I saw the Psalters at the Scheldapen in Antwerp on Thursday. Wow. They were simply amazing live. The power and passion that came from that stage was incredible. They play an ecclectic mix of musical genres and get their inspiration from the music played by the oppressed peoples of this world. They live and breath what they preach.
They travel meeting people from different cultures and visit the oppressed to live with and learn from them. They spent the night sleeping in a squat and normally live as nomads in a bus, playing and meeting people wherever they go. They hand out their cd's and merchandise for free and their songs are rightsfree. If you ever get a chance to see them: go. It was the best gig/message/worship/party/inspiration that I've seen or attended in ages, all rolled into one.
The power that was in the air that evening when they played Psalm 27 as their opening song was amazing. They haven't released this on CD yet, but had the lyrics on a screen and people sang along. The passion that you can hear in the sentence: "I will not be afraid" still gives me shivers when I hear the song. People want to be set free.
Just listen to the mp3 that was recorded that night:
>> Download 1_psalm_26.mp3
the Lord is my light
and my salvation
the Lord is the strength of my life
so I will not be afraid
no I will not be afraid
because the Lord is my light
the Lord is my light
the Lord is my light
(More pictures of the gig to come later, after I processed them.)
Correction: it's Psalm 27, not Psalm 26.