Anthems

Awesome collection of Holy Spirit Filled songs. I Ke Akua Ka Ho'Onani Ia, To God Be The Glory. See you guys soon, Mele Kalikimaka from Rev Bu and 95.5 the Fish, Honolulu, HAWAII

LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally a worship album that offers the listener something other than the typical Christian radio sound. This collection of anthems is will speak to your heart while the rhythms of reggae and world music connect with your soul. This is real reggae, this is true worship!!!

Good to hear worship covers & fresh originals

This album is amazing!!! This roots and worship vibe is the Christafari that I love so much!! They even took it back for old schoolj fans like me and gave us Devotion which sounds a lot like their old music!! Avion's voice is also kicking on this album. And when her Mark sing together on "Know You More" my hands just raised in worship!! I was also happy to hear Jabby on the tracks. You can always tell when its a Jabby mix or he's involved. What I also love as a Sociologist is how they gave props to the different countries where they were inspired for their music, as not to culturally appropriate anything, even though their band is very diverse I loved this socially conscious jewel they dropped on their songs. Lastly, I hope they keep up this great mix of music and I can't wait to hear their album of originals the next time. This album was a blessing and so on time, especially with the environment of the world. Thank you for blessing us again with your music!!! God Bless You!!!

These songs are amazing and Christafari take it to the next level. Worship the King with Gods favorite band. It doesn't get much better then this.

Christafari is my favorite band! I love Reggae music and to finally be able to praise God in the style of music I like is an answered prayer! Anthems is an amazing follow up to Reggae Worship: A Roots Revival. You guys did an incredible job of mixing the most popular worship covers with a fine blend of original music. It's hard to pick a favorite song! God bless you all and I can't wait to hear what comes out of Christafari in the years to come.

This CD is the perfect follow up to Christafari's #1 Billboard chart topping "Reggae Worship: A Roots Revival" album. "While our last album contained more covers of less popular worship hits (with two exceptions: "Hosanna" and "How Great is Our God"), staying true to its name, "Anthems" is chock-full of worship anthems", said lead vocalist/founder and producer Mark Mohr. In fact, if there is a top ten worship hit in the last 5 years that hasn't been covered by Christafari by now, then it probably wouldn't work well in reggae. And this band doesn't just make the songs sound good in a reggae style. You may even find yourself enjoying Christafari's latest covers ("Oceans," "Our God," "10,000 Reasons," "Lord You Are Good," "Forever Reign," "One Thing Remains" and "Holy Spirit" to name a few) more than the originals if you've been yearning for something "different" from the current mainstream versions. "Anthems" also firmly establishes the award winning Avion Blackman (Mohr's wife and the band's bassist) as a permanent lead vocalist in the band--a welcome addition bringing more diversity to this multi faceted production. Also noteworthy is the prominent featuring of the band's rhythm guitarist, rootsman Solomon Jabby, who shares the lead vocal role on 3 songs and lead guitarist Obie Obien on "Amazing Grace." Stylistically, this album isn't just reggae (roots, contemporary reggae and dancehall), but also delves into rocksteady, ska and even African Soukous. While the band primarily features singers from within its own ranks this time around, there are three noteworthy features of close friends of the band including former bandmate Dyna on the moving "Revelation Song," Benny Oke on the energetic "Atanikomboa" and Dillavou on the fiery "Devotion", a track reminiscent of the band's "WordSound&Power" days. A lot of the album features the clean contemporary roots sound that the band perfected on "a Roots Revival," with the co-production and arranging assistance of Justin Nalimu, but a few tracks… especially later in the project feature a different sound as they were co-produced by either Solomon Jabby (guitar) or Kevin Kinsella (formerly of John Brown's Body) offering a welcome departure from the norm. Overall, this 16 track album is solid through and through with more covers at the beginning of the project and more originals featured at the end--perfectly setting us up for the band's next album which will be mostly originals. The dictionary defines an anthem as a song, as of praise or devotion or a piece of sacred vocal music, usually with words taken from the Scriptures. That's what this album is all about, offering the worshipper of Jesus Christ an array of timeless worship anthems to glorify our King!