EVENSONG:
Hymns and Lullabies at Close of Day
By Keith & Kristyn Getty
Getty Music. CD / MP3 £10.99 (also on most music streaming platforms)
Evensong, by Keith and Kristyn Getty, was a No. 1 album in the US last year, knocking Frozen off the top spot in the children’s charts. How come?
Context is everything, and that helps us understand their new album. Written in the midst of the pandemic, with Kristyn reaching a milestone birthday, their aim was to record an album of music to bring comfort to homes at evening time.
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