"The club - the fans, manager and players - have been unbelievable with me, I cannot thank them enough. I want to come back, play well and do well for the team. "I don't think anyone can really understand what me and my family have been through, but thanks for sticking by me and its unbelievable to come on the pitch and get an assist. It was really emotional, especially to have my family in the crowd watching on. "It's been a crazy period as everyone knows, but thankfully I'm back playing now. READ MORE: Danny Batth insists Sunderland have played 'miles better' than at Stoke without winning Wyke said after the match: "It's been a really long time coming. He came off the bench 20 minutes from time and provided the assist for the decisive goal, with ex- Sunderland loanee Nathan Broadhead getting off the mark for his new club. The 29-year-old played his part in Wigan's pre-season, but at the weekend he was involved in their 1-0 Championship win at Birmingham City - a result that was all the more impressive given that the Latics played for 80 minutes with ten men following Joe Bennett's red card.
Wyke was later fitted with an implantable defibrillator. The frontman, who spent three years on Wearside and was the club's 31-goal top scorer the season before last before joining Wigan last summer, went into cardiac arrest and collapsed during a training session last November. Rich, complex, moving from musical theme to theme and crowned with intelligent, poetic reworkings of biblical text, Unveiled Hope is nothing short of a true work of art.Former Sunderland striker Charlie Wyke made an 'emotional' return to competitive action at the weekend - nine months after suffering a serious heart problem in training. There are rumors that this could be one of Card's last projects, since he plans on retiring soon from the music industry, and if these rumors are true, CCM will lose one of its most literate and musically diverse artists. Of course, the album is liberally sprinkled with songs in Card's engaging folk-pop style, such as "The Unveiling," "The Dragon" and "Song of the Lamb".Īfter the almost classical "Hallelujah," Card closes Unveiled Hope with "New Jerusalem," an innocent, introspective tune that builds to a full-chorus anthem of worship followed by the postlude _ a reprise of "Hallelujah" and a return to the album's pervasive Celtic theme.
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On the wonderful "You Are Worthy," he gives full reign to an African-American choir that turns the simple words from Revelation into a triumphant, fun and gorgeous moment of worship. On the operatic "Holy, Holy, Holy," he shares lead vocals with his backing choir. To tell the story he wishes to tell, Card obviously saw the need to use musical styles that departed from his usual singer/songwriter folk style, and when he does depart from it, he is more than willing to share center stage with singers more attuned to that style. Card also makes liberal use of the London Symphony Orchestra throughout, which gives the whole recording a lush, "big" feel. The prelude is a beautiful Celtic theme with traditional acoustic instruments, a sign that this will not be the typical synthesized vanilla pop of CCM. Unveiled Hope is a thematic score of songs complete with prelude and postlude. Following his premise that Revelations is a book of what is shown and not what is hidden, he creates a story that is at times mystical, at times worshipful, at times majestic and occasionally even fun. Unveiled Hope is Card's most ambitious work yet _ a musical, theological and poetic walk through the most obscure book of the Bible, the Book of Revelations. Unveiled Hope, Card's newest conceptual project, is perhaps some of his finest work to date because it capitalizes on Card's willingness to share the spotlight with other musicians and on his strength as an imaginative songwriter.
Card can turn even the deepest theological puzzles into a hit single _ a skill unequaled by anyone in CCM today. As pretentious as these projects may sound, Card can get away with it every time because he is not only one of the most humble, down-to-earth musicians I have ever had the pleasure of hearing but he has great talent as a musician and songwriter. Often, these projects come with supplemental books, written by Card, that further explore the poetic and theological themes of his music.
Michael Card has always been a bit of an anomaly in Christian music, preferring to turn out literate musical projects characterized by complex concept albums based on Biblical subjects, even a whole Biblical book. Revelations interpreted Unveiled Hope (Myrrh Records) Michael Card By Victoria Moon
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