JFH Staff: Bert Gangl

Bert Gangl

Name: Bert Gangl

Role At JFH: Review Writer

Birthday: June 24

E-mail: Staff Contact Form

Education: Master's Degree from the University of Kentucky

Hobbies: Reading, Running, Travel, Music History

Pet Peeves: Shallowness, insincerity

Thing you MUST Know: there is no "e" on the end of my last name, despite just about everyone's wanting to place one there

Guilty Pleasures: My wife and I absolutely love Barry Manilow's 2002 Christmas Album

Favorite TV Shows: Psych, NCIS LA, the late, great Mr. Monk

Favorite Movie: Back to the Future, Ocean's Eleven, Life of Pi

Favorite Books: The Bible (naturally), The All-Music Guide to Rock, Billboard's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002

Favorite Bands/Artists: Lincoln Brewster, Dizmas, Edmund's Crown

Favorite Live Show(s): Geoff Moore and the Distance, Georgetown College, 1990 (my first Christian concert)

Favorite Food: Southern cooking (from my mom's side of the family), German and Italian cuisine (from my dad's side)

Favorite Fast Food: I'm addicted to Subway, which, now that I think about it, may or may not technically qualify as fast food

Favorite Breakfast Cereal: Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats

Favorite Candy: Kit Kat bars - lots of 'em

Most Embarrassing Moment: I played bass in a hard rock outfit several years back. The audience, which was made up mostly of close friends and other acquaintances, was particularly receptive, so I promptly hopped up on a nearby table to wow the assembled masses. This was about two seconds before the table legs buckled and I slid helplessly onto the waiting floor. Luckily, there were no life-threatening injuries, but suffice it to say, I stayed earthbound from that point on.



Leagues Alone Together	Pop / Alternative / Electropop	4/5

Geoff Moore The Next Thing	Folk / Pop	3.5/5

Michael Sweet One Sided War	Rock	3.5/5

Joel Vaughn Kinetic	Pop	3.5/5

Stryper Fallen	Metal / Rock	4/5

Trevor Morgan Roots	Rock / Americana	4/5


Building 429 Unashamed	Pop / Pop Rock	3/5

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Music Out This Week

This Wednesday, October 22, 2025
SINGLES

Phil Wickham Fear Has No Power - Single [Fair Trade]

This Friday, October 24, 2025
ALBUMS

John Allan Resurrection Power - EP [Centricity]

Dan Bremnes The Villain - EP [Curb]

Clear Convictions Endure (2025 Remaster) [Resuscitation]

Fepeste This World Ain't Mine to Change [Velvet Blue]

gio. FINE BY ME [Capitol CMG]

God Behind Bars Music Live From Angola Prison Vol. 1 [Provident]

Hulvey HE WILL RETURN - EP [Reach]

Brandon Lake Amazon Music Songline [Provident]

Latter Day Exploits Within Consumed (Expanded Edition) [Charon Collective]

VaShawn Mitchell SOUNDCHECK [Fair Trade]

MORIAH Nice Life - EP [F2]

Tyson Motsenbocker Modern Worries [Tooth & Nail]

Smalltown Poets St. Augustine (independent)

Zahriya Zachary Rediscovery [Bethel]

SINGLES

29:11 Worship, Zion Rempel You Never Fail (feat. Emily Guy) - Single [DREAM]

The Band JAREN Poetic - Single [Hit and Run]

Joe L Barnes Grief, Joy, Gratitude - Single [Provident]

Chad Cory, Zacardi Cortez My First Love (Remix) - Single [DREAM]

Leanna Crawford Beginning Of Your Grace - Single [Provident]

darthy Juniper Tree - Single [WieRok]

EJ Swavv & Jericko Love Like This - Single [Syntax]

Emerson Day Midnight Hour - Single [Fair Trade]

Good Weather Forecast lows2highs - Single [DREAM]

goodwill. REST - Single [Syntax]

Grace + Max Rich - Single [WieRok]

Mat Kearney Good Old Days - Single (independent)

Kelo Car Freestyle - Single [Syntax]

Vic Lucas I Need You (ft. IsaiahLaRoi) - Single [Syntax]

Jamie Macdonald You Can't Take My Song - Single [Capitol CMG]

Myles Maestro No Place - Single [Syntax]

Mercy Tribe Music The King is in the Room (feat. Ayiesha Woods) - Single (independent)

Mountains in the Sea Breakthrough - Single [DREAM]

Razzie & Glenn Ray Second Chances - Single [Syntax]

Seph Schlueter Already On The Way (feat. Benjamin William Hastings) - Single [Provident]

Tomb Slayer The Christmas Lamb (feat. Khristian Dentley & Sarah Whittemore) - Single [Tomb Slayer]

tonyxtrotter, Yung Drew, Wayne Klassik HOLY HOLY HOLY - Single [Syntax]

The Undertaking! All Smiles - Single (independent)

Unseen Faith Cold Resolve - Single [Rottweiler Records]

Kim Zamolo Your Ways Are Higher - Single (independent)

VINYL

Clear Convictions Endure [Resuscitation]

Next Friday, October 31, 2025
ALBUMS

Hope Deferred Darkness Remains [The Charon Collective]

MORIAH Nice Life - EP [F2]

Testimony of Apocalypse Agony in the Garden [Roxx Records]

SINGLES

Dreamers My Heart His Home - Single [DREAM]

Roxanne Grace Try Again - Single [DREAM]

Lock & Chi Do To Me - Single (independent)

John Long Simple Pursuit - Single (independent)

Warren Zeiders How Great Thou Art - Single [Warner]

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