Worship Musician Magazine July 2024 | Page 18

NEW MUSIC
GO LISTEN | Mitch Bohannon
DAVID LEONARD Good Man
SEPH SCHLUETER I , II , III , ∞ 1 . Good Man 2 . I Believe It ( The Life of Jesus ) 3 . By His Wounds 4 . Keep The Light On 5 . All Because Of You
I ’ ve known David from the days he was part of All Sons and Daughters . In fact , I had “ All Sons and Daughters ” in my phone under his name . Too often I would ask Siri to text or call my son ( Sam ) and lo and behold , my smartphone would call David ! Sorry David !
His song “ Good Man ” kept showing up on my Instagram feed and it prompted me to listen to his EP last week . Once I started , I couldn ’ t stop listening ! I am a former English teacher and David is most definitely a wordsmith if I have ever met one ! The entire EP is filled with raw honesty in his lyrics that I simply want to own .
Track three , “ By His Wounds ” is the track that most grabbed my attention . “ By His wounds , all of mine are healed .” I lead worship for the Celebrate Recovery group at my church . I know this song will minister to their situations . “ When everything I had had hit rock bottom / When everyone I ever knew was gone / There was mercy waiting for me in the shadows .”
I have to say that “ Keep the Light On ” is the one I hit repeat the most on . If you know me , you know I ’ m more than a little bit country and this one got my boots to tappin ’. The tight groove , the slide guitar , and the double-time interlude make this a fantastic opening song and one that would be sure to get people singing !
Before listening to his EP , I had no idea that David was a co-writer on “ I Believe It !” I have loved the Jon Reddick recording on the radio , and hearing David ’ s version made it even more approachable for me … I ’ ve been leading it at CR the last few weeks . I ’ m thankful to have songs like this that personalize and make plain the basics of the Gospel of Jesus !
Give these five songs a digital spin today !
www . davidleonardmusic . com
1 .
Running Back to You
2 .
Counting My Blessings
3 .
Stay
4 .
Never Known
5 .
Love Me Still
6 .
Counting My Blessings ( Acoustic )
7 .
Counting My Blessings
( Collab
Version )
8 .
Counting
My
Blessings
( Song
Session )
I reached out to my family to find out what new
music they were enjoying and my daughter ,
Sara , quickly sent me Seph Schlueter . Not too
long before , my son , Seth posted a video of
his daughter with the audio of “ Counting My
Blessings .” Brings tears even as I type this .
In these days of division and uncertainty ,
how often do we overlook God ’ s Blessings ?
This acoustic-driven EP from new-comer ,
Seph Schlueter is one to pay attention to . If
you ’ ve listened to Christian radio lately , you ’ ve
heard the energetic title track , “ Counting My
Blessings .” You may not know that this song
has garnered major attention in Brazil as well as
the USA . In Brazil , the Portuguese recording of
the song hit over 70 million streams in less than
four months !
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