Matt Maher: Love In Between
Love In Between
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- Label: Essential, 2011
- Erscheinungstermin: 27.10.2011
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Matt Maher the songwriter cemented his respected reputation penning songs for the likes of Chris Tomlin, Michael W. Smith, Matt Redman, Passion “Here For You,” Audrey Assad and Jars of Clay.
The heart of Matt Maher the worship leader has shown through clearly over years spent teaching, sharing and praying all over the world, including appearances at the Papal Rally in NYC, World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia and extensive touring over the past 5 years, with the likes of Michael W. Smith, Leeland, Phil Wickham, Jars of Clay, Third Day, Tenth Avenue North and Mercy Me, bringing him in front of some 3 million people.
His third national release on Essential Records, Love shows Maher finding his voice both sonically and lyrically, the rootsy pop aesthetic he introduced on 2010 hit “Hold Us Together” (from 2009’s Alive Again) flowing into a 12-song study of suffering, grace, redemption and hope.
Those ideas coalesce particularly in “Heaven and Earth,” the track that inspired the album’s title.
The song contemplates “the distance between us and our humanity and God and his divinity,” Maher says. “There is only one thing that bridges that gap and essentially annihilates it, and that is Jesus. He is the love in between sin and freedom, death and life and hopelessness and hope.”
Maher’s focus grows out of that idea, centering less on distance and more on the bridging of it. Leadoff Love single “Turn Around,” which debuted at No. 28 on the NAC chart a week ahead of its add date, explores the ways in which Jesus embodied that broad embrace, anchored by the refrain, “If you’re lost and need to be found/ If you’re looking for a savior/ All you gotta do is turn around.”
“If you look back over history, specifically around the time Jesus was physically here in the flesh, humanity has struggled with pride, resulting in a subculture that, while having the best of intentions, ends up marginalizing the people who are most in need of God,” Maher says. “However, Jesus came offering a message of repentance for all who would be willing to receive it. Those on the outside and on the inside of the Church.”
The six-time GMA Dove Award nominee also recognizes that he’s a living example of the value in shedding boundaries, be they perceived or physical. Raised Catholic in Newfoundland, Canada, he was inspired to pen “Woke Up In America,” a political and patriotic anthem on Love that calls Americans to hold close the values upon which their country was originally built.
“I find it ironic that God would choose a Catholic to write a song called ‘Your Grace Is Enough,’” Maher says of the hit he wrote, featured on Chris Tomlin’s breakout 2004 album Arriving. “I find it just as ironic that he chose a grey-haired Canadian to write a song called ‘Woke Up In America.’”
The new album’s release comes during a time of many big new developments for Maher. The new husband and his wife Kristin are expecting their first son, Conor, in early August; in early September, he’ll launch the first in a series of headlining tours hosted by his newly formed organization Comm+Unity, which will support multiple local, national and international non-profit efforts. Maher headlines the first jaunt, which kicks off in Texas and runs through to the West Coast (including a Gilbert, Ariz., album release show on September 20), with support from One Sonic Society (Jason Ingram, Stu G., Paul Mabury) and Integrity artists All Sons & Daughters (David Leonard, Leslie Jordan).
Throughout October, he’ll hit the road as a headliner again with Laura Story and Essential Records newcomer Andy Cherry, as part of the newly launched effort “Rock for Radio,” a partnership with Compassion International and Christian radio. To close out the year, Maher will join Mercy Me on the Rock & Worship Road Show before spending the Christmas and New Years holidays with his family in Arizona.
It’s taken four years of heavy touring and several more of heavy writing and recording -- with four Top 200 CCLI songs over six years, 350, 000 in collective career sales -- to reach the clarity Maher has funneled into The Love in Between. Mike Snider of Paradigm Talent Agency figures that’s built Maher not just into a marquee name, but one with staying power.
“(He’s) stepping to the plate as a hard-ticket-selling, headlining artist,” Snider says, “who is going to help shape and re-define touring as we know it.”
Matt Kees, Director of the Christian Musician Summit, concurs. “Matt Maher is a great fit for us at the Christian Musician Summit - he has the ability to reach people on a variety of levels at our conferences, and we're excited to see how he's made the steady climb into a strong headlining artist. Not only is Matt a well-trained and accomplished keyboardist and guitarist, he is a top-notch songwriter, and a well respected lead worshiper with years and years of ministry experience. Matt can teach, perform and relate to Christian musicians and fans of all shapes and sizes.”
(mattmahermusic. com)
The heart of Matt Maher the worship leader has shown through clearly over years spent teaching, sharing and praying all over the world, including appearances at the Papal Rally in NYC, World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia and extensive touring over the past 5 years, with the likes of Michael W. Smith, Leeland, Phil Wickham, Jars of Clay, Third Day, Tenth Avenue North and Mercy Me, bringing him in front of some 3 million people.
His third national release on Essential Records, Love shows Maher finding his voice both sonically and lyrically, the rootsy pop aesthetic he introduced on 2010 hit “Hold Us Together” (from 2009’s Alive Again) flowing into a 12-song study of suffering, grace, redemption and hope.
Those ideas coalesce particularly in “Heaven and Earth,” the track that inspired the album’s title.
The song contemplates “the distance between us and our humanity and God and his divinity,” Maher says. “There is only one thing that bridges that gap and essentially annihilates it, and that is Jesus. He is the love in between sin and freedom, death and life and hopelessness and hope.”
Maher’s focus grows out of that idea, centering less on distance and more on the bridging of it. Leadoff Love single “Turn Around,” which debuted at No. 28 on the NAC chart a week ahead of its add date, explores the ways in which Jesus embodied that broad embrace, anchored by the refrain, “If you’re lost and need to be found/ If you’re looking for a savior/ All you gotta do is turn around.”
“If you look back over history, specifically around the time Jesus was physically here in the flesh, humanity has struggled with pride, resulting in a subculture that, while having the best of intentions, ends up marginalizing the people who are most in need of God,” Maher says. “However, Jesus came offering a message of repentance for all who would be willing to receive it. Those on the outside and on the inside of the Church.”
The six-time GMA Dove Award nominee also recognizes that he’s a living example of the value in shedding boundaries, be they perceived or physical. Raised Catholic in Newfoundland, Canada, he was inspired to pen “Woke Up In America,” a political and patriotic anthem on Love that calls Americans to hold close the values upon which their country was originally built.
“I find it ironic that God would choose a Catholic to write a song called ‘Your Grace Is Enough,’” Maher says of the hit he wrote, featured on Chris Tomlin’s breakout 2004 album Arriving. “I find it just as ironic that he chose a grey-haired Canadian to write a song called ‘Woke Up In America.’”
The new album’s release comes during a time of many big new developments for Maher. The new husband and his wife Kristin are expecting their first son, Conor, in early August; in early September, he’ll launch the first in a series of headlining tours hosted by his newly formed organization Comm+Unity, which will support multiple local, national and international non-profit efforts. Maher headlines the first jaunt, which kicks off in Texas and runs through to the West Coast (including a Gilbert, Ariz., album release show on September 20), with support from One Sonic Society (Jason Ingram, Stu G., Paul Mabury) and Integrity artists All Sons & Daughters (David Leonard, Leslie Jordan).
Throughout October, he’ll hit the road as a headliner again with Laura Story and Essential Records newcomer Andy Cherry, as part of the newly launched effort “Rock for Radio,” a partnership with Compassion International and Christian radio. To close out the year, Maher will join Mercy Me on the Rock & Worship Road Show before spending the Christmas and New Years holidays with his family in Arizona.
It’s taken four years of heavy touring and several more of heavy writing and recording -- with four Top 200 CCLI songs over six years, 350, 000 in collective career sales -- to reach the clarity Maher has funneled into The Love in Between. Mike Snider of Paradigm Talent Agency figures that’s built Maher not just into a marquee name, but one with staying power.
“(He’s) stepping to the plate as a hard-ticket-selling, headlining artist,” Snider says, “who is going to help shape and re-define touring as we know it.”
Matt Kees, Director of the Christian Musician Summit, concurs. “Matt Maher is a great fit for us at the Christian Musician Summit - he has the ability to reach people on a variety of levels at our conferences, and we're excited to see how he's made the steady climb into a strong headlining artist. Not only is Matt a well-trained and accomplished keyboardist and guitarist, he is a top-notch songwriter, and a well respected lead worshiper with years and years of ministry experience. Matt can teach, perform and relate to Christian musicians and fans of all shapes and sizes.”
(mattmahermusic. com)
- Tracklisting
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 Rise Up
- 2 Turn Around
- 3 Heaven Help Me
- 4 Every Little Prison (Deliver Me)
- 5 Woke Up In America
- 6 Heaven and Earth
- 7 Write Your Love On My Heart
- 8 On My Way
- 9 New State of Mind
- 10 My Only Love
- 11 Everything and Nothing
- 12 The Spirit and the Bride
