It is customary at the end of each calendar year for us writer types who enjoy discussing artistic endeavors to compile “best of” lists, a practice I’ve always found to be on the pretentious side. It is far more appropriate, modest, and honest to say favorites. With that in mind, I’d like to talk about my favorite album of 2024 … which originally came out in 1996 but was finally remastered and rereleased this year. The band is The Choir, and the album is ”Free Flying Soul,“ a balm for the soul and a treat for the ears.
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The Choir has long been Christian rock’s purposeful outliers, forever in the scene but never of it. Derri Daugherty’s sculpted sonic treatment guitar washes and plaintive vocals, Steve Hindalong’s percussion-first approach to drumming, and Dan Michael’s mix of natural and…
