Having toured extensively for years in the club, festival, underground and alternative Christian music scene, and known for their amazing live shows, Madison Greene is no longer together as a band, though many of them have moved on to other projects. Their style is "aggressive acoustic with celtic and tribal undertones." Check out some of their music here:

Like Madison Greene, Seeds is not currently together as a band, though their "organic, acoustic/electric, multi-layered vocal harmony music" is still available through Grrr Records, and many members of the band are active in other projects. They're a ministry of Jesus People USA and good friends. Check out some of their music here:

Jon is a Chicago-area worship leader who's come and joined in with us at Redeemer from time to time. he's got a new EP coming out in March of 2008. We've previewed a few of the songs and…two thumbs up. Check Jon out for yourself here:

Abbess (Sue Wallace) is the composer in residence for the Visions creative multimedia collective and church service in York, England. Abbess' music ranges from classically influenced chill-out pieces through trip hop to departures into the land of techno. We've used Sue's music in some of our Reimagine Worship gatherings. Beautiful and fascinating stuff, huh? Check Abbess out here:

Aradhna means worship. Led by Chris Hale and Peter Hicks, Aradhna captures the beauty and dignity of India's bhajan devotional melodies with music that blends east and west and offers praise to Jesus. To hear more of their music and to check out translations of their Hindi-language lyrics, click here:

The Spares make twangy, bluesy, roots music-call it alt-country or Americana. The Chicago duo writes and sings about faith and life and characters in hard places, like a nine-to-five company man who quits his job in search of meaning ("Mexico") or a marriage in peril ("Waiting for the Smoke to Clear"), whose stories hint at love and truth in ways that the characters themselves don't always recognize. Their lyrics are thoughtful and honest, just as their acoustic music is raw, beautiful, and compelling. Check them out here:

A founding member of Madison Greene, Mike still creates what he calls "politically charged non-religious church music." Provocative and thoughtful, heart-felt and authentic, we love him and his music. Check him out here:

Psalters is a nomadic community of musicians, who tour the country in an amazing black school bus, dedicated to creating what they call "grimy silk road psalms of the underground." This eclectic group writes counter-cultural modern psalms and sets them to a fusion of mid-eastern and Indian music, along with strong tribal percussions and indie rock sensibility. They're also our friends and have led worship events at Redeemer several times. Check them out here:

Altar is a soulful, energetic Chicago-based Latin worship band that's led worship at Redeemer lots of times. They're currently working on a new CD, but you can check out some of their music and thoughts here:

With seven CD's behind them, the rootsy urban folk duo GreenChoby combines the sensibilities of faith with the realities of street life. Both Mike Choby and Carolyn Green have spent time working with the poor, the homeless, and drug-addicted in their neighborhood of Uptown, Chicago. After a longish break, Greenchoby is working on some new music. You can check them out here:

Jed Brewer is a Chicago-based songwriter, producer, and filmmaker.  He works in prison aftercare ministry with Mission:USA and leads music for a church of ex-convicts and recovering drug addicts. Jed has led worship both on Sunday morning and at our Reimagine Worship gatherings.