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  Radio Angel Records was started in July of 2000 by Randall Furlong and Caroline Bowles. "We were looking for a way to promote Caroline's music as well as other Christian independent artists.

We concentrate on music that is non-mainstream. "We like to think that Radio Angel Records is finding unique sounds in the already-flooded world of Contemporary Christian music."

We are convinced that melody communicates across cultural barriers. The tunes we chose for both Wondrous Love and Christmas Carols have slipped through various sets of lyrics, across national boundaries and, in some cases, across more than a thousand years. When they appear in recently published hymnals, the names of the writers of these hymns have often been omitted, and the works dubbed simply "Traditional" or attributed to "Anonymous." Where possible, after some research, we have attempted to give credit to the lyricists and composers.

We recorded these songs in order to reinterpret them, to make them accessible to 21st century listeners. Worship in song connects us with all who have gone before us, who sang these hymns in their time, and who surround us like a great cloud of witnesses, encouraging us and urging us on in our lives. The church is composed not only of those worshipers of Christ now alive, but of all those who have ever lived, because all are alive to God. The writers of these hymns have the otherworldly, at times mystical, focus of people whose world was less certain and whose earthly attachments were less firm. It is our hope that they will encourage you in your love of Jesus Christ, and inspire you to contemplation of His love for you.

 

 
Caroline's Christmas Carols is the featured album on the Christmas Reviews website!
Caroline’s version of Amazing Grace becomes part of a collection of recorded versions of Amazing Grace presented to Library of Congress by collectors Allan Chasanoff and Ramon Elozua.
Caroline's music now streams on the web site of noted Bible scholar and teacher, Edward Fudge. edwardfudge.com

Caroline Bowles has been stirring the senses of her Houston hometown for years with her beautiful voice and spiritual lyrics. Now with the release of her "Wondrous Love" CD, the rest of the nation will have the opportunity to hear what Houston fans have come to regard as one of Christian music's best performers.
- Carron Haight, Boston, Massachusetts USA
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It's fantastic! full of passion, while at the same time preserving an essentially folk like approach. I was pleasantly surprised over and over again by hearing the arrangements of these familiar tunes. Wondrous Love actually made me cry and I found myself holding my breath through Amazing Grace.
I am attracted to the interesting colors and textures of the percussion and the guitar work is beautifully sophisticated - a real Celtic flavor on several of them. And many places I find myself being led into a very intimate contemplative place. This may well become my favorite album.
- Max Dyer, Houston, Texas USA
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