Josh Baldwin, Matt Maher, und John Mark McMillan

I saw Matt Maher live at World Youth Day in 2013. The audience was in tears, listening to his spiritually loving music. The spirit of God truly flowed through him and his music. Every lyric of his songs contained a nugget of love and spiritual truth to it.

His voice was excellent and elevated his music to a whole other level. His guitar playing was excellent and he really knew how to make a chord resonate for God. We all raised our hands and swayed to his loving, reassuring music of love and harmony in the name of the Lord.

The whole audience had a feeling of love and spiritual energy to it as we all swayed together. He played acoustic songs about the spirit that were blessed and anointed. It was impossible not to feel the loving energy of the spirit in the crowd and in his music.

There have been few times in my life when I have felt the spirit the way that I did when listening to Matt Maher perform. His performance raised praise to the Lord and flowed throughout the world. I cannot recommend seeing Matt Maher highly enough, it is a fantastic, spiritual experience for everyone involved.

The singer/songwriter industry is extremely competitive, from artists singing on street corners, to singing in their church bands, but John Mark McMillan managed to break away from this and make his mark with his alternative rock, and contemporary worship music. He opened the show by introducing himself and his band, and immediately jumping down off the stage to play a track right in the middle of the audience. He asked us to raise our hands in the air and sing along with him. It was an incredible start to the show, and the entire audience were united straight away.
Even the songs that I didn’t know, I found myself singing along with everyone, as his choruses are incredibly catchy, which was wonderful. His band were also incredible, and watching the violinist who seemed incredibly young playing some incredible riffs whilst singing along was a showcase of genuine talent. McMillan is also an incredibly talented guitarist, and it was great to see him play live, rather than just on the recordings.
The harmonies that all of the instrumentalists provided on top of McMillan’s vocals were wonderful, and added another layer of beauty to his songs. He focused mainly on Borderland, his newest album, which was a great choice, as many people hadn’t heard it performed live before.