Gummy Rat and Hymn Revival

My dad was always the one to make our birthday cakes.  Well, my mom made the cakes and my dad would decorate the cakes, like the time he put a giant gummy rat in a chocolate twig cage on top of my brother's cake.  It's just what they did.  Have you noticed that in relationships?  How each person has their "thing" they do?  Changing the oil in the cars, the one who makes the ice cream, the one who dusts the fan fixtures, or plans the details of family vacations, or scrubs the toilets.  It's funny how these duties unconsciously get divided up.  

Ryan is both the financial and music investor in our family.  He loves to get on itunes and sample all the different versions of songs he likes.  I'm happy to relinquish these charges to his hand as he keeps our accounts in order, refreshes our playlists, and cleans out our traveling cd collection, but when I came across this new album, I got to downloading and was delighted to surprise him with my own addition, we all like to be useful, you know?

Do you classify your music like we do:  Sunday music and non-Sunday music?  The Sunday music category is obviously more challenging to build and keep appealing and new.  Basically it is comprised of classical music and hymns.  As Sundays give us plenty of at-home-family time, our baby Dills tend to get dolled up and dance until drained of energy.  Adding to our Sunday music repertoire as you can guess is a great bonus for both the performers and the patrons.  Lower Lights Hymn Revival is just that--reviving.  The classics that we all know and love, like Sing Low, Sweet Chariot, and This Little Light of Mine, redone with a fresh voice and a Blue Grass pulse [did you just start singing them in your head?]  I was going to try to tell you which song is my favorite and sat here re-listening to the entire album, but I like them all for different reasons, so you lose and I will make you decide for yourself.


Want a sampling or to get your own?  Go here.  Or you can come over and listen to ours, but you'll have to dance, too.  

Not only is the music fantastic, but the photography and videos of the album are phenomenal.

enjoy.  

you're welcome.