Songs that explore the mystery and beauty of God with lilting melodies over a brooding rhythm section.

10 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Acoustic, FOLK: Modern Folk



Details:
Michelle and Barry met through mutual friends in Fort Worth in 1992 and quickly began writing music together. Two years later, they were married and Michelle was soon miraculously healed of fibromyalgia. The singer/songwriter team launched into full time music in the autumn of 1996. Their first recording, "Birth", was released in early 1997 and included Michelle's song, "You are the Reason." Their sophmore recording, "So High," was released in 1999. In 2001, they began serving as arts missionaries with the Blue Renaissance Creative Group and released a collection of intimate songs written for family and live worship apty titled "Odds and Ends." In 2003 they released a side project under the name "Juniper Loop" entitled "Ascend." Barry and Michelle live in Florissant, CO and have three children (expecting the fourth in September of 2004).


"If Sarah McLachlan was in a band with the Cocteau Twins, and they decided to perform primarily devotional and worship songs in a format loosely like Out of the Grey, you'd have something that could still only aspire to be as wonderful as Barry and Michelle Patterson's So High. Over dreamy, acoustic-driven folk-rock beds, the Patterson's impassioned vocals (Michelle sings the lion's share) inhabit lyrics redolent with Biblical imagery and intense devotion to the Risen Savior. Their songs laud Jesus as the Source of love ("Come"), as the all-faithful Lord ("Your Faithfulness"), as the Uncircumscribable ("So High"), and as the true heart of pleasure ("There is No One"). Simply to hear these songs is to be an aural witness to the majestic depth and beauty of the Living God. Highly recommended." -- Kemper Crabb