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I listen to a lot of classical Music and Handel's Messiah is my favourite concert. You just have to ignore the lyrics. Their pretty propagana-y Best rendition of it IMHO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR0cEOTpYSk&t=0
Most older gospel is wonderful. Here's a song by an artist you've probably never heard of, because she only released this one single. She had a gorgeous, rich gospel voice, and the record company was all set to promote her as the next Janice Joplin. But she feared the music business would corrupt her soul, so pop music lost a brilliant voice. She's dead now. I like to imagine her cranking out great albums in heaven.
Lift to Experience, and meWithoutYou. I don't think either is really evangelizing but they're heavy on the biblical imagery and allusions. And they're both certified hood classics
There's always Calibretto 13 (I copied the name hence the large font). A Christian punk band. I've only heard a couple songs.
I just know of them because at least some of the members (including the guitarist/singer/songwriter aka the frontman) made another band:
Harley Poe
Pretty much the opposite of a Christian band, and I love it (used to be religious long ago). But it's pretty much peak folk/horror punk. Really great music. But like I said....the opposite of Christian music.
Would recommend (their version of) "the hearse song" or "transvestites can be cannibals too" (same album) or "Music for teenagers.
I like many of the above, but I'll add a couple more
Project 86 The wedding Switchfoot
Doom 2016
Learned about the band Jars of Clay when they were on MTV as a kid and thought they were pretty neat. Bought a couple albums ad a student. Still listen to them sometimes
I like Flood (more rock), Sad Clown (more chill), and Boy on a String (in between)
This As I Lay Dying album https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nzZIYR7uePQRjKVrHkJiG9jU3pS5dnbg8&playnext=1&index=1
This Phinehas album https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe3UPCHpSqZli70WbgsAeSB5fdZ6VTWYQ
Pretty much all roots reggae, Wailing Souls, Culture, Buju Banton. Reggae answers the question "what if Christian Rock was cool"
John Daker is my hero.
Oh Holy Night is amazing.
Fall on your knees! Hear the angel voices!
Chains he shall break, for the slave is our brother, and in his name all oppression shall cease!
Tracy Chapman’s version is truly excellent.
August burns red
The devil wears prada
Underoath
Silent planet
Texas in july
Wolves at the gate
Memphis may fire (some lyrics are cringey though)
Sometimes I stumble upon a random song on Spotify that has a catchy tune, so I save it into a playlist but don't really listen to it until later, and in really hearing the lyrics for the first time, sometimes I'll be like waiting a sec...is this about Jesus/God?
Miserere mei, Deus is one of the most beautiful vocal pieces I've ever heard. That descant soprano part is insane.
When I was younger I used to listen to Red they has some pretty catchy songs
Run Kid Run for some decent quality pop-punk. Some lyrics more obviously Christian than others.
Flyleaf and Super chick are great female-lead Christian poprock bands that I still can jam out to today.
Thousand Foot Krutch, Skillet.
Quite a lot of folk hymnals absolutely slap.
Check the soundtrack for O Brother Where Art Thou?
MXPX started out as a Christian punk band, but the members grew out of the religion and kept making music. —Punk Rawk Show, I’m Ok/You’re Ok, Chick Magnet, Move to Bremerton. All bangers.
Different vibe, but Pedro the Lion, same deal- started out Christian, then rethought his world view. Slowcore/90s emo. — Of Up and Coming Monarchs, Of Minor Prophets and Their Prostitute Wives, Big Trucks, Rapture, Backwoods Nation.
I’m still Christian and I adore both bands. David Bazan (Pedro the Lion) is recording some of the most theologically rich music of his career now, back under the Pedro name, as he’s come through his whole wrestling with faith. Not sure what he considers himself these days, but it’s clear that he’s never going to shake his Christian upbringing.
Like MxPx, their inclusion of faith in their lyrics became so much more honest and less forced once they left their Christian music label. They introduced me to punk.
old gospel/soul and it's dope as hell.
Black gospel music has often been the only Christian-oriented music that really did it for me. A lot of blues, soul, etc was created by folks who got their start in black gospel music, and used what they learned there in secular genres. Hugely influential in so many different types of music.