Kelly Mack

By Rachel Holmes • Oct 10th, 2008 • Category: Album Reviews

Kelly Mack’s voice gives me goosebumps. It chills me. The clear, pure sound of her voice commands my attention. When she sings, I listen. The sound that emits when Mack opens her mouth to sing enters my ears but reaches my heart, and I am brought to my knees. I am brought to my knees [...]


Stephanie Newton

By Rachel Holmes • Sep 13th, 2008 • Category: Album Reviews

If you are a woman older than 30 and live in the suburbs with kids in tow, then you’ll most likely like Stephanie Newton’s debut album Fairytale Life. If you don’t fall into that demographic, you most likely won’t identify with Newton’s lyrics, which are the strongest aspect of her music.
Fairytale Life almost heralds in [...]


Evangeline

By Rachel Holmes • Jul 19th, 2008 • Category: Album Reviews

The moving lyrics of Evangeline’s self-title track on their debut album, We’re Alright Down Here, sums up the entire message of the album: we haven’t been left alone, and though the road may be a difficult one to journey along, we have hope as we walk along.
“By the time you read this, I’ll be headed [...]


Ronnie Freeman

By Rachel Holmes • Jul 4th, 2008 • Category: Album Reviews

Ronnie Freeman has talent: he can obviously write songs (aside from writing or co-writing all the songs on the album, Freeman has written for Avalon and other artists) and his voice is pleasant to the ear. The fact of the matter, however, is that as I write this, I am listening for the eighth time [...]


Addison Road

By Rachel Holmes • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Album Reviews

I once told a friend of mine that my desire to be a writer wasn’t as “holy” a pursuit as her desire to be a missionary. She stopped me almost mid-sentence and corrected my thinking by saying, “Wait, isn’t God creative? Aren’t we created in His image? God’s already laid it out for you; you [...]