Articles filed under Musical Routes

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   Rethinking Christmas

   By Aaron Epp and ChristianWeek on Dec 31, 2012

   While Christmas is often portrayed as a joyful time of year filled with happiness and good cheer, for many, it’s a difficult season. No one knows that better than Steve Bell. The acclaimed singer-songwriter says he looks forward to spending…Read More→

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   Double-time with Oh Village and Shad

   By Aaron Epp and ChristianWeek on Sep 1, 2012

   It takes a village to make an album. When Oh Village, a four-piece rock band from Abbotsford, B.C. needed money to record its new CD, the band decided to “crowdfund” the project, asking family, friends and fans to pre-order the…Read More→

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   Double-time with Oh Village and Shad

   By Aaron Epp on Aug 17, 2012

   It takes a village to make an album. When Oh Village, a four-piece rock band from Abbotsford, B.C. needed money to record its new CD, the band decided to “crowdfund” the project, asking family, friends and fans to pre-order the…Read More→

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   Former dctalk phenom expands his creative repertoire with Fiefdom of Angels

   By Aaron Epp and ChristianWeek on Jun 1, 2012

   Three years ago, Kevin Max re-discovered a poem he wrote in the mid-’90s about the fall of Lucifer. Inspired, he began writing a novel about the origin of angels titled Fiefdom of Angels. It wasn’t long before the award-winning musician,…Read More→

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   Summer music festivals for everyone to enjoy

   By Aaron Epp on May 7, 2012

   Bob Olynyk’s mechanic can hardly believe the truck Olynyk bought new in 1984 is still running, considering he has driven it more than one million miles in the past 28 years. While many of those miles were driven across Western…Read More→

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   Former metalcore drummer now sees worship as a way of life

   By Aaron Epp on Mar 14, 2012

   Ask Christian singer-songwriter and worship leader Aaron Gillespie what the elements of a good worship song are, and his answer will have nothing to do with chord progressions or clever lyrics. “A good worship song is about the content of…Read More→