Tag: shawn mcdonald

“Fire” and “water” are arguably the most overused metaphors in contemporary Christian music. But there is another common nature-themed metaphor in Christian music you may not have noticed: gravity. I by no means consider my research to be exhaustive, but I found nearly two dozen songs from the past 25 years with “gravity” in the title. Researching Christian music prior to the 1990’s is a difficult task. While I have little doubt that this theme continues back into the 80’s and maybe even 70’s the earliest contemporary Christian song titled “Gravity” I’ve been able to find so far* is from 1995.… Continued →

Shawn McDonald releases his new album 'Brave' on April 15th, his first full length studio album in 3 years, featuring a remastered 'Through it All' and singles 'The End of the Day' and 'We Are Brave'. Check out the review.

Pop/acoustic/CCM artist Shawn McDonald has released his music video for ‘We Are Brave’, the current radio single from his upcoming album Brave releasing April 15th. Check out his video below.… Continued →

Shawn McDonald has released a lyric video for the new single “We Are Brave”. Check it out below. The song appears on his upcoming album, titled Brave, which releases April 15th via Sparrow Records.… Continued →

Folk-acoustic artist Shawn McDonald released his new 2013 album 'The Analogue Sessions' in the last week in March, featuring a musical snapshot of his career as well as introducing two new tracks, 'What Are You Waiting For' and 'Through it All'. Here is the review.