Got a nice surprise over the weekend… some really good music from a really good new artist: Let’s Come Together by Kevin LeVar & One Sound on the Habakkuk Music label.

First, I need to say that 2008 has been a REALLY good year for Habakkuk Music.  Their artists collectively got a truckload of Stellar Award nominations (particularly Isaiah D. Thomas & Elements of Praise and Jessica Greene)… they’re pummeling through a bunch of the other indie gospel labels and firmly placing themselves in the game.

Now, on to Kevin LeVar… this dude has a GREAT voice.  And it’s not about riffin’ or anything like that– he just has this boundless, pure, smooth, pleasant and controlled tone… and a soaring range.  He’s the type of worship leader that you WANT at your church.  And this album has the type of songs you want sung there.

His music has that cross-genre, mega-church appeal.  It’s sincere, inviting, and relevant for a bunch of different types of folks.  He wrote all of the tracks but one, and that one is a traditional track that he arranged for the album.  Good stuff.

It’s hard to pick standout tracks.  The entire album is pretty solid and can play through.  Faves for me, though, are “Here I Am,” an intense and sincere worship cry to God, the title-track “Let’s Come Together,” a REALLY good, well-arranged praise song, ”Heaven Have Your Way,” ”Atmosphere of Faith,” and “Such An Awesome God.”  I could go on, but you really just need to go’n ahead and get it!

Listen to “Here I Am” here:

And visit his MySpace page: http://www.kevinlevar.com.

What do you think???