Mormon music
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Music has had a long history in
Mormon folk music
Mormon folk music constituted some of the earliest
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Since 1847, the Latter-day Saint influence in Utah music is manifest in the state's most famous musical institution: The
LDS-themed popular music
Beginning in the 1960s,
Since 2005, the Nashville Tribute Band has produced country music with an LDS theme.[2]
Especially For Youth albums
Each year various artist from LDS Music are featured on an annual album called Especially for Youth (EFY), that is produced for a summer youth camp sponsored by Brigham Young University but are held at many universities across the United States.[3] Several producers bid for the album on a 2-year cycle. The producer for the album is usually decided by EFY executive J.D. Hucks, a senior administrator for the Church Educational System's Youth & Family Programs.
From 1998–Present the EFY album producer roll has been bouncing back and forth between the production duo Tyler Castleton & Staci Peters and their competitor Jim Funk & Barry Gibbons, making it difficult for independent artist and producers to participate with the album production.
The
Opponents of this idea find that though the albums might be youth-orientated and were created to be given to youth at EFY camp, they were also intended to be wonderful and uplifting - appropriate for any age. Many Saints enjoy the peaceful music with a modern twist in their homes daily as a way of inviting the Holy Ghost and making the day feel more reverent. Also, Deseret Book has written on their website that "Perhaps no other collection of albums has sold better to the youth over the last decade than the EFY albums released every summer."[5] The EFY albums in the last 18 years are:
- I Can Do All Things Through Christ (2023)
- Wait On The Lord (2022)
- A Witness Of My Own (2021)
- Trust With All Thine Heart (2019)
- Choose Joy (2018)
- The Way To Become (2017)
- What Matters Most (2016)
- Here Am I (2015)
- Anxiously Engaged (2014)
- Firm In The Faith (2013)
- Arise and Shine Forth (2012)
- Believe. Hope. Endure (2011)
- The Courage to Stand Strong (2010)
- Be Thou an Example (2009)
- Steady and Sure (2008)
- Power in Purity (2007)
- The Greatest Gift (2006)
- A More Excellent Way (2005)
- Stand in the Light (2004)
- Look and Live (2003)
- We Believe (2002)
- Remember The Promise (2001)
- Forward with Faith (2000)
Faith-centered Music Association
For a time, the Faith-centered Music Association rewarded excellence in music with the Pearl Awards given in a number of different categories.[6]
Over its final few years the FCMA, which was run by senior management at
In 2010, the FCMA decided to take an indefinite hiatus from workshops and the Pearl Awards. In a letter to the general public, the FCMA stated that it had grown too large of an organization and tried to accommodate too many recommendations and criticisms to continue.[7]
In mainstream popular music
There are numerous artists active in the secular music world who are LDS, but do not write devotional or praise-style music. Prominent examples include
Partial list of major label LDS artists
- Individuals
- David Archuleta (formerly of Jive Records)
- Alex Boyé (Shadow Mountain)
- Elaine Bradley and Brandon Campbell (of Neon Trees) (Island Records)
- Brandon Flowers (of The Killers) (Island Records) - Grammy nominated
- Dinah Jane Hansen (formerly of Fifth Harmony) (Jive Records)
- Gladys Knight (of Gladys Knight & the Pips) (Verve Records) - Kennedy Center Honors, 7x Grammy winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee
- Donny Osmond (of The Osmonds) (Decca Records)
- Marie Osmond (Polydor Records) - Grammy nominated
- Nathan Pacheco (Disney Pearl)
- Ryan Raddon, aka DJ KASKADE (Warner Bros. Records) - Grammy nominated
- Wayne Sermon (of Imagine Dragons) (Interscope Records) - Grammy winners
- Alex Sharpe (formerly of Celtic Woman) (Manhattan Records)
- Lindsey Stirling (BridgeTone)
- Dan Truman (of Diamond Rio) (Word Records) - Grammy winner
- Groups
- Fictionist (formerly of Atlantic Records)
- Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand (formerly of Capitol Records)
- SheDaisy(Lyric Street Records) - Grammy nominated
- The Moth & The Flame (Elektra Records)
- The Osmonds (MGM Records) - Grammy Lifetime Achievement
- The Piano Guys (Sony Masterworks)
See also
References
- ^ Jessen, Wade (November 4, 2011), "Hilary Weeks First Mormon to Reach Christian Albums Top 10", Billboard
- ^ Loftus, Hikari (16 August 2010). "Nashville Tribute Band salutes missionaries". Deseret News.
- ^ "BYU Division of Continuing Education". Ce.byu.edu. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ "Orson Scott Card and LDS Music". Mormon Matters. 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ Various (2010-07-17). "The Best of EFY". DeseretBook.com. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ "Faith Centered Music Association". www.pearlawards.org. Archived from the original on February 14, 2009.
- ^ a b "FCMA calls it quits". May 4, 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
- ^ "Q&A with Arthur from Linescratchers | A Motley Vision". Motleyvision.org. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ "Staff @ Linescratchers". Linescratchers.com. Retrieved 2011-08-18.