ''Sing Like You Mean It'', The Title Track,
''Miserable Exaggeration'' and ''Good Evening'', and they are all fun songs.
The Title Track is very thought provoking and it deals with the sameyness and the mundanity that artists fall into especially when they create new songs that sound the same and that don't move forward creatively. True artists are usually the ones who take risks in creating music that is new and original and that don't conform to the conventional standards that contributes to mediocrity.

Sadly, there is a lack of inspiration and innovation in the music industry today and it breaks my heart. It is so overtly consumed with art for sales and a lot of young people are missing out on true artistry today and we are too consumed with what is selling in the charts. The music industry is in a very bad state because of the stagnation and lack of originality in music. Music listeners, can i please encourage you to check out other artists and not to keep feeding on a diet of what is selling in the charts. This culture is so celebrity oriented and is so consumed with false images that contributes to fakeness and and is seriously misleading the youth culture to it's own consequence.
Let us stand out from the crowd and be who God truly created us to be.

Now as you know, Cece Winans is related to Bebe Winans and they are both Gospel Artists who make music that brings glory to God and edifies other people. This album is excellent and I quite like this particular record a lot. This CD is pure evidence that her heart is passionate about worshipping God and advancing his kingdom and her songs prove that. Cece has a very pure voice and she has produced some exuberant and very powerful kingdom inspired songs that will inspire us to put our praise on and hopefully, some of the songs on this album who get you dancing exuberantely.
''Forever'' is quite an exciting praise song that will fill you heart and head with the praises of God.
''It Ain't Over'', is a very full on upbeat Gospel/Pop song that will encourage you in the hardest of time and is a reminder that there is still hope for Christians who are being tried and tested.
''Waging War'' is a very powerful and emotive song about spiritual warfare and our battle is against the devil and the kingdom of darkness. If you are on God's side, I would like to remind you that God gives you spiritual weapons and armour for this battle and the most powerful weapons are praise and prayer. Prayer builds a bridge between the physical and spiritual realms and when we pray according to God's will for our lives, things change for the better. Praise is very powerful and it can come of great use when we are facing trials of any kind. The sword of the spirit is God's Word which is known as the Bible and we can use it to quote the scriptures when we are battling against the devil and his diabolical demons.

I pray that you will be blessed by this amazing and powerful album and that it may be use in a mighty way to destroy satan's hellish kingdom and take back what has been stolen from us.
Jesus is the one and only person who can satisfy us so let our worship go to God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, One Godhead, Three in One. May God bless you.

Music Style: Folk/Electronica, Praise and Worship.
Year Of Release: 2014.

I am so looking forwards to review another incredible album and this CD is recorded by the lead singer from one of the most unconventional and experimental worship bands of all time, the David Crowder Band. They totally changed the face of Worship Music and they brought so much freshness into the Church and it is about time they did. The David Crowder Band's music consists of Electronica, Folk, Dance and Progressive Rock and that brought a lot of diversity into the church.
If you are getting bored with the mediocrity in the Praise and Worship scene that has become so overloaded with cliche's and has become quite samey, you are in for a massive surprise when you hear the David Crowder Band. They are exciting, creative, full of life and extremely awesome and they will encourage you to see church music differently and in a more positive light.

Now I am reviewing Crowder's new and first solo album Neon Steeple and it is a very incredible album. If you combine Folk Music with elements of Electronica, you get Folktronica and that is what Neon Steeple sounds like. Songs like ''My Beloved'', ''Come Alive'' and ''Hands Of Love'' will pump up your exuberance level and will excite you big time. ''I Am'' is such a fantastic worship song that will get your hands lifted up in praise to God and it will inspire you to hold on to God whilst you're in the middle of the storm, that is when you are going through hard times. ''Lift Your Head Weary Sinners (Chains) has a country/folk feel and it contains elements of handclapping in the background.
''Ain't No Grave'' is quite upbeat and it gets even better as you listen to it and it bursts into celebration in the 2nd half of the song. ''You Are'' is such a highly explosive Folktronica song so you better get your dancing shoes on. The song bursts into life big time and it is bound to cause a praise explosion and a non stop praise illumination. ''You Are'' will give you a taster glimpse of what the music is going to be like in Heaven. This album also contains some mellow laid back songs that brings some balance to this incredible album. ''Here's My Heart'' starts off mellow and it bursts into life in the 2nd half of the song. It will grow on you the more you listen to it.
I hope and pray that there will be some new music shops run by Christians who promote positive entertainment and that brings a lot more diversity so that more and more people will be reached.
I am longing to see a brand new record shop that sells a lot of CD's that promote moral Christian values and that has a heart for reaching more people for Jesus. I am deeply concerned about the Christian Bookshops not selling anywhere near enough new albums and a lot of young children and teenagers are not entering the Christian Bookshops. It seems to me that only grown ups and elderly people enter the Christian Bookshops and it concerns me to such an extent. Christians, We need to wake up to the fact that a lot of youngsters are moving well away from the faith and a lot of people have become so apathetic and indifferent and it angers me. I would like to encourage you to pray for some new music shops to be built and for some new radio stations that promote a lot of diversity in positive entertainment, and that the Pubs, Clubs, Arcades and Amusement Parks will be taken back for God's glory. May God Bless You.

As I almost conclude this review, I would like to recommend some fantastic Worship Bands that are well worth a listen and they will appeal more to young people.
Planetshakers.
Hillsong Young And Free.
Rend Collective.

Switchfoot are one of the most talented and amazing rock bands you will ever hear and they are not afraid to be who God made them to be. This is the kind of album that will in no doubt start a revolution in the lives of the music listeners. Switchfoot put a lot of effort into all of their recording and they are very hard working. This is what I call real music and a lot of die hard rock fans will enjoy this album. The lead single ''Dark Horses'' inspires us to stand up against the darkness and go against the grain. We were not meant to follow the crowd because they will lead us in the wrong direction. ''The Original'' is such an awesome rock song that will encourage you to be who God created you to be and he made you unique from everyone else. There are some other amazing songs including ''Restless'', ''The War Inside'', and ''The Afterlife.
This album is full of anthemic songs and a some mellow tracks including ''Thrive'' and the title track.
This record is a little bit different than some of the albums they have recorded in the past and i like it when bands and artists explore different territories and directions in creativity. ''Selling The News'' is one of the songs on this album that sounds different and the lyrics are quite thought provoking. Let us not believe the lies that the media is feeding us with and don't buy into what the newspapers and trashy magazines are selling you.Vice Verses is such a masterpiece and a real Rock classic and I hope you enjoy it. If Switchfoot keep this up in the future and if they keep on moving forwards into different territories, they could easily become one of my favorite Rock bands of all times. I know we had ''The Jam'', ''U2'' ''Oasis'', Ocean Colour Scene, Kaiser Chiefs, ''The Killers'', ''The Foo Fighters'', ''Muse'' and many other Guitar Bands but I would also like to recommend ''House Of Heroes'', and ''Anberlin''. They are some of the top quality classic Guitar Bands and you will be surprised.
Let us hope the pub ministries will sweep across the whole of Great Britain and the USA.

Recommended songs.
The Afterlife.
The Original.
The War Inside
Restless.
Dark Horses.

Switchfoot are also in the American mainstream music scene.

Now this CD is the soundtrack to a very amazing and powerful film ''Blessed And Cursed''.
The movie is a modern retelling of the biblical story of David and Saul and I believe you will enjoy the film. ''Blessed And Cursed'' is starring one of the most influential and powerful modern Gospel artists Deitrick Haddon and he plays the main character Dwight Hawkins. The film is also starring Damita Haddon, Karen Clark Sheard, Drew Sidora, Dr Bobby Jones and many more. The biblical theme of the film is based on Deuteronomy 30:10, I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live. Blessed And Cursed is such a fantastic film and I believe you will be inspired and challenged by it. God has a plan for us and he has given us gifts and talents to use for his glory and for the edification of the church and to reach out to the lost. If we are faithful in the small things, then God will entrust us to bigger things and he will take us to new heights like never before. Not everybody will support the vision that God gives you and there will be times when certain people and situations will hinder you from your God given destiny, but we have a choice to make. Are we going to move forward in God's vision for us or are we going to let other peoples false assumptions cause us to give up. I believe God is going to use you in a powerful way to bring hope to the future generations and invest in the youngsters and that you will leave a lasting legacy if you choose not to give up.
The songs on this CD are excellent and fresh and they will resource you on your walk with God. There is a brighter future for you and God is going to be so pleased with you if you trust in God for salvation and if you follow the plans that God has for you, things will never be the same and lives will be changed in ways you will never know, at least not until the next life that is in Heaven.
May God bless you now and forevermore and may God's seal of approval be on you.
You can purchase or order the CD and DVD at the Christian Bookshop.
Recommended songs.
I'm Blessed (featuring Deitrick Haddon).
Praise In The House (featuring Lowell Pye and Jessica Reedy).
Judah (Let Me Here You Praise) featuring Clareta Jackson.
Zion (Let's Go Up) featuring Eric ''Bishop'' Taylor.
So What (featuring Suzie Rock).
Don't Leave Me Now (featuring Deitrick Haddon).

Recommended albums that will encourage and inspire you on your journey with God.
Deitrick Haddon: Church On The Moon.
Canton Jones: Dominionaire.
Tye Tribbett: Stand Out.
J Moss: V4 The Other Side.
Kirk Franklin: The Fight Of My Life.
Fred Hammond: God, Love And Romance.
Kierra Kiki Sheard: Free.
Mary Mary: Something Big.
Lecrae: Gravity.
116 Clique: Man Up.
Trip Lee: The Good Life.
Ambassador: Stop The Funeral.
Da Truth: Heartbeat.
LZ7: Aftershow.
Guvna B: Odd 1 Out.
The 29th Chapter: Supernova.
KJ-52: Dangerous.
Shonlock: Never Odd Or Even.
Byron Mr Talkbox Chambers: My Time.
Group1Crew: Ordinary Dreamers.
Flame: Royal Flush.
Flame: The 6th.
Tedashii: Blacklight.
Britt Nicole: Gold.
Royal Tailor: Black And White.

Now I am going to review a multicultural album that contains a diversity of different CCM artists that come from different background and I do believe that it is fitting that we come together in unity and worship God with one voice. This awesome and excellent album is featuring different artists including Noel Robinson, Israel Houghton, Lou Fellingham, Martin Smith from Delirious, Nu Colours, Matt Redman, Smokie Norful, Erica Campbell from Mary Mary, Rance Allan, Darlene Zschech, Kierra Kiki Sheard, Muyiwa, Brenton Brown, Tre Sheppard from OneHundredHours, and many more. The songs are absolutely awesome and they all serve one purpose, to glorify God and unite people. We all need to come together and stop arguing over differences. We all all unique and different from each other and we are to do our very best to live in harmony. I pray that God will help us in that area.

It is extremely important that the CCM artists come together to record albums and songs to raise awareness for different charities that are reaching out to the poor and the hurting and are helping to bring an end to poverty and human traffiking. We need a lot more culturally diverse CD's that can contribute to reaching out to the lost and bringing hope to communities. It is important and we cannot brush it off. I pray that the Positive Bands and Artists start reaching out to Bands and Artists who don't know Jesus and may the Church stop criticising and passing judgement.
May God Bless You and let us all come together and shine God's awesome light like a city on a hill.

I am going to review a song by a Band I have never heard of before and they do Ska Music. A friend that I knew at Mayday Trust introduced me to the New Town Kings and from what I've heard of them, they are brilliant. Now they are not a CCM Band to let you know but the song ''News Stand is a really good song that contains some thought provoking lyrics that encourage you not to believe the lies that are printed in the newspapers. Just because it is written in the papers doesn't mean it is true and things are not always what they seem. The tabloids are printing and selling an awful lot of gibberish and they do it to make money which is beyond a joke. Please don't believe the lies the news papers are sending you.

I am so glad I got introduced to the New Town Kings since I was brought up on Ska Music at an early age. If you are a big fan of  Ska Music, please check out the OC Supertones. They are an absolutely amazing Band.

Now to let you know, Mayday Trust is reserved for people with learning difficulties and disabilities and I take part in the pop music club once a week. I have been diagnosed with Autism (Aspergus Syndrome) at a very early age and I still am affected by it. This Positive Entertainment Blog is real evidence that people with autism can be very bright and clever people and they can also be very talented. I believe God can and still uses autistic people for his own glory.
Now the Bible teaches that God uses the the things that seem foolish to this world to shame those who are wise in the world's eyes. We don't have to lean on our own strength to achieve God's purposes because we do it by God's Holy Spirit. It is God who gives us strength and God's true strength is revealed when we are in a weak situation.
May God richly bless you with his unmerited favour and I pray that this review with impact you're life in ways I may not know. All Praise goes to God alone for what he has done in my life and is still doing in this present time and in the future to come. May you all be blessed in the mighty name of God.

Another song I would like to recommend and it is by the New Town Kings, and you can listen to it on Youtube. The song is called ''Change''.

I would like to thank God for raising up modern culturally relevant Bands and Artists that make awesome and exciting music that reaches the youth of this generation. This Royal Tailor album ''Black And White'' is full of upbeat and energetic Pop/Rock songs that are quite alternative to the likes of Maroon 5, Bruno Mars and Michael Jackson. The songs are very up to date with the times and a lot of young people are going to go mad for this album. This album is full of songs that encourage and challenge us to put our Christian Faith into action and to also beware of negative influences in Pop Culture that is poisoning the youth culture to it's own consequence. We also need to be careful of the company we keep because following the crowd will mislead you and cause you to live a life that contradicts who God is.
The Good news is this Royal Tailor album is ever so fun and exciting and I think these songs should find their way on the future animated films and also the Just Dance video games that may be released in the future as well. God is not boring at all and he is never old fashioned whatsoever. God is never confined to a certain time or era. He is fresh all of the time and God is the same yesterday, today and forever. If the Church is going to reach the youngsters and take back the youth culture for God, it needs to quit living in the past and stop using methods that worked well in the past but are not working anymore. Freshness and innovation in. Stagnation and lifelessness out the doors.
Church of God, wake up.

If you are looking for a radio station that promote godly values through modern, culturally relevant music that is excellent and fun, please go to www.ucb.co.uk/extra.

Recommended Songs.
Make A Move.
Control.
Hold Me Together.
Death Of Me.
Run To Love.
Love Is Here.
Wannabe.

Music Style: Metalcore.
Year Of Release: 2013.

This is definately the most creative, awesome and excitingly fresh Heavy Metal album you will ever here and the good news is that August Burns Red are taking the Christian Metal scene to a whole new level. This album is ever so mindblowing and the creativity and fresh diversity is ever so unbridled. You have to be ever so brave and ever so talented to create an album like this since August Burns Red have taken a lot of creative risks. I believe this exciting album will inspire other Bands and Artists to move to the next level in creativity and move beyond the stagnation that plagues us. ''Rescue And Restore'' is such a mindblowing album and I definitely rate it 10/10, 100% full on.
Music Fans, can I encourage you to explore different Bands and Artists you have never heard of before because there is more out there than you think. I believe the Positive Entertainment Blog will broaden your musical horizons and believe me, you will be surprised. Most of all, the most important thing in my whole life is my faith in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, One God three in one. I love serving a triune God who created the whole universe for his glory alone. let us keep on looking to God and placing our trust in God's son Jesus Christ for salvation. God will send his Holy Spirit to help you live this Christian Life and It is far more exciting and adventurous than you think. There will be times when we will go through trial and tribulations and suffering is part of the Christian Life. The good news is that it will enhance your faith in God and will help you grow stronger. Suffering comes to all of us, none of us are free from it, not until the next life which is in Heaven.
If you are willing to embrace the glorious diversity of this album and move beyond stagnation, this album is highly recommended. God Bless You.

Recommended songs.
Treatment.
Creative Captivity.
Fault Line.
Provision.
Count It All As Lost.
Sincerity.
The First Step.

I am going to review a Jamiroquai song this time and this song ''(Don't) Give Hate A Chance'' is from this album ''Dynamite'' which came out in 2005.
This song is absolutely brilliant and it contains some thought provoking messages. There is way too much hate in this world and way too much racial prejudice and I have had enough of it. We have got to learn to settle our differences and learn to get along with people who are different from us. This world would be a very boring place if everybody was the same as each other. God is the ultimate creator and he made us for his glory and he made us all unique from each other. I am not joking, the racial prejudice and the hate have got to stop right now. I pray that God will bring all of us under his banner and that we would learn to get along with each other. This song is pure evidence that you can get some positive songs in the mainstream music world.

I hope and pray that you will enjoy this song and that it will inspire you to love each other no matter how different they are. I pray that Jay Kay will come to know Jesus as his personal saviour. May God bless you all.

Recommended songs.
Michael W Smith: Color Blind.
Michael W Smith: Love One Another.
DC Talk: Colored People.
Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke.
Deitrick Haddon. Go With Me.
Michael Jackson: Heal The World.
Michael Jackson: Earth Song.
Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror.
Amy Grant: Children Of The World.
The Cause: Do Something Now.
Christafari: Protesters.
LZ7 featuring Matt And Beth Redman: 27 Million.
Simply Red: We're In This Together.

I would like to start praising God for all the awesome and wonderful things he has done. God gave me new life and as a result, I have a future home in God's awesome kingdom. This positive entertainment review blog was birthed out of the season when I heard a sermon about impacting our frontlines which is bringing God's light to the lives of people who don't know God, and being a positive influence to the people around us. When this blog started, it was originally called the Christian Music Review Blog, but I have changed the title to Positive Entertainment reviews a while ago. I have reviewed so many different CCM Bands and Artists to help people see Christian Entertainment in a more positive light. Also I have reviewed Bands and Artists that are not part of the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) scene as a bonus in order to bring some more fresh diversity into this blog and to reach a lot more people for Jesus Christ. I pray that God will continue using this blog in a mighty way to win more souls for Christ.

This CD ''Oh Happy Day is such an amazing album that is a celebration of different artists that are bringing fresh diversity into the Gospel scene. This album contains some mainstream songs with spiritual messages and some Churchy Gospel songs and they are done in a new and fresh way.
Gospel Music is designed to transcend cultures and to inspire people who are going through hardships and difficult times. I am such a big fan of Gospel Music and it has positively inspired me to be exuberant and joyful. This album is excellent and the songs are ever so inspiring and edifying.
This CD contains Gospel reworkings of the Bon Jovi song ''Keep The Faith'', A Bluesy Rock song with a Gospel flavour ''Presence Of The Lord'', The Stevie Wonder song ''Higher Ground'', and other songs including, ''Oh Happy Day'', ''People Get Ready'', ''Redemption Song'' ''A Change Is Gonna Come'' and a few more. I believe that cultural diversity brings a lot of flavour to this world and that if we lay down our differences, we can make this world a better place to live.
God is redeeming this world for his glory and honour, so let us live together in perfect harmony and put away our racial prejudice for good.

This album has a blend of both Gospel and Secular artists.