Sharpe’s little blog

Yesterday at church we sang Bon Jovi. Apparently this is what happens when our pastor suggests a church-wide fast right before Easter. Scott played the riff a little too well. Methinks he’s been practicing that one at home for a while now. So Brad sang Jon’s part, while I screamed out my best Richie Sambora “WANTED!!” I got comments on it all throughout the church potluck that followed.

Speaking of church potluck, I was extremely impressed that this was the first church potluck I’ve been to that wasn’t overfilled with bad casseroles and fried chicken. The church got chicken, turkey, and ham from Boston Market to make up for those (of us) that “forgot” to bring something. Which kinda defeats the purpose of a potluck - but it makes for a much more enjoyable eating experience.

While we ate, I noticed that our sound tech had Sarah Masen’s Carry Us Through album. It reminded me of what an amazing CD that was, thanks in large part to some great production work by Charlie Peacock. Too bad no one ever heard it. Stupid Christian radio soccer moms.

It also got me thinking about another female singer-songwriter I’ve been listening to lately that no one’s ever heard of: Brooke Fraser. I first heard Brooke’s music from her participation with more recent Hillsong CDs. Let me back up for a second and say that I loathe Darlene. Brooke does not sound like Darlene. Because of my distaste for Darlene, I was resistant when a friend tried to get me to listen to Hillsong again. But, as I had to learn the songs for church anyway, I gave them a listen. And there’s still not that much I like from Hillsong. United is ok, but that’s because they do a good job of copying Sigur Ros musically. Lyrically, they’re a little vapid. But I found myself digging a couple of songs led by a certain girl (most notably “None But Jesus”). I did a little digging and found out that Brooke had her own CDs in New Zealand. I was really impressed. Seriously…nothing this good gets played on American “Positive Hit” stations. Surprisingly, she recorded the CD in LA, which might explain why she is able to nicely sidestep that Nashville gloss.

Give her video “Shadowfeet” a look. Then tell me why she has to live in New Zealand and not central Florida.

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