Merry Christmas! In our final podcast of the calendar year, we bring you selections of gourmet holiday music all released in 2024.

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• Good King Wenceslas - The Arcadian Wild
• Every Christmas - Colony House
• God With Us - Drakeford
• Out of Egypt - Poor Bishop Hooper
• Star in the East - Wen Reagan
• The First Noel - Andrew Osenga
• There Came a Light / O Holy Night - Chris Renzema
• Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming - The Gray Havens & Joel Ansett
• Isaiah 9:2-5 - The Corner Room
• Lift Up the Lowly - Allie Crummy
• No Time Like Christmas - Jervis Campbell
• What Child is This - Dawson Hollow
• O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Wendell Kimbrough (ft Rachel Wilhelm)

--- CREDITS ---

• Host/Producer - Dave Trout
• SPONSOR: Emily McCoy - https://is.gd/emlinks
• UTR's Buildathon 2024 Campaign - https://utrmedia.org/b2024
• UTR's New & Notable Christmas Edition - https://utrmedia.org/nn1224
• UTR's Christmas Songs of Faith Playlist - https://utrmedia.org/smcmas
• Bellsburg Store (free s&h in DEC!) - https://richmullins25.com/store
• Email: [email protected]
• All Songs used with permission or under fair use provisions

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Since we are getting closer to the end of 2024 and closer to the season where our UTR Critics Panel votes on the best music of the year, we wanted to feature all new releases that have come out in the last 90 days.

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• I Don't Know - Ross King
• The Helpers - Paper Horses
• Your Way's Better - Forrest Frank
• Seek Hi Seek Lo - Josh Garrels
• Jordans - Blessing Offor
• The Love of Jesus - Andrew Osenga
• American Gospel - Jon Guerra
• Whatever is True - Scripture Hymnal
• Break My Heart - Wild Harbors
• Damnation - Charlie Peacock
• Memory Bank - Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors
• Run of the Mill Believer - Aryn Michelle
• Your Presence is in Everything - Sam McCabe (ft. Leeland)
• My Good - Mac Powell

--- CREDITS ---

• Host/Producer - Dave Trout
• UTR Beats Solo3 Contest - https://utrmedia.org/winsolo3
• Heart, Soul, & Mind Playlist - https://utrmedia.org/hsm25
• UTR's New & Notable for September 2024 - https://utrmedia.org/nn0924
• Charlie Peacock vinyls, CDs, tees - https://utrmedia.org/ekou
• Email: [email protected]
• All Songs used with permission or under fair use provisions

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From our inception, we wanted to be a podcast platform that honored the important and valuable voices of female singer-songwriters. This episode, we feature some amazing women making meaningful music. We also have some conversations with special guests Skye Peterson, Sara Groves, & Michelle Lynn Thompson.

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• Amen - Madison Ryann Ward
• Pull My Chute - Jac Thompson
• How I See The World - Skye Peterson
• No Bread - Liz Vice
• Loving A Person [Reimagined] - Sara Groves
• Van Gogh - Mandi Mapes
• The Devil and the Darlin' - Michelle Lynn Thompson
• Sower Song - Hope Newman Kemp
• We Are Love - Sixpence None the Richer
• Why They Call This Stuff Good News - Caroline Cobb
• More and More Beautiful - Skye Peterson
• Rich - Cecily

--- CREDITS ---

• Host/Producer - Dave Trout
• SPONSOR1: Hope Newman Kemp - https://is.gd/hnklinks
• SPONSOR2: Charlie Peacock - https://utrmedia.org/ekou
• UTR Beats Solo3 Contest - https://utrmedia.org/winsolo3
• Critics' Picks Playlist - Best Music of 2024(A) - https://utrmedia.org/cpjuly2024
• UTR's New & Notable for August 2024 - https://utrmedia.org/nn0824
• Email: [email protected]
• All Songs used with permission or under fair use provisions

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We continue to spotlight our UTR Critics Panel's selections of the best music of the first half of 2024 - this time the best individual songs.

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• Running Back To Love - Russ Mohr
• Headlights Home - Mat Kearney
• Keep Your Head Up - Hannah Miller & Lori Chaffer
• Panic Attack in Hobby Lobby - Justin Carlson
• Keep Calm and Carry On - Moon Bride
• Jack & Marie - The Bowery
• Shadow - Trulah
• Good Day - Forrest Frank
• Common Courtesy - The Arcadian Wild
• Cup is Full - Green River Ordinance
• Eulogy - Jon Foreman
• Loved! - nobigdyl
• Summer Jubilee - Gileah Taylor
• The Lord Will Make A Way - Cole McSween
• Lights Out - Benjamin Daniel (ft. Chase Tremaine)
• Do Not Worry - Allie Murphy

--- CREDITS ---

• Host/Producer - Dave Trout
• Full List of Best Albums & Songs of 2024(A) - https://utrmedia.org/2024a
• UTR's All Aboard 10 Campaign - https://utrmedia.org/aa10
• UTR Summer of Vinyl Contest - https://utrmedia.org/winvinyl2024
• Critics' Picks Playlist - Best Music of 2024(A) - https://utrmedia.org/cpjuly2024
• Music Video for new Moon Bride song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbc7NohBj4E
• Email: [email protected]
• All Songs used with permission or under fair use provisions

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It's not easy keeping up on the latest releases, so our UTR Critics Panel is here to help - sharing some of their selections for best albums & EPs from the first half of 2024.

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• Drowning in Nostalgia (from 'Mat Kearney') - Mat Kearney
• Heaven is Yours (from 'In Bloom') - Jon Foreman
• Still Here (from 'Slow Parade') - Gileah Taylor
• Great Decisions (from 'The Process') - Judah & the Lion
• An Honest Word (from 'Paper Horses') - Paper Horses
• Haunted (from 'Man on Fire') - Luke Bower
• Prove Me Wrong (from 'Insomnie') - Moon Bride
• Spirit Move! (Keep on Moving) (from 'Message Songs') - The Porter's Gate
• You (from 'When It Rains') - Taylor Armstrong
• All My Worst Ideas (from 'Manna') - Chris Renzema
• Be the Cat (from 'Sawtooth Star') - Kylie Dailey
• Nobody Wants to Be Poor (from 'Shade of Indigo') - Zach Winters
• A New Reality (from 'A New Reality') - Sarah Kroger

--- CREDITS ---

• Host/Producer - Dave Trout
• UTR's All Aboard 10 Campaign - https://utrmedia.org/aa10
• SPONSOR: AudioFeed 2024 (promo UTR20) - https://audiofeedfestival.com
• UTR Summer of Vinyl Contest - https://utrmedia.org/winvinyl2024
• UTR's New & Notable for June 2024 - https://utrmedia.org/nn0624
• UTR's Rich Mullins Tributes in KY and IL (July 6-7) - https://utrmedia.org/rmjuly
• Email: [email protected]
• All Songs used with permission or under fair use provisions

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We put the playlist into the trustworthy hands of YOU, our listeners. We received music requests from all over North America, and from a wide variety of artists - both new and old.

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• Don't Give Up on Me - Colony House
• Rock My Soul - Josh Garrels
• You Are So Good To Me - Waterdeep
• The Lust, The Flesh, The Eyes and the Pride of Life - 77s
• Anywhere - Madison Cunningham
• Write One - Tommy Sims
• You Tell Me - John Van Deusen
• Fable of the Times - The Arcadian Wild
• Lillies & Sparrows - Jess Ray
• All Shall Be Well - Andrew Peterson
• Simple Heart - Geoff Moore & the Distance
• We Know the Way Back Home - Dave Barnes
• Slow Down - IAMSON
• Orders - Bruce Cockburn
• Mercy - Hope Newman Kemp

--- CREDITS ---

• Host/Producer - Dave Trout
• SPONSOR1: Stephen McNeill - https://is.gd/smkick
• SPONSOR2: AudioFeed 2024 (promo UTR20) - https://audiofeedfestival.com
• UTR Summer of Vinyl Contest - https://utrmedia.org/winvinyl2024
• UTR's Heart, Soul, & Mind Playlist - https://utrmedia.org/hsm24
• UTR's Peace of Mind Playlist - https://utrmedia.org/pompl
• Email: [email protected]
• All Songs used with permission or under fair use provisions

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To celebrate the GMP's 100th episode, Dave hand picks some of his favorite tracks from the 7-year history of the show. This podcast has featured over 1,000 songs - so picking 21 favorites of those was NOT easy. Also listen for a special "Episode 100 only" listener contest.

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• Take My Hand - Russ Mohr (ft. We Are Root Mod)
• Into The Mystery - Needtobreathe
• Dear Life - Cindy Morgan
• Heroes - Ben Rector
• See The Day - Liz Vice
• Oh Love Supreme - Andy Squyres
• Good Good End - Waterdeep
• The Resistance - Josh Garrels
• Lowly - CeCe Winans
• Rainbow - SHEL
• Today Dream - Eric Peters
• Soul of Things - Sara Groves
• Moon Mission - Jason Harrod
• Around The Corner - Mike Mains & the Branches
• A Hero Song - Royce Lovett
• The Year of the Locust - Andrew Osenga
• Song in My Head - Madison Cunningham
• Day By Day - Andrew Peterson
• You Want What You Can't Have - Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors (ft. Lori McKenna)
• Things That I'm Afraid Of - Ross King
• Love Theory - Kirk Franklin

--- CREDITS ---

• Host/Producer - Dave Trout
• SPONSOR1: Matt Wheeler - https://is.gd/mwahholsp
• SPONSOR2: Allie Murphy - https://is.gd/amworrysp
• UTR Contest for Charlie Peacock set - https://utrmedia.org/wincpset
• UTR's Heart, Soul, & Mind Playlist - https://utrmedia.org/hsm23
• Email: [email protected]
• All Songs used with permission or under fair use provisions

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Pennsylvania-based singer-songwriter Matt Wheeler joins us as our guest co-host and he gets to pick out all the music.

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• 1934 - Matt Wheeler
• Keeper - Jonathan Ogden
• Is There Room Enough For Me - Zane Vickery
• Wearing Love - Joy Ike
• Orchestrated Love Song - Burlap To Cashmere
• Grateful - Morgan Harper Nichols
• Total Praise - Richard Smallwood and Vision
• My Transfiguration - Jon Guerra
• Brand New Day - Ellie Holcomb
• Calling Out Your Name - Rich Mullins
• What A Savior (Psalm 65) - Melanie Waldman ft. Waterdeep
• A Hard History of Love - Matt Wheeler

--- CREDITS ---

• Host/Producer - Dave Trout
• Album 'A Hard History of Love' - https://is.gd/mwahholsp
• Matt's website - https://mattwheeleronline.com
• SPONSOR1: Dustin Starks - https://is.gd/dswhensp
• SPONSOR2: Andrew Greer - https://sc.lnk.to/JBoHp5
• SPONSOR3: Wild Bison Festival - https://is.gd/wildbison24
• UTR Contest for Charlie Peacock set - https://utrmedia.org/wincpset
• Book Review for Charlie Peacock & Andi Ashworth - https://utrmedia.org/cpbookreview
• Email: [email protected]
• All Songs used with permission or under fair use provisions

(c) 2024 UTR Media. All Rights Reserved. A 501(c)(3) non-profit org - info at https://utrmedia.org

We continue to feature more of our UTR Critics Panel's picks of the best individual songs of the year-gone-by. In fact, this is a supersized episode with over 90-mins of some of the most meaningful music released last year.

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• New Wine (Is My Bible a Barricade?) - Chris Llewellyn
• Jesus Loves You (And I'm Trying) - Jason Gray
• Paradise - Frankie Orella
• People Are Tender - Zach Winters
• Jubilee - Cindy Morgan & Tommy Sims
• Sons of Thunder - Owl City
• New Day in the Dark - John Mark McMillan
• These Are the Days - Lauren Daigle
• Heart Medicine - Judah & the Lion
• Begin Again - Remedy Drive
• Be Enough - Kylie Dailey
• Jesus Christ Superstars - Sam McCabe
• No Time To Wait - Tina Boonstra
• Death Defying Joy - Andy Squyres
• You're Not Wrong - Common Hymnal
• One of Those Days - Colony House
• Get Back Your Fight - Sarah Reeves
• Pride Was All I Lost - Nicholas D'Andrea
• Only Side I Take - Ross King

--- CREDITS ---

• Host/Producer - Dave Trout
• Full list of Best Gourmet Songs of 2023 - https://utrmedia.org/songs23
• SPONSOR1: James Robert Kibby - https://is.gd/jrkcentersp
• SPONSOR2: Andrew Greer - https://linktr.ee/andrewgreer
• Contest for Every Moment Holy - https://utrmedia.org/winemh
• UTR's Heart, Soul, & Mind Playlist - https://utrmedia.org/hsm23
• Special Thanks to the UTR Critics Panel: Mick, Justus, Kevin, Jessica, Russ, Larry, John, Garret, Dave, & Josh
• All songs used are with permission or under fair use provisions

(c) 2024 UTR Media. All Rights Reserved. A 501(c)(3) non-profit org - info at https://utrmedia.org

Not only did the UTR Critics Panel help pick out the top gourmet albums of the year, but we also asked them to identify the best individual tracks of 2023. We feature 15 selections from that list on today's show.

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• “I’m Alive” - Paul Zach ft. Page CXVI
• “Here For You” - Christa Wells
• “The Lord Will Provide” - Jon Guerra
• “Find Your People” - Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors
• “Losing My Head” - Mike Mains & the Branches 
• “Falling Like Fire” - Aryn Michelle
• “The Bread” - Eric Peters
• “The King is On The Way” - Jonathan Traylor
• “Shedding Skin” - Lucy Grimble
• “By and By” - Needtobreathe
• “How Could It Be” - Cole McSween & LJ the Messenger
• “Bless God” - Brooke Ligertwood
• “God + Prozac” - Chris Renzema
• “Plead” - Joel Ansett
• “Harpeth” - Michelle Lynn Thompson

--- CREDITS ---

• Host/Producer - Dave Trout
• UTR's Best Gourmet Songs of 2023 (full list) - https://utrmedia.org/songs23
• UTR's Top 11 Gourme Albums of 2023 list - https://utrmedia.org/t11ga23
• SPONSOR: Ross King's "Tools Not Rules" - https://rosskingmusic.com/utr25
• UTR Contest for Every Moment Holy set - https://utrmedia.org/winemh
• UTR's Critics Picks Playlist - https://utrmedia.org/cp0124
• Special thanks to the UTR Panel of Critics
• All Songs used with permission or under fair use provisions

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This one is a delight to produce... our favorite UTR tradition. Now, for the 15th consecutive year, we present to you an audio countdown of the Top 11 Gourmet Albums of the Year!

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• Everything Belongs - Cory Asbury [from 'Pioneer']
• Be Kind - Jason Gray [from 'Land of the Living']
• When You Forgive Someone - Needtobreathe [from 'Caves']
• Someday This Will All Make Sense - Dave Barnes [from 'Featherbrained Wealth Motel']
• Not Giving Up On You - Chris Renzema [from 'Manna Pt. 1']
• Trying to Survive - Colony House [from 'The Cannonballers']
• If We Run - Mike Mains & the Branches [from 'Memory Unfixed']
• You're All I'll Take With Me - Lauren Daigle [from 'Lauren Daigle']
• Two Kinds - The Arcadian Wild [from 'Welcome']
• Desert - Candace Coker [from 'Bare and Bones']
• If I Could - Tina Boonstra [from 'Circle Back, Start Again]

-- CREDITS --

• Host/Producer - Dave Trout
• SPONSOR: Ross King's "Tools Not Rules" - https://rosskingmusic.com/utr25
• Special Thanks to the UTR Critics' Panel: Kevin Davis, John J Thompson, Russ Breimeier, Jessica Morris, Garret Godfrey, Josh Balogh, Larry Stephan, Justus Stout, & Mick Haupt.
• Top 11 Gourmet Albums of 2023 full article - https://utrmedia.org/t11ga23
• 2023 Honorable Mentions full article - https://utrmedia.org/hm23
• Contest for 'Every Moment Holy' set - https://utrmedia.org/winemh
• Best Gourmet Music Videos of 2023 - https://utrmedia.org/videos23
• Heart, Soul, & Mind Playlist - https://utrmedia.org/hsm22
• Email: [email protected]
• All Songs are used with permission or under fair use provisions

(c) 2024 UTR Media. All Rights Reserved. A 501(c)(3) non-profit org - info at https://utrmedia.org