Album Of The Day: Advent by Rachel Wilhelm

Album Art of Rachel Wilhelm's Advent EP - On a rough, bumpy blue paper, an illustration in black ink of a lantern in a rectangular frame, with the hand holding the the lantern coming out of the frame. The lantern is lit and there's rays of light emanating from the flame. Next to the hand it has the EP title printed in red, and below the frame is the artist's name in smaller, also red print.

Released 5 years ago this month, this is an EP by independent singer-songwriter and worship leader Rachel Wilhelm. She takes traditional church texts and classic hymn texts and sets them to a bit more modern, contemplative music. These are fairly simple arrangements, with guitar, banjo, cello and vocals. These songs were recorded during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic as a way to give those not gathering in their church buildings music to reflect on, and they still are great music for reflecting on the mysteries of the Advent season before celebrating the joy of Christ's birth on Christmas. Thanks, Rachel, for providing such music for this time of preparation and waiting.

Release Year: 2020
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