Cross Fire Mixtape

Crossfire Mixtape is BACK! In this episode, Sean Evans and Eric Bouchard pick some of their favorite songs that tell stories in the lyrics.

Sean and Eric are back once again, this time to direct the spotlight onto two distinct bands, each a favourite of theirs.  Eric introduces us to Theocracy while Sean dives into the works of Red.  So sit back, relax, and enjoy 5 of our favourites songs from each of these bands. SONG LIST Theocracy I Am | As The World Bleeds [2011] Theocracy | Theocracy [2003] Altar to the Unknown God | As the World Bleeds [2011] Paper Tiger | Ghost Ship [2016] Hide in the Fairytale | As The World Bleeds [2011] Red Breathe Into Me | End of Silence [2006] Feed the Machine | Until We Have Faces [2011] Release the Panic | Release the Panic [2013] Darkest Part | of Beauty and Rage [2015] Gone | Gone [2017]

Sean Evans and Eric Bouchard are back, and this time, they are bringing some of their favorite Worship Songs. Sean sticks with the more traditional worship song styles this episode, while Eric's selections are a little more eclectic.

There are subjects we do not like to tlak about openly in churches, but these are often the subjects we need to discuss from a Christian world view. In this episode, Sean Evans and Eric Bouchard look at songs by Christian artists that deal with duicide, depression, cutting, and many other "taboo" subjects the Church does not like to discuss.

Just in time for Christmas, we return after an unplanned hiatus with a fun list of Christmas songs from some of our favourite bands. Thank you for joining us during our inaugural year of recording and we wish you a very Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and we'll be back for more in 2018! SONG LIST: Rebecca St. James | Happy Christmas | Christmas [1997] John Schlitt | God rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | The Christmas Project [2013] Guardian | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | Rock Power Praise Vol. II: Christmas Hymns [1991] Phillips, Craig & Dean | O Come, O Come, Emmanuel | Repeat the Sounding Joy [1996] John Elefante | Silent Night | Rock Power Praise Vol. II: Christmas Hymns [1991] Kutless | It Came Upon a Midnight Clear | This is Christmas [2011] tobyMac | This Christmas (Joy to the World) | WOW Christmas [2002] Smalltown Poets | In the First Light | Smalltown Poets Christmas [2011] Casting Crowns | While You Were Sleeping | Peace on Earth [2008] Todd Agnew | Did You Know? | Do You See What I See [2006] Stryper | Winter Wonderland | Reason for the Season (single) [1985] Eden’s bridge | Breath of heaven (Mary’s Song) | Irish Christmas (2013]  

Sometimes you just have to have some fun. That can be tru for Christian bands as well. In this week's episode, Eric Bouchard and Sean Evans share some of their favorite fun Christian songs.  Just because they are fun songs, however, does not mean they still cannot have a good message, and Eric and Sean talk about that as well.

It's been a while since we did an Artist Profile episode so that's what we do this week.  Eric covers one of his top 5 bands, while Sean chooses something a little closer to home.  Polar Opposites in terms of musical style this week, but we think you'll enjoy them anyway.

Cross Fire Mixtape is back! This week, Sean Evans and Eric Bouchard are bringing up some of their favorite covers of songs other bands have done.

We're unplugged this week as we rediscover some of our favourite songs without the magic of electricity.  Listen as some of the heaviest bands out there, such as Demon Hunter, and Red can still evoke powerful emotions without the need of driving electric guitars and gutteral screams. SONGS: Relient K | Which to Bury, Us or the Hatchet (Acoustic) | Apathetic EP (2005) Demon Hunter | My Throat Is an Open Grave (Acoustic) | The Triptych Special Edition (2006) Anberlin | Feel Good Drag (Acoustic) | Feel Good Drag (Acoustic) (2009) Disciple | Dear X, You Don’t Own Me (Acoustic) | Best of Disciple (2015) Red | Breath Into Me (Remix Acustica) | Release the Panic (Deluxe Edition) (2013) Jeremy Camp | My Desire | Live Unplugged (2005) Kutless | Shut Me Out (Acoustic Version) | Hearts of the Innocent (Special Edition) (2006) Reality Check | Masquerade | Reality Check (1997) Ivoryline | The Healing | Vessels (2010) BarlowGirl | On My Own | BarlowGirl (2004) BarlowGirl | Never Alone (Acoustic Version) | Another Journal Entry (2005)

It's another Artist Spotlight episode, where Sean Evans and Eric Bouchard both pick and artist and feature a few songs by them. Interesting tidbit: both Sean and Eric happened to pic bands that started as straight rock but later added a bit of electornic sound to the mix. This was not planned ahead of time.

In this episode, Eric Bouchard and Sean Evans share some of their favorite ballads. It can be rather surprising to hear bands like Stryper and Demon Hunter slow things down, but that is just what you will hear when you listen.

This week's theme takes up the entire show as we revisit our favourite bands' first albums.  Not the great ones, mind you, the first albums that were so rough, we were definitely not a fan until they released their sophomore album.  We visit music from Anberlin, Skillet, Thousand Foot Krutch, Seventh Day Slumber, Pillar, and Audio Adrenaline. To listen to full versions of these songs, be sure to visit our YouTube channel at bit.ly/crossfiremixtape. Song List: Sky Is Falling (Seventh Day Slumber, Found, 2017) DC-10 (Audio Adrenaline, Audio Adrenaline, 1992) Big House (Audio Adrenaline, Don't Censor Me, 1993) Original Superman (Pillar, Above, 2000) Fireproof (Pillar, Fireproof, 2003) Saturn (Skillet, Skillet, 1996) Locked in a Cage (Skillet, Hey, You, I Love Your Soul, 1998) What I Need (Seventh Day Slumber, Matthew Twenty-Five, 1999) I Know (Seventh Day Slumber, Picking Up the Pieces, 2003) Foreign Language (Anberlin, Blueprints for the Black Market, 2003) Paperthin Hymn (Anberlin, Never Take Friendship Seriously, 2005) Up Comes Down (Thousand Foot Krutch, Set It Off, 2000) Phenomenon (Thousand Foot Krutch, Phenomenon, 2003) Feel Good Drag (Anberlin, New Surrender, 2008)

Anthems.  A rallying cry for Christians.  In this episode we visit some of our favorite Anthems from such bands as Skillet, Stryper, DC Talk, Tendashii, and more.  Our discussion this week is the role of Christians music as a ministry or for edifying the church.

Cross Fire Mixtape is back! This time, we are each featuring one of our favorite bands and discussing our top five bands for whom we cannot wait to hear new albums.

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Cross Fire Mixtape, a Faith-based musical journey through our favourite bands.  In this episode, we reminisce back to the bands that began our journey into listening to Christian Music.  Journey with us as we walk down memory lane to the 80's and early 90's.