ALLEN & MATT
What Really Matters
In The Sweet By and By – Leaning On The
Everlasting Arms – What A Friend We Have In Jesus – Farther Along – Come
Thou Fount – The Old Rugged Cross – O Come Angel Band – He Hideth My
Soul – It Is Well With My Soul – Does Jesus Care – Amazing Grace –
Riverside Lullaby
Everlasting Arms – What A Friend We Have In Jesus – Farther Along – Come
Thou Fount – The Old Rugged Cross – O Come Angel Band – He Hideth My
Soul – It Is Well With My Soul – Does Jesus Care – Amazing Grace –
Riverside Lullaby
Allen & Matt Carlson are a father/son Christian musical
duo. Though they don’t tell us, I believe Allen is the dad. It’s a
remarkable gospel recording, as well as solo vocalizing by Allen which
is very nice. We get to hear some lovely vocal harmonizing on “In The
Sweet By and By” and “Amazing Grace.” Matt plays a lot of instruments,
all of them predominant on this musical offering. Ukelele, yes, the
ukulele is one of these very neat sounding instruments. Piano, guitar,
mandolin, and melodica are also his superlative instrumental offerings.
“Come Thou Fount” is an instrumental incredibly well done, as is the
bonus track “Riverside Lullaby.” The album cover does not tell us that
Allen plays guitar, but I believe he does. This combination of
father-son music is pretty incredible, and it’s very obvious from
listening that these two men as they give a tithe to Jesus Christ in the
form of the music they present here, are very sincere with their
beliefs. Nicely done all the way through, it has that nice down-home
touch of honesty and truthfulness and belief in the words they share
with us. It also has that nice down-home touch of ‘real’ singing,
harmonizing, musical creation. Super nice. The gentlemen also
dedicated this album to the memory of mother and grandmother Diane
Carlson, a great fan and inspiration for them, who prayed that their
music would bless many people. I’m not ‘many’ people, but I certainly
feel blessed after listening to these wonderful Christians share their
special message with me. I thought the ‘mix’ was very well done, the
all-around recording well done, and certainly the ‘feel’ of the album is
well done. What a nice Christian outpouring of faith and love for
Jesus Christ and all He does for us in these days of peril. The Rural
Roots Music Commission is always looking for good Christian Gospel
recordings, off it goes to them.
duo. Though they don’t tell us, I believe Allen is the dad. It’s a
remarkable gospel recording, as well as solo vocalizing by Allen which
is very nice. We get to hear some lovely vocal harmonizing on “In The
Sweet By and By” and “Amazing Grace.” Matt plays a lot of instruments,
all of them predominant on this musical offering. Ukelele, yes, the
ukulele is one of these very neat sounding instruments. Piano, guitar,
mandolin, and melodica are also his superlative instrumental offerings.
“Come Thou Fount” is an instrumental incredibly well done, as is the
bonus track “Riverside Lullaby.” The album cover does not tell us that
Allen plays guitar, but I believe he does. This combination of
father-son music is pretty incredible, and it’s very obvious from
listening that these two men as they give a tithe to Jesus Christ in the
form of the music they present here, are very sincere with their
beliefs. Nicely done all the way through, it has that nice down-home
touch of honesty and truthfulness and belief in the words they share
with us. It also has that nice down-home touch of ‘real’ singing,
harmonizing, musical creation. Super nice. The gentlemen also
dedicated this album to the memory of mother and grandmother Diane
Carlson, a great fan and inspiration for them, who prayed that their
music would bless many people. I’m not ‘many’ people, but I certainly
feel blessed after listening to these wonderful Christians share their
special message with me. I thought the ‘mix’ was very well done, the
all-around recording well done, and certainly the ‘feel’ of the album is
well done. What a nice Christian outpouring of faith and love for
Jesus Christ and all He does for us in these days of peril. The Rural
Roots Music Commission is always looking for good Christian Gospel
recordings, off it goes to them.
RECORD REVIEW BY BOB EVERHART – www.ntcma.net for Country Music News International Magazine