who's he? he's this guy.
he's hasidic and his live show at stubb's rocks. he's coming to chicago in march and i'm so so so there.
i don't know how to describe it. yeah, it's reggae but it's reggae about (i can't put it any other way) the old testament. it's apples and oranges to compare him to a christian artist (and i haven't listened to christian music since amy grant and russ taff crossed over - yuck) but it reminds me of listening to my parents' ken medema and keith green records when i was a kid.
i listened to 'king without a crown' in virgin and it was like my insides boiled.
his music feels like gospel.
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He was here a few months back with Pigeon John. I wasn't there but I just thought I'd throw that out.
well, he's comin' back!
and i'm there.
(i have no idea who Pigeon John is.)
It is weird that daughter number 2 played "King w/o a Crown" for me the same day that you posted. I guess he's an item. I have to confess that I don't go in so much for praise music - it seems a bit too easy - way easier than having to actually get off one's butt and help the poor and the hungry. Still, it's a good song.
Here's a question: does the title of the song in any way refer to the fact that his is singing about God but not Jesus?
Pigeon John is a rapper from L.A. He used to be part of an underground rap group called L.A. Symphony. He's gotten a lot of mainstream press (Spin, Entertainment Weekly, etc.) lately and I think it's been glowing for the most part.
is he praise music? i guess i don't think of him like that. i'd only heard about this hasidic guy who sings reggae and picked it up after i listened to it.
i thought about the same thing, too. his music seems to come out of a specific jewish context - a specific religious, jewish context. his vernacular isn't 'christian' at all. but it still speaks to me as such.
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