I recently sat down with Rebecca Dennison to talk psalms and songwriting.  Rebecca was a featured songwriter (and vocalist) on our psalm-based 2005 album, These Things I Remember, and she has also written music based on psalms for her trio, the Sandpaper Dolls, and for Sojourn’s upcoming worship CDs.

Click the player below to hear this short discussion, covering Rebecca’s thoughts on adapting the language of the Psalms to write modern worship songs, the difference in working straight from the biblical texts as opposed to Isaac Watt’s metrical psalms, the advantages of using scripture, why a church should use psalms when there are so many contemporary praise and worship songs, and more.

Click the RSS logo below to subscribe to our podcast (you may also subscribe through iTunes or your favorite provider — the podcast is simply called “sojournmusic.com”).  Next week, we’ll bring you an interview with Worship Arts Pastoral Assistant Jamie Barnes that takes you inside a Sojourn worship band practice session.

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