anytime we experience music

we participate in a conversation.

Better Mirror Blog

A chance to reflect.

As artists and listeners, anytime we experience music, we participate in a conversation.

As we as Wind and Sail Band make art and share it, we want to write into the conversation. We want invite you into what others have masterfully made.

Our goal is to highlight for you the artists and records who are shaping culture and faith. 

As we listen, read, watch, and make together this is your place to see how the art we consider reflects Jesus, our world, our hearts, our hurts, and our hopes.

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Top Christian Singer-Songwriter Spotlight - Pt. 2

If you are looking for your next new favorite singer-songwriter, you’ve arrived! We are continuing the journey begun in Part One of this article.

These are the wise friends who have held pen and instrument ready to clothe your moments with insights into how to walk through this life with Jesus and others.

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Top 10 Christian Singer-Songwriter Spotlight - Pt. 1

You can see them now. Pen and pad on a side table, well-loved acoustic guitar across their lap, an overstuffed couch, an orchid on the window-sill.

Singer-songwriters are the bards of the age. Often placing their lyrics in an intimate musical setting, they are the story-weavers, the ones you listen in especially close to glean what their words hold.

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Top Christian Indie Artist Spotlight - 2022

If you are looking for the Top Christian Indie artists, look no further. These artists may not always appear on a Google Search, but these are the artists who we admire most for their contribution to the Indie music genre.

These pioneers are putting the “Alt” in Alternative Rock and Pop, giving us new sounds to be captivated by.

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“Timeless” - Song Story

Since we began the Wind and Sail project, time has been our most brittle tension point. Time as a resource, as a gift, as a responsibility to be stewarded. But thinking through time as a structure, a chrono-palace that frames reality–walls it in and gives shape and relationship–that was incredibly captivating.

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Coming soon - artist spotlights, album reviews, band tips and pointers, and ruminations!