old gospel/soul and it's dope as hell.
this post was submitted on 10 Apr 2025
16 points (63.3% liked)
Ask Lemmy
32639 readers
1307 users here now
A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions
Rules: (interactive)
1) Be nice and; have fun
Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them
2) All posts must end with a '?'
This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?
3) No spam
Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.
4) NSFW is okay, within reason
Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com.
NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].
5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions.
If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.
6) No US Politics.
Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !askusa@discuss.online
Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.
Partnered Communities:
Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
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)
Honestly some straight up hymns are amazing. The Icelandic Hear Me Smith of Heaven and Russian Do Not Reject Me In My Old Age are my favourites
load more comments
(1 replies)
Doom 2016
I'm somewhere between an Atheist and a pagan. Gregorian chanting is always cool and "Dies irae" is rad.
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.
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.
I think I read that Champion was explicitly Christian music which I didn't realize until I had already been listening to it.
Josh Garrels - Love & War & The Sea in Between
Does Rasta music count? Because that’s technically a Christian belief system.
The live version of Grey Stone Chapel by Cash almost makes me want to go to church everytime I hear it
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.
NF and TobyMac
Oh, sleeper
War of ages
Flyleaf and Super chick are great female-lead Christian poprock bands that I still can jam out to today.
Thousand Foot Krutch, Skillet.
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.
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.
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.
I like many of the above, but I'll add a couple more
Project 86 The wedding Switchfoot
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