Redemption Songs

Redemption Songs is the seventh full-length album by Jars of Clay. It was released by Essential Records on March 22, 2005. Redemption Songs is a collection of reinvented hymns and spiritual songs. As part of a church community that believed passionately the blessing of understanding the story of redemption through early church songs and ancient hymns, Jars of Clay found themselves a part of a growing renaissance, one that inspired them to write new songs using the rich hymn texts as the foundation. This renaissance was the beginning of Redemption Songs, a blend of familiar hymns, spirituals and ancient texts. The band enlists vocals of friends including The Blind Boys of Alabama ("Nothing But the Blood," "On Jordan's Stormy River Banks...