Hymns, Spirituals and Religious Songs

New Recording - Uplifting Guitar Hymns

Listen to some instrumental hymns

 

I will be releasing a CD album titled, "Uplifting Guitar Hymns" in early 2022.  There will be a CD Release Concert and Fundraiser for Grace Church on January 30, 2022.  The concert will benefit the Mission and Service programs at Grace Church, via a Free Will Offering and sharing of proceeds from CD sales after the concert.

In late 2020, I began recording (while socially distancing and wearing mask) some of my guitar arrangements of hymns, Spirituals and religious songs with the help of local musician Phil Henry as my audio engineer.  Between September 2020 and May 2021, I recorded 18 hymns at Grace Congregational Church in Rutland, VT.  We recorded in the upstairs room behind the balcony in the Sanctuary.  That room has a high rounded ceiling, which makes for a nice resonant sound for acoustic guitar.

This album features instrumentals and my fingerstyle guitar arrangements of hymns.  In addition, the CD also includes three guest musicians on several hymns: Linda MacFarlane (dulcimer), Anna Pulcer (flute) and Phil Henry (djembe).  I have also included some vocal and harmonica melodies on some tunes for the ending verse / variation. 

You can find more details about the music on this CD album, and the January 30 concert on the album website, UpliftingGuitarHymns.com.

You can listen to a sample of these instrumental arrangements below.  Hope you enjoy listening...