Charlie Hall - The Bright Sadness
ARTIST.....: Charlie Hall
TITLE......: The Bright Sadness
LABEL......: sixsteprecords
URL........: http://www.charliehall.com
RIP DATE...: Aug-06-2008
STORE DATE.: Aug-19-2008
GENRE......: Rock
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 67,9 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Chainbreaker 04:09
02 - New Year 04:47
03 - Walk The World 03:18
04 - My Brightness 03:11
05 - Scenes 04:06
06 - Thrill 02:58
07 - The Second Alive 03:38
08 - Hookers and Robbers 04:12
09 - Bloom Again 04:35
10 - You Are God 03:38
11 - Knit My Heart 03:46
12 - Mystery 04:45
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47:03 min
Release Notes:
Since 1991, Charlie has been traveling, songwriting, and sharing
life with people in his home of Oklahoma City, and across the
United States, and even across several oceans. He is counted among
the many talented and often short-statured Passion collective of
visionaries (1).
Known to some as "Poppa," (2) and known to many in Delhi, and
McLeod Ganj, India, as "the strange bearded man with the tall
bodyguard..." (3), Charlie has created several albums of diverse
music throughout his pilgrimage as a singer-songwriter/worship
leader. The latest collection of songs is called Flying Into
Daybreak, and it captures many personal, and communal themes that
Charlie, and the fellows in the band are trying to espouse and
live out, among their local communities, the Church, and with one
another. Renewing and encouraging local churches, engaging young
and old with social justice action, widening hearts to see God at
work in the whole world, spurring local artists on to imaginative
and creative expression, and offering songs of rest to those who
are simply tired are some of the hopes of Charlie, and his band of
gypsies (4).
As many of the Passion collegiate gatherings were recorded live,
Hall was quickly dubbed "a voice" for the Passion movement,
performing on all eight Passion albums, which have sold well over
one million units. While this accomplishment is a welcome honor,
Charlie hopes to work beyond the old models of success, without
spurning the community who has embraced him and his songs (5).
Charlie expresses the desire to be "honed into God, where I'm not
part of a culture where I'm trying to make the people around me
think, 'Hey, that's a good Christian.' I'm just trying to pursue
God and not pursue being accepted into a club...I'm more honed
into my pursuit of God in Christ and how he's forming me and
changing and helping me love him and know him."
For those who have grown up with his antics in Oklahoma City (6),
whether playing dodgeball with a violent vigor, or witnessing his
interpretative dancing, they know his heart to see the Church
loved from without and within, and to simply love those who may
feel burned out, abandoned, disowned, or orphaned. With
imagination, the grace of God, and a desire to have heart-level
conversation and interaction, Charlie is on a pilgrimage to the
heart of the Father. He welcomes you into the music of that
journey.