This music is not mainstream! - More Than Rubies

Okay, so it’s been a really long time.  Most of you have forgotten I ever had a blog…  So, when I write a new album review, you should all sit up and say, “What wondrous music must this be to cause Alan to write another blog post?”  This wondrous music is a newish group called More than Rubies.  A collaboration of two seasoned song writers Christa Wells and Nicole Witt, More than Rubies is their first full length album together.

More than Rubies is an interesting mix of styles.  Christa has been in the pop world for years and Nicole in the country world.  The resulting album fits into neither category neatly.  A blend of piano ballads and bluegrass tunes make this a truly sonically diverse album.  Both women have beautiful voices that mix well.

Where this album shines is in the lyrics.  Each song has been crafted and packed full of Gospel truth.  The album opens with the wonderful “Image of God,” and just keeps going straight through.  I always hang out on track 4, “Lay Us Low.”  What a wonderful declaration of repentance that often is sorely missing in the repertoire of churches.  The 6th track, “Visible Invisible,” illustrates well how the church is the “invisible” Body of Christ made “visible” to the surrounding world.  The album ends with the foot stomping, hand clapping bluegrass “Coming to the Light,” talking about no sin being hidden because the day is coming when Christ will judge all.

So, what are you waiting for, go and listen!  Listen through the album on Spotify, and then to support the artists, drop by Amazon or iTunes and buy this album!

(Originally posted June 7, 2013)