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Tell Me What You KnowSara Groves  Critically acclaimed. Artistically compelling. Spiritually poignant. All three have been used to describe Sara Groves in the past, yet they never have rung as true as today. Sara Groves delivers yet another emotionally charged and insightful view into the Christian experience. Always reminding us that the Kingdom of Heaven is present among us. Sara's gentle challenges allow us to savor the experience of being God's hands and feet. Delivered in an artistically compelling manner that invites us into her journey, Sara, along with producer Brown Bannister, weaves an intoxicating musical soundscape that is at once captivating. Track Listing:
Real Player® is a free download and available here. You will like Sara Groves if you like...Christian Artists Bethany Dillon, Cindy Morgan, Nichole Nordeman, Ginny Owens, Twila Paris Customer ReviewsWrite your own review of this item.Average Rating:  5 out of 5 (based on 7 reviews) Great Music - Glenn (Cordova, TN) - 12/15/2007Sara has performed at my church ( Hopepres.com ) several times. Her music is from the heart, worshipful and tells great stories. Please purchase this CD and support the James Fund... Glenn Cordova, Tn. 338 out of 691 visitors found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful?  |  EXCELLENT!!! - Denise (Hammonton, NJ) - 12/6/2007WOW!!! This is all I have been listening to since I got it a month ago. Forget the IPOD or radio.. I just replay this CD everytime I get in the van. Very refreshing, very real. Sara once again delivers a soverign message from the heart of the Father, and also the heart of a daughter, mother, sister. She is so precious. I have all her music, but wow... this really is a new twist on things... and FRESH!!!! This is a must have for anyone that has heard her, or has any of her. Its a great gift to give to others as well. So encouraging and a breathe of fresh HEAVENLY AIR! 459 out of 942 visitors found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? | Another Amazing CD! - Jennifer (Chippewa Falls, WI) - 11/28/2007If I could give this CD 10 stars, I would! Once again, Sara Groves has put together another incredible and moving CD. She is blessed with such an amazing gift. I had the privilege of attending the CD Release Concert in November, and it was three amazing hours of music. Now the songs mean even more to me, after hearing the personal stories of inspiration behind each one. "When The Saints" is such a powerful, inspring song and I can't get enough of it. As Sara said at the concert, in uncertain times in our world, we should not be asking "Where is God?"-- we should be asking "Where are God's PEOPLE?" This CD will inspire you beyond words- pick it up today and be sure to get it at FCS so you can get the bonus DVD- awesome!!! 485 out of 965 visitors found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? | A Lyrical and Poetic Blessing - James (Allen, TX) - 11/19/2007Sara Groves continues to put amazing and articulate poetry to beautiful music with this album "Tell Me What You Know". It is a wonderful record in which Sara continues to amaze me with her lyrics. She has such a gift for choosing just the right words to convey an idea, refer to scripture or set a mood. Each song seems to have a different message inspired by a different situation yet it all flows together beautifuly into a celebration of hope even if life seems hopeless that is made possible by Sara sharing her faith that God is present no matter what else happens. Every song is written and produced beautifuly well, but I seem to repeat a few songs more than the others, "You Are Wonderful", "When The Saints" and "Honesty". I also really like "I Saw What I Saw"; even more so when I watch the video of it that comes on the DVD with the CD from Family Christian Stores or accessible online. 408 out of 821 visitors found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? | Sara grooves...... - 11/19/2007I'm happy to share the review of Sara's wonderful new CD that I wrote for The Phantom Tollbooth. After hearing a preview copy, I knew I'd have to order the Family Christian Store version for the extra tracks and the DVD, It was worth it. Here's a shortened form of the review: About seven years ago a relatively unknown female artist released an album called Conversations. The songs were intelligent, refreshingly honest, and laid out in a straight-forward manner, full of the kind of simple beauty and profound truth that we, unfortunately, don’t always see coming from the CCM community (even though that’s exactly where such music really to be coming from). Sara Groves, several albums later, is still delivering songs of simple truth and beauty, now mingled with more life experience and an expanded view of the world. Always closer to a Joni Mitchell sensibility than to the latest choreographed, demographically-programmed Christian Music teen idol, Groves has not only maintained her artistic integrity on her latest project, Tell Me What You Know, but has perhaps reached the high water-mark of her recorded output. Sara Groves has obviously lived a lot of life in the past seven years, including having children (this album was written and recorded just before the birth of her third child) and witnessing firsthand some of the horrors of the poverty and tragedy in Africa and closer to home. There’s a maturity and depth of ‘soul’ about this CD, but also a joy and sense of freedom that sets it apart from other one-dimensional ‘message’ projects. In many ways, this is Sara’s Lead Me On (Amy Grant), which, for many people (myself included) was Amy’s shining hour – a ‘coming of age’ recording where life and art met head-on. In Sara’s case this is not a sudden turn-around, but a natural progression from album to album, culminating on Tell Me What You Know with a stunning mix of intelligent, insightful lyrics, well-structured, melodic music (with no shortage of hooks), and impeccable musicianship. Under the steady hand of producer Brown Bannister, Sara and the core players – Steve Brewster on drums, Matt Pierson on bass, Blair Masters on keyboards, and Scott Dente and Jerry McPherson on guitars – deliver a mature pop/rock/folk/jazz masterwork that will please the ears and enrich the soul; this is music that’s easy to enjoy for its own sake, but manages to find its way not only into your body, but into the deeper layers of your soul. Yes, Sara knows how to groove. Sara Groves – Sara grooves. Tell Me What You know starts off with a song written by Sara, to her sons – not the most original concept, but executed with style. Instrumentally sparse, the track features fast percussion and a very up front vocal, effectively double-tracked on the chorus. Sara’s voice is a pleasant, familiar and versatile instrument, and is very inviting and easy to listen to. Her vocals on this project are no-doubt the best she’s ever done, achieving impressive results without sounding as if she’s trying to impress, but to communicate …which she certainly does. The song has a fairly fast tempo and effectively slows the vocals against the bridge, with its’ busy percussion, creating an impressive musical contrast and bringing what could’ve been a clichéd song to a higher level. Ending the album is a very up-beat, somewhat Beatle-influenced song the that sounds very much like a like the kind of track that would have been at home on Phil Keaggy’s Emerging album: “You Are Wonderful” is bright and hopeful, with an enthusiastic performance by all concerned, showing us just how energizing and fun good pop music can be. Kudos to Gordon Kennedy, who co-wrote this with Sara. Tell Me What You Know establishes Sara Groves as a dependable artist of consistent quality. Not content to merely give her audience easily digestible ‘Christianese’ in a generic pop format, Groves has created a strong work that will not become dated, because truth and beauty don’t have an expiration date. This is simply a wonderful project that should convince any listener that Sara Groves is a compelling, important artist who needs to be heard by a wider audience, and has perhaps just given us one of the best albums of the year. By Bert Saraco 411 out of 796 visitors found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? | Other titles by Sara Groves
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