God's Love Is For Everybody

Bryan Moyer Suderman

Tracks : 1. God's Love is for Everybody 2. On the Emmaus Road 3. You Gotta Sing (When the Spirit Says Sing) 4. Hosanna, Jesus Loves Tanya 5. God Loves a Picnic 6. Diciples-In-Training 7. Tus Manos, Senor 8. My Voice Alone 9. Birthday Song 10. A God Who Makes Friends 11. When God's in Charge 12. In the Highways 13. Hosanna, Jesus Loves Gabi (Reprise) 14. When You Learn To Follow Jesus (You Act A Little Strange) 15. This Little Light of Mine 16. God's Family 17. Sending Song

I met Bryan Moyer Suderman for the first time while visiting my girlfriend in Winnipeg. I was staying at my girlfriend's house, and Bryan and his wife came over for a visit. Our conversation quickly turned to music, and when Bryan learned that I played bluegrass, and had my mandolin along, he said he'd run back to his place and bring some instruments so that we could have a jam session. I expected him to come back with a guitar or something, but he arrived with a whole car packed with assorted instruments. We jammed for a while, and we've managed to get together to pick for at least a little while every visit I've made since.

God's Love is for Everybody is a kids album produced by Bryan Moyer Suderman, and funded by Mennonite Church, Canada. Bryan wrote most of the songs, sings, and plays 9 different instruments over the course of the CD (a mere sampling of his instrumental repertoire). The album is a collection of Christian songs played in a variety of folk styles. Parents will be happy to know that there are no annoying, cartoon voices on this CD, and kids and grownups alike will enjoy it. I pitched in by playing my hammer dulcimer on tracks 16 and 17, my mandolin on tracks 4, 5, 8, 11 and 12, and making my recording debut on the jaw harp on track 14.

Bryan's website is www.smalltallmusic.com. You can get the CD there, and check out his other projects.

Let It Flow Through You

Road Less Travelled (Doug and Jude Krehbiel)

Tracks: 1. Let it flow through you 2. Lead us in your light 3. God will bring justice 4. Change what you wish to see 5. Come what may 6. All the old will pass away 7. This I know 8. Creation is a song 9. We're all called to serve 10. Pah Jesu song ern kha

I feel like I've known Doug and Jude for most of my musical life. I met them shortly after I began writing and arranging my own songs, and we would jam from time to time. In college, we formed a band that lasted about a year. I don't think we ever actually performed anywhere, but we had fun getting together to play once a week.

Let it Flow Through You is a Christian/Peace and Justice collection of songs done in folk styles from around the world including American Bluegrass, Reggae, Native American, African-American, Hispanic, and the list goes on. They have a group of hard-hitting musicians helping them out along the way, including some of my good friends Josh Piper (piano), Jesse Graber (fiddle), John Carper (cello), Stephanie Griffin (vocals), and Ted Krehbiel (drums). I helped out by playing dulcimer reggae-style on track 5, and bluegrass-style on track 9.

Order this CD at Mennolink.org