I don't really listen to contemporary Christian music, but I LOVE hymns and older Christian spirituals. And during Lent and especially during Holy Week, I've been retuning to these sacred songs--some old, some new--that speak of Christ's passion and our hope. I've compiled a playlist of some of my favorites this year, most of which can be purchased on iTunes.
They are songs that are getting a lot of play during this Holy Week for me, and I highly recommend them:
- “In the Garden,” Johnny Cash
- “Hard Times,” Bifrost Arts feat. David Bazan
- “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” Sufjan Stevens
- “Just a Closer Walk With Thee,” Bifrost Arts feat. Damien Jurado and Rosie Thomas
- “Up On a Mountain,” The Welcome Wagon
- “Holy, Holy, Holy,” Sufjan Stevens
- “How Deep the Father’s Love,” E-Pop
- “Deep Were His Wounds, And Red,” The Welcome Wagon
- “Amazing Grace,” Sufjan Stevens
- “It Is Finished,” Bifrost Arts feat. Trent Dabbs, Kate York, Leigh Nash and Kevin Bevil
- “There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood,” The Welcome Wagon
- “All Creatures of Our God And King,” Patty Griffin
- “In Christ Alone,” Bethany Dillon
- “Jesus the Lord My Savior Is,” Sandra McCracken
- “Prayer of Saint Francis,” Denison Witmer
- “My Jesus I Love Thee,” The Mars Hillbillies
- “May the Mind of Christ My Savior,” Josh Bales
- “Be Thou My Vision,” Pedro the Lion
- “Never Grow Old,” Patty Griffin and Buddy Miller
- “Jesus Was a Crossmaker,” Rachael Yamagata
- “Little Blue River / In the Garden,” Over the Rhine