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Gregorian chant can be very relaxing in the right moment.
Josh Garrels - Love & War & The Sea in Between
I'm somewhere between an Atheist and a pagan. Gregorian chanting is always cool and "Dies irae" is rad.
Does Rasta music count? Because that’s technically a Christian belief system.
Gonna answer my own question with "spirit in the sky"
I seem to recall liking the Doctor and the Medics cover of that, even if my age could be counted on one hand when it was released.
The oft-stated did-you-know question being "Did you know the guy who originally wrote and sung it was Jewish?". Quite the surprise when I learned that one.
But to simultaneously bring this back around and buck the trend a little, Shine, Jesus, Shine used to slap as a hymn back when I dabbled in God-bothering.
And to buck things even more, Hava Negila kind of slaps too.
The live version of Grey Stone Chapel by Cash almost makes me want to go to church everytime I hear it
If you like 70s acoustic folk/rock, the first album from Lazarus has some great stuff. Their harmonies are amazing. "Warmth of Your Eyes" is my favorite.
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.
Oh, sleeper
War of ages
Just last night I was listening to Bach’s BWV 182 and wondering what non-Christian devotional music has such broad appeal.
Plain chanting is boring, but maybe there’s some Muslim or Buddhist polyphony I’ve been missing out on.
It's popularity peaked before my time, but when Soeur Sourir (The Singing Nun) topped the charts with Dominique-nique-nique, it must have enjoyed significant secular popularity, perhaps in part because they didn't know French well enough to really understand the lyrics.
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?
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