Art of Celebration

Personnel: Ross Holmes (fiddle); Patrick D'Arcy (Uilleann pipe); Audrey Assad, Melissa Mage (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Sam Gibson.
Photographer: Peter Neill.
The fourth long-player from colorful Northern Ireland-based praise & worship gang the Rend Collective Experiment finds the Dove Award-nominated group offering up a buoyant 13-track invocation of faith, love, and joy that lives up to the promise of its moniker. Bolstered by the effusive first single "My Lighthouse," The Art of Celebration, like the collective's previous outings, blazes its own bright musical trail with the help of native Irish folk instruments and boot-stomps and handclaps, resulting in a winning blend of indie folk, alt-rock, and contemporary gospel. ~ James Christopher Monger