Photo Challenge Day 13

Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist

If you've read my other posts in this challenge you know by now that it's nearly impossible for me to pick one favorite when it comes to most things--and that especially applies to music! So here's a handful of some of my top favorite musicians:

Barbra Streisand--most people laugh (or don't take me seriously) when I tell them that I love Barbra Streisand. My mother introduced me to her music in 2001 when we watched a televised concert together. I was a little leery at first, mostly because it was something my mother liked, but by the end of the first song I was in utter awe of Streisand's incredible voice. Within less than two years I collected all 60+ of her albums.

Here's one of my favorites, "Happy Days Are Here Again"

Over the Rhine--I first heard this group at Calvin College during the Festival of Faith & Music in 2009 and instantly fell in love with their music and their beautiful voices. I've been blessed to see them in concert twice since and I love them more each time.

This is definitely one of my top 3 songs of theirs, "Only God Can Save Us Now." If you know anything about my family and the person that I am you'll understand why I love this song so much. And what I love about this particular recording (other than that it was shot @ Calvin concert I was at) is that it includes Karin's introduction explaining the writing of the song.



Eric Bibb--I've talked about my love for Eric Bibb in a previous post so I'll just say that "I Heard the Angels Singing" is one of my favorite songs and he delivers it perfectly.

Lauryn Hill--Her voice is so beautifully soulful and powerful and she has a lot of great things to say through her music. And I love her cover of the classic "A Change Is Gonna Come."



Fernando Ortega--This man has the voice of an angel! Whenever I need to be calm, I play his music. I love the songs he writes as well as the way he reinterprets gospel classics. His song "Give Me Jesus" is one that I listen to and sing along to at least once a week.

Jill Scott--This woman is fabulous in so many ways. She tells it like it is and reminds us that we're all "beautifully human." This is one of my favorite anthems in which she preaches the improtance of valuing and living out self respect & self love no matter what opposition comes your way.