Category: Albums

  • Everything I Am

    Everything I Am

    Basics Everything I Am (2025) is a collection of songs recorded and released as singles between 2018–25. Half of the songs were remixed and all but one remastered for the album. (Original singles are still available.) The collection includes ten…

  • Jimmy & Me Revisited

    Jimmy & Me Revisited

    Playlist See individual songs below for lyrics, links and song-related notes… Description Jimmy & Me was released in 2010. This album, Jimmy & Me Revisited, is a remixed, remastered and expanded version of that album. (The original album is still…

  • Hello Sun, Goodnight Moon

    Hello Sun, Goodnight Moon

    Description NOTE: Check your favorite music channel to listen to or purchase this album. Last children’s music album by the SongSisters, an Ann Arbor-based singing duo. Although they are still sisters in song, Chris Barton and Julie Austin are now…

  • Eden Records: A History

    Eden Records: A History

    Eden Records is a “home-grown” record label that began in Allen Park, Michigan, and released a total of nine albums during the 1970s and 80s. Eden artists included Doug Howell, Damascus, Shekinah and New Jerusalem. Though the company is not…

  • The Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction

    The Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction

    Description Now available in digital format only. Doug’s fourth solo album. More up tempo than any since his first. More experimentation with synthesized sounds (it was the 1980s). Edgy, like Bluer…, but with better production values. This was the first…

  • Hinds’ Feet on High Places

    Hinds’ Feet on High Places

    Description NOTE: Sorry, but available in digital format only. A “Soundtrack to the Book.” Inspired by and based on the best-selling Christian allegory, Hinds’ Feet on High Places, a modern Pilgrim’s Progress where the protagonist is a girl named Much-Afraid.…

  • Victory in Jesus

    Victory in Jesus

    Description NOTE: This album is currently available as YouTube playlist only (see below). Contemporary Christian music album by New Jerusalem, Lonnie Hull DuPont and Don Wharton. These SE Michigan-based artists regularly featured in area Youth for Christ rallies and sang…

  • Singer in the King’s Service

    Singer in the King’s Service

    Description Now available in digital format only. A double-album, Doug’s third solo effort. Another improvement in production values, partly due to bigger budget (thanks to friends and family), and a longer format which allowed for a wide variety of songs.…

  • I’ve Been Freed

    I’ve Been Freed

    Description Now available in digital format only. Doug’s second solo album offers more passionate songs revolving around faith and love. Recorded while he was with Good News Circle. Better production values than the first album, more help from other professional…

  • We Are His People

    We Are His People

    Description NOTE: This album is currently available as YouTube playlist only (see below). Contemporary Christian music album by Good News Circle, a midwest-based evangelistic singing group and ministry. GNC typically arranged interdenominational support for 5-night crusades in one public locale.…

  • Bluer Than It’s Ever Been

    Bluer Than It’s Ever Been

    Description Now available in digital format only. Early contemporary Christian album, piano-based pop style, full of honest feeling and faith. Doug’s first solo album is rough in spots, but also has some great moments. It was produced on a shoestring…

  • Shout Joyfully

    Shout Joyfully

    Description NOTE: This album is currently available as YouTube playlist only (see below). Contemporary Christian music album by New Jerusalem, an Ann Arbor-based evangelistic singing group sponsored by Youth for Christ. NJ was a regular fixture of area Youth for…