We’ve been teasing for many weeks… and now it’s finally here. UTR Media has debuted the launch of their new playlist Heart, Soul, & Mind on Spotify. If you are thinking “Wait a minute! Isn’t UTR boycotting Spotify?” We had some really deep and fruitful conversations with several artists and decided to reverse our decision. Instead, we are going to embrace the platform as another way to build community and help people rediscover their soul-connection to music.

Our plan is to update this playlist about once a month, so visit the playlist directly and click FOLLOW now so it’s easy-to-access on your account. Besides over 3.5 hours of gourmet music, this playlist is also the debut of UTR’s new short feature Backstage Minute. No one other organization (that we know of) are making playlists with branded content!  [Also, our playlist is best enjoyed listening in order instead of clicking shuffle.]

Each month, we will post some Curator’s Notes about the current playlist, and we’ll list all the tracks.

CURATOR’S NOTES – PLAYLIST 01 (SEPT 2018)

One thing we plan to be intentional about each month is sharing a good mix of some gourmet music fan-favorites and some artists that might be brand new discoveries.  However, for this debut edition, I’m going to focus on the name we chose for this playlist.  There is a certain art to naming a playlist – it can’t be too wild & whimsical, but just a descriptive phrase can feel boring.  Truth be told, the name of this playlist changed at least 8 times over the last month.  So why did we land on Heart, Soul, & Mind?

The phrase (and order of these words) comes direct from Matthew 22:17 – “Jesus replied, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'” We also think these are good words to describe the music we will feature each month.  These are songs that are are crafted with such skill, they can connect with people emotionally, spiritually, and intellectually – often all of these simultaneously.  And here’s the beautiful thing, folks in every walk of life are hungry for things that have a heart-soul-mind connection – including people who have yet to begin their walk with Jesus. Our prayer is that this playlist is an encouragement to folks who already love gourmet music, a connection point for folks who might not discover UTR’s music ministry on a different platform, & a way for artists to be served as we share their songs.

PLAYLIST TRACKS – #01 (SEPT. 2018)

  1. Welcome from Dave – UTR
  2. Sparrow – Branches
  3. Stand With Me – Ginny Owens
  4. Dear Hate (Acoustic) – John Tibbs
  5. Read On – Mr. & Mrs. Something
  6. Beautiful Places – Andrew Osenga
  7. Runnin’ – Royce Lovett
  8. Old Friends – Ben Rector
  9. Dark Fields – Giants & Pilgrims
  10. Remember and Proclaim – Andrew Peterson
  11. Lay My Head Down – Taylor Leonhardt
  12. Storehouse – The Gray Havens
  13. BSM: “Live” (C.Williams) – UTR
  14. Holy Ground – Christa Wells
  15. Something To Believe In – The New Respects
  16. Discovery – Rivers & Robots
  17. 76 – Von Strantz
  18. The River Jordan – Brady Toops
  19. Where I Began – Caedmon’s Call
  20. Run – Josh Garrels
  21. Catch Me Up To Speed – Nick Flora
  22. Charlie Chaplin – Katie Herzig
  23. Glory Boys – Kevin Max
  24. Lost and Found – Eric Peters
  25. Roots Grow Down – Jillian Jones
  26. O Great Light – Jess Ray
  27. Himalayas – Scott Mulvahill
  28. BSM: “Music Moves Me” (A.Osenga)”-  UTR
  29. We Were Not Ready – Brooke Annibale
  30. Changes – Mat Kearney
  31. Holy Collision – TRALA
  32. Ring The Bells – Johnnyswim + Drew Holcomb
  33. Beauty in the Trying – Jill Phillips
  34. Come Away – Sarah Hart
  35. Breaking of the Bridge – Jonathan Gabriel Masters
  36. White Flag – Brettan Cox
  37. Alone Together – Wild Harbors
  38. Moon Mission – Jason Harrod
  39. Hard – Rich Mullins
  40. Devil’s Been Talkin’ [Live] – Needtobreathe
  41. Walk – Joy Ike
  42. Sing Me Your Song – Judah & The Lion
  43. BSP: “Relationships” (Jenny & Tyler) – UTR
  44. Is The Doctor in Today – SHEL
  45. There Is a Day – Eufaula
  46. Promise is a Promise – Ian Zumback
  47. I’ve Been Searching – Andrew Greer (ft. McCrary Sisters)
  48. The Hand of God (Psalm 82)  -Wendell Kimbrough
  49. Oh Freedom – Lisa Weyerhaeuser
  50. Deliver Us from Evil – Eric Lee Brumley
  51. Save Me – Liz Vice
  52. The Mountain [Live] – Jon Foreman
  53. Nothing Without You-  Christopher Williams
  54. I Won’t Rest Until – Brianna Gaither
  55. Sanctuary – Remedy Drive + Propaganda
  56. No Time – Melanie Penn
  57. Speak -The Waiting
  58. Hurricane Love – Strahan
  59. Backpack – 6’10
  60. Daughter of Jerusalem – Sister Sinjin