Searching for New Music? Look no Further!

Greetings all! Ben Sooy here, your friend, compatriot, and also your Director of Worship at the Table Church. If you’re looking for some new music recommendations, here’s a couple bands I’m enjoying lately:

Mon Rovîa (listen on Apple Music or Spotify). Mon Rovîa is an indie folk artist who came to the states as a refugee, escaping war in Liberia, and now settled in Tennessee. This is really tender, optimistic, and openhearted music, infused with deep feelings and a lot of hope.

Unwed Sailor (Apple Music, Spotify). Unwed Sailor is one of my favorite rock bands making instrumental music. Great music to throw on while you’re making dinner or trying to give yourself an energy jolt in the afternoon to power through the rest of your workday. 

We’re also blessed with an embarrassment of riches at the Table with so many gifted musical artists amongst us: 

The Bootlegger’s Wife (Apple Music, Spotify). Music made by our own Elle and Ben Tyler! They make really wonderful anthemic piano rock songs. If you listened to a lot of Ben Folds and Regina Spektor in high school, this is music for you. Ben and Elle play the Old Mine in Erie fairly often, you should check them out next time they play! 

Vine Hotel (Apple Music, Spotify). Austin Herrema’s band! Really fun and upbeat indie rock for fans of bands like Jimmy Eat World. Austin rips many lead guitar solos in this band, which pleases me immensely. Vine Hotel plays Denver fairly often, you should go to their next show! 

Mercy Club (Apple Music, Spotify). Really beautiful, thoughtful, and melancholic folk rock made by Darren Thornberry and his friends and family. Darren writes songs that break your heart, but in like, a good way. 

A Place For Owls (Apple Music, Spotify). Full disclosure, this is my rock band! Is it morally permissible to plug your own band in your own church’s newsletter?? Well, I’m doing it. My band makes emo rock music. You should listen to us if you like crying and feeling big feelings! We’re playing at the Marquis in Denver on January 31, you should come. 

Black Moon Howl (Apple Music, Spotify). Our beloved Danny Rankin plays keys in the very excellent blues rock band Black Moon Howl. They’re good, they rip. I don’t think they play live anymore that much, unfortunately. But I might be wrong, hit up Danny and ask him if they’re playing soon. 

Well that’s probably enough band recommendations for now! I hope your January is filled with new life and new beginnings and good music!

- Ben Sooy