Twila Paris: Perennial

Perennial: Songs for the Seasons of Life (1998) Twila Paris

Twila Paris has long been known as "the modern hymn-writer". Her songs such as He is Exalted, We Will Glorify, and Holy is the Lord have been sung in churches all across the world. Her latest album Perennial is sure to bring her status up even more as she once again amazes us with her worship songs.

As well as the hymns which are on this album Twila has written three new tunes and "rescued" two tunes from the eighties (Faithful Men and Father, We are Here). All of the songs are good but some of the songs are more noticeable than others. My Lips Will Praise You is noticeable because of the sincerity in Twila's vocals and voice. The songs speaks of the fact that God has chosen us and that we praise God because He is holy. Be Thou My Vision is also noticeable because it's excellent orchestra music (skillfuly arranged by Tom Howard). Fountain of Grace is an excellent song praises God for the fact that he is a fountain of grace which never stops flowing.

I think that this second volume in the Sanctuary Series is quite an improvement on the earlier volume. From what I have heard of the earlier volume it is quite soft and breathy. Perennial is not like that. The style is much better and I think that Twila has been improving with her lyrics and her songwriting. Thank you Twila for this excellent album!

This review was first published on Christian MusicWeb.

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Going Farther Her next album, True North, is set to be released for September 21st or 28th. With Scott Dentè(Out of the Grey) helping out on the guitar and Dan Haseltine(Jars of Clay) doing some backing vocals it is an album which I am really looking forward to.

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Looking for some more info on Twila? Here are some sites you can visit:

Twila Paris @ Christian MusicWeb
Twila Paris Fanpage
The Official Twila Paris Page
Twila Paris Tour Merchandise List
Buy some of Twila's albums.

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