Let It Be Jesus

Personnel: James Duke, Daniel Carson (electric guitar); Jacob Arnold (drums); Heath Balltzglier, Molley Moody (background vocals).Audio Mixer: Ainslie Grosser .Recording information: Passion City Church, Atlanta, GA.Photographers: Mary Caroline Russell; Bobb Russell.Let It Be Jesus marks Christy Nockels' 20th anniversary as a recording artist. Teaming, as always, with her producer/husband Nathan Nockels, they celebrate with a live offering of new material recorded during one night at Passion City Church in Atlanta. Unlike the relatively stripped-down Into the Glorious from 2012 (an album that, were it not for its subject matter, could have been a contemporary country radio staple), Let It Be Jesus is maximalist and anthemic, from the cut-time opener "Into the Glorious," which has country-gospel at its core, to the building drama of "Everything Is Mine in You," to the Celtic rock tinge in "If You Never." This is also true of the ballads, such as "Jesus, Rock of Ages," which commences as