(Part 2) Best christian pop & contemporary music according to redditors

Like it was previously said, Ascend The Hill - Hymns is an absolutely fantastic collection of modernized hymns and the best part is the album is free. I linked it for you.

I don't think there's much I can add that hasn't already been said. Citizens are fantastic and do some classic hymns, as well as Kings Kaleidoscopic. More on Mars Hill bands can be found HERE

There's also a album that just recently came out called Jesus Firm Foundation: Hymns of Worship that's probably exactly what you're looking for. A lot of contemporary artists worked together to put out an album of purely worship songs. The hymn Jesus Firm Foundation is actually getting decent radio play right now and is a collaboration between Mike Donehey (Tenth Avenue North), Mark Hall (Casting Crowns), Mandisa, and Steven Curtis Chapman. SOunds like that might be a perfect album for you :)

Casting Crowns - The Altar and the Door

Eire.

My favorite Irish group is Rend Collective. I got to see them in concert last month. It was awesome. They're new album, Art of Celebration just came out today! I'm super excited about it.

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Instrumental Albums:

Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Banjo

Bill Emerson - Home of the Red Fox

Jim Mills - Hide Head Blues

Bill Keith - Something Auld, Something Newgrass, Something Borrowed, Something Bluegrass

Jayme Stone - Room of Wonders

Non-instrumental Albums:

JD Crowe and the New South - 'Rounder 0044'

Here Today - Self Titled

Muleskinner - A Potpourri of Bluegrass

Reno and Smiley - Just get the box set

Jimmy Martin - Another box set you should get

Osborne Brothers - Country Bluegrass

Jim and Jesse - In the Tradition

Hot Rize - So Long of a Journey

Seldom Scene - Act I

John Hartford - Aereo-Plain

Newgrass Revival - Best of

Johnson Mountain Boys - At the Old Schoolhouse

Nashville Bluegrass Band - American Beauty

Bluegrass Album Band - Definitely Volumes 1-3

Boone Creek - One Way Track

Larry Sparks - Coldest Part of Winter... or get every album he's ever made

Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver - The Original Band

Lonesome River Band - Old Country Town

IIIrd Tyme Out - Back to the Mac

Chapmans - Grown Up

Blue Highway - Through the Window of a Train

Steeldrivers - Self Titled

Boxcars - Self Titled

Junior Sisk and Rambler's Choice - Heartaches and Dreams

How to Grow a Woman from the Ground - Chris Thile... or pre-Punch Brothers

Punch Brothers - Antifogmatic

Infamous Stringdusters - I like "Things that Can Fly" but "Fork in the Road" and "Silver Sky" are also very good

Deadly Gentlemen - Carry Me to Home

There's a good start. I'll try to add more as I think of them.

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|about artist|Singer/songwriter Audrey Assad, originally from New Jersey and most recently Florida, weaved her captivating voice into a thread of contemplative yet accessible music on her first EP release, Firefly, produced by Paul Moak (Mat Kearney, tobyMac, Matt Maher). Embracing partnerships with Campus Crusade for Christ, Life Teen and worshiptogether.com, Audrey continues to reach youth and young adults while being intentional and passionate about luring the cerebral sense of the mature adult looking to explore the theology and faith via music. ([more on last.fm](http://www.last.fm/music/Audrey Assad))|
|album|The House You're Building, released Jul 2010|
|track|Restless|
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My favorite Irish song is [The Irish Washerwoman] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CewyTGQR9Pw).

[This] (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AU15HBQ/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2E6OCJR5FWUO0&coliid=ISX8DM5WO5EMI) album would be awesome to have.

Eire.

David Crowder's "All Creatures of My God and King"

Fernando Ortega is a good resource as well.

Jill Phillips Album Kingdom Come

Randall Goodgames hymnal

There is a whole movement of doing this called Indelible Grace

As an aside, you might be interested in Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us

Or write your own. find a chord progression and flip through an old hymnal for songs you've never heard of and see if something jives.

Hello drowgirl!

I would LOVE the new Skillet album if I am lucky enough to win!

For you, I'd recommend either an album by Seether (I like a lot of the songs on this one) or a different album by Skillet (the only reason I recommended this one for you instead of the one I linked for me is because I've heard this one and know I like it and I haven't heard the new one I linked for me yet).

I'd recommend either of these two albums for you because it looks like we have fairly similar tastes in music, and I first discovered Skillet when I created an "Evanescence" station on Pandora and they have quickly become one of my favorites. I discovered Seether through Evanescence as well through Seether's song "Broken" featuring Amy Lee.

Thank you so much for the contest!

I'm a real fan of Lex de Azevedo. He's an LDS composer, and I first listened to his music when my family sent me [Vol. 2 - Variations on a Sacred Theme] (http://www.amazon.com/Vol-2-Variations-Sacred-Theme/dp/B0008IUSDI/ref=pd_sim_m_1) for my birthday on my mission. It was great to listen to during scripture study, and since I was introduced to it on my mission, all of the songs hold a special place in my heart. [Vol. 1] (http://www.amazon.com/Vol-1-Variations-Sacred-Theme-Azevedo/dp/B000FNGB00/ref=pd_sim_m_1) is good too, and it looks like he has some [other] (http://www.amazon.com/Mormon-Hymn-Classics-Lex-Azevedo/dp/B0007658P4) [stuff] (http://www.amazon.com/Mormon-Classics-Mighty-fortress-Volume/dp/B0002CE0A2/ref=pd_rhf_dp_s_cp_2_S8Q8) that I haven't even checked out yet.