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		<title>Review &#8211; Chris &amp; Jennie Orange &#8216;Heaven Sings&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chris &#38; Jennie Orange are worship leaders at Ichthus Christian Fellowship in London and their debut album is made up of six original worship songs, written for their congregation. It is a meditative record with a mellow feel to the songs, evident in lack of a drummer or bass player on the recording. The opening [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamiemaxwell.co.uk/reviews/review-chris-jennie-orange-heaven-sings</link>
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		<title>Review &#8211; Newday &#8216;We Are Yours&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Newday’s 2011 offering unsurprisingly features two tracks from Matt Redman’s latest album. “Here For You” is a great opener and “10,000 Reasons” is fast becoming a classic: both are well executed here. Bethel’s “One Thing Remains” makes an appearance, cementing its place in the collective consciousness of UK worshippers. Of the new songs, “No One [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamiemaxwell.co.uk/reviews/review-newday-we-are-yours</link>
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		<title>Review &#8211; Samestate &#8216;The Alignment&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Samestate are Sparrow Records latest signing and have produced this debut album due for release in early 2012. The driving rock vibe that permeates this recording is evident from the first bar of the opening track, “Realign”. This is probably one of the strongest on the album, along with “Sons And Daughters” and the more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamiemaxwell.co.uk/reviews/review-samestate-the-alignment</link>
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		<title>Review &#8211; Digital Pilgrimz &#8216;Mindfire&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Digital Pilgrimz are a trio of London based DJs who started working together on a regular garage night in the 90s. Having produced for many other artists, this is their first release as a group in their own right. This EP is comprised of four extended mixes which follow a contiguous theme and blend well [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamiemaxwell.co.uk/reviews/review-digital-pilgrimz-mindfire</link>
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		<title>Review &#8211; Icon For Hire &#8216;Scripted&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my review of Icon For Hire&#8217;s &#8216;Scripted&#8217; &#8211; originally appeared at http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Icon_For_Hire/Scripted/117100/ Icon For Hire are a four piece punk combo from the Midwest whose debut album is already receiving much critical acclaim. With a female lead singer, the obvious acts they could be compared to would be Paramore, Evanescence and Avril Lavigne, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamiemaxwell.co.uk/reviews/review-icon-for-hire-scripted</link>
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		<title>Review &#8211; Hillsong &#8216;God Is Able&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my review of Hillsong&#8217;s &#8216;God Is Able&#8217; &#8211; orginally appeared at http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Hillsong/Hillsong_Live_God_Is_Able/116297/ Hillsong&#8217;s live series has always been a Premier League worship institution, and &#8216;God Is Able&#8217; continues the tradition of stadium-filling anthems, high quality visuals and seamless production. This, the 20th album in the series, has more impact than the slightly bland &#8216;A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamiemaxwell.co.uk/reviews/review-hillsong-god-is-able</link>
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		<title>Worship Central Conference 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The annual Worship Central conferences are always great events and this year’s lineup was particularly impressive. The names on the bill included Matt Redman, Martin Smith, Alistair McGrath, J John and Vicky Beeching whose seminar I had promised to go to, although in the end I actually went to the one on the Worship Central [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamiemaxwell.co.uk/worship-leading-2/worship-central-conference-2011</link>
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		<title>Spirit Break Out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks back, the new Worship Central album made it to number 9 in the iTunes chart and number 48 in the UK album charts: an unprecedented achievement for an out-and-out worship album. I was there at the recording and I have to say that there was a sense there that this could be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamiemaxwell.co.uk/worship-music-industry/spirit-break-out</link>
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		<title>HTB Focus/Soul Survivor/Momentum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome one and all. After an extraordinarily long break without a blog I have returned to entertain and inform you once more Each summer I fill a substantial chunk of my precious holiday allowance sleeping in a muddy field, having cold showers and catching illnesses previously thought to have been eradicated from the human population. This year was no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamiemaxwell.co.uk/festivals/htb-focus-soul-survivor-momentum-2011</link>
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		<title>Is worship becoming to self-involved?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was part of an interesting debate a couple of weeks ago, while spending a relaxed, post-church Sunday evening with friends. On that particular night the subject of worship music was on the menu, and inevitably there were a number of views on the article I wrote a while back on “rubbish worship songs”. Opinions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamiemaxwell.co.uk/song-writing/is-worship-becoming-to-self-involved</link>
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