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Maverick City Music - Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition

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Maverick City Music

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Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition

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18 Jun 2021

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Maverick City Music is a group that represents America in all of its shapes and forms. Formed in 2018, the contemporary worship music collective sings about the triumphs and failures of the American people. So, in honor of Juneteenth, the group is releasing a new record titled Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition, that gives voice to the struggles and successes of Black Americans.

From the moment I started playing the album and turned on the track 'Make It Right' and heard the energy coming out of this song, I knew we had something very special here. It is a song that is...
Read More Maverick City Music is a group that represents America in all of its shapes and forms. Formed in 2018, the contemporary worship music collective sings about the triumphs and failures of the American people. So, in honor of Juneteenth, the group is releasing a new record titled Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition, that gives voice to the struggles and successes of Black Americans.

From the moment I started playing the album and turned on the track 'Make It Right' and heard the energy coming out of this song, I knew we had something very special here. It is a song that is full of praise, with everybody worshipping, singing together, singing what they want, singing like nothing matters, but with everyone singing together in praise to God. When you get the production of a song with such emotion and power right, you end up with something amazing.

From the opening track that is very much full of energy the next track 'Breathe' is flipped upside down. This song is an intimate song musically, but does not let up on passion, what a song. I played this track over and over again. The album is full of passion, the album is full of energy, raw energy, but it comes out beautifully in worship. I encourage you to listen to the track 'Mighty One' and let the song wash over you, I mean, it's one of the songs where you get lost in worship.

You have an album here that has upbeat tracks like 'Freedom Looks Good On You', an album that has intimate tracks like 'Keep Praying', and songs that build and build into a passionate cry of worship like 'God Will Work It Out'. But at the end of it, you have an album that has so much going on.

The album feels like it's in two parts, from the first part being live recordings and the second part being all studio recordings. I can't find anything with information on their website to confirm this, but my non musical ear believes this to be the case, maybe that's why the album feels like the second part takes a whole new turn, but still has the same energy. The one song on the second part that really spoke to me, is the beautiful song 'It's Ok'.

I am not one who is worried to admit this, but 'It's Ok' featuring Chandler Moore, maybe it was the line of "it's ok to not be ok", maybe it was the lines "My flesh is weak, yes, it is, My heart, it is aching, So please, Lord, my God, Lord, never forsake me". It's lovely to hear people sing about issues like this. The way the song ends with just the guys singing acapella was beautiful. I hope you can see how much I adore this song that I want everyone to hear it.

The beauty of music is that it can speak to us no matter how we are feeling, some albums can speak to us if we are in the best place or not such a great place, some albums can encourage us to worship, some encourage us to jump up and down, some encourage us to step out to change the world, some deal with injustice, some albums change us, some albums change our soul and our heart and I don't think I'm wrong in saying this, but this album does all of that. The album really takes you on a journey, emotionally and musically.

Review by Jono Davies

LTTM Rating 5 Out of 5 Stars
Standout Tracks
Breathe
It's Ok
God Will Work It out
Same Blood

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