Worship Musician Magazine September 2020 | Page 42

NEW MUSIC
NOW HEAR THIS | Gerod Bass
KIM WALKER-SMITH
Wild Heart
TRAVIS GREENE
Love Playlist
that is available for all.
1. Stones
2. Come Through
3. Wild Heart
4. Breathing Room
5. Simple Days
6. Returning
7. You’ll Always Be
8. Only You
9. Protector
10. Already Have (Bear’s Song)
11. Just To Have You
12. Just Be
Kim Walker-Smith may have the most powerful
voice in the entire genre of Christian Music. As
one of the regular worship leaders for Jesus
Culture, her songs are sung around the world
but as a solo artist, Walker-Smith surprisingly
has only released four albums since 2008. Her
latest solo offering, Wild Heart is the first in
nearly four years and was recorded at Bethel
Church in Redding earlier this year before the
Coronavirus shut down the world.
The album features twelve songs with a
majority of them being mid-tempo ballads.
Walker-Smith’s vocals do not disappoint
throughout as she touches on themes of God’s
faithfulness, forgiveness and new life in Christ
“Stones” finds its scriptural foundation in
Luke 19:40 and the out-of-the-box chord
progressions and tremelo’d guitars give
the verses a haunting tone that sets up the
declarative chorus well reminding us that if we
don’t cry out the praises of Jesus, the stones
will. “Just Be” is a stripped-down ballad that
expresses Walker-Smith's desire to sit at the
feet of Jesus without expectation.
The title track is a rhythmically powerful song
reminding us that God never stops seeking
out his children. The melody is infectious and
the guitar work on this track is outstanding.
This song is the heartbeat (no pun intended)
of the entire album as Walker-Smith outlines in
great detail the tireless pursuit that God has for
humanity to return to Him.
Other than the monotony that tends to creep in
toward the end of the album from some similar
sounding ballads, Wild Heart has some really
spectacular worshipful moments and is full of
songs that your congregation should be singing
whether in person or virtually. Kim Walker-Smith
is a vocal giant and this is an album you should
definitely add to your collection.
1. Good and Loved (Feat. Stephanie
Gretzinger)
2. Good and Loved (Live version)
3. Just Want You (Feat. Jordan Connell
and Chandler Moore)
4. Be Still
5. Loved By You
6. While I’m Waiting (Feat. Chandler
Moore)
7. Thank You For Being God
Two-time Grammy nominated Worship Pastor,
Travis Greene is no stranger to God’s incredible
love and mercy having been pronounced dead
twice in his life. Once as a new born and once
again after a four-story fall from a building at
the tender age of four. He has also experienced
heartache after his father died when he was
just five years old. Yet through it all the Pastor
of Forward City Church in South Carolina has
never wavered from the promises of God and
his call to bless people with his hope-filled
songs of praise and worship. His sixth album
Love Playlist is a seven-song collection of
previously released tracks focused on the
incredible love of Jesus.
Greene’s musical niche finds its foundation in
his southern Gospel roots which are wrapped
42 September 2020
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