Todd Agnew is a
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ian and songwriter.
Musical career
Agnew's best-known song is a version of the hymn "
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" called "Grace Like Rain" that was featured on his first album,
Grace Like RainGrace Like Rain is the first record-label released album by Contemporary Christian songwriter Todd Agnew, and was released on October 7, 2003 by Ardent Records...
, released in June 2003. Agnew wrote this song with his friend, Chris Collins. Since then, Agnew has released four label albums. 2005's
Reflection of SomethingRelfection of Something is the second label-released album by Contemporary Christian songwriter Todd Agnew. The album was released by Ardent Records on August 16, 2005. It features the popular songs "My Jesus", "Unchanging One" and "In the Middle of Me", all of which got much limelight on most...
introduced the popular songs "My Jesus" and "Unchanging One", which are often featured on Contemporary Christian radio stations. In late 2006, after the two highly acclaimed studio projects, he wrote a retelling of the Christmas story on his album entitled
Do You See What I See?Do You See What I See? is Todd Agnew's third label release, which tells the story of the birth of Jesus from the perspective of characters involved in the Christmas story...
. His fourth studio project,
Better QuestionsBetter Questions is a Christian rock album by Todd Agnew. His fourth label album, it was released on Ardent Records on July 17, 2007. It features single "Our Great God" with special guest fellow Christian artist Rebecca St. James...
, was released in 2007 and featured the hit single “Our Great God” (a duet featuring
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artist
Rebecca St. JamesRebecca St. James , is a Christian pop rock singer, songwriter, musician, author, and actor. She began performing in Australia in the late 1980s and released her first full-length studio album in 1991. In 1993 she was signed to the record label ForeFront Records and released her major label debut a...
).
Agnew's current label is
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. He was among the twelve artists selected to be a part of the
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released through
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and
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. Paralleling his song "Still Has a Hold" with
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, Agnew elaborates on the subject of the faithfulness of God.
Agnew is known for performing his concerts barefoot.
Personal life
Agnew was born in
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to a Native American mother. He was adopted at birth by a white couple (which was legal at the time in 1971, before the
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was instituted), and thus, did not grow up being influenced by his cultural heritage. He was raised in Dallas, TX. Agnew began traveling to Memphis to help with a city wide Bible study for college students and singles called Metro Bible study in the fall of 1999 at Germantown Baptist Church. During this time he began writing and introducing songs to the group which would later become songs on the record "Grace Like Rain." He would eventually move to Memphis to help plant a church, which developed through the Metro event, called Highpoint Church. After a number of years touring out of Memphis, Agnew moved back to Texas after marrying his longtime girlfriend Jenny in the spring of 2008, whom he proposed to 18 September 2007 at the final concert of his
Better Questions Tour in Memphis, TN. He currently lives in Austin, TX with his wife and two children.
Live Band Members
Current
- Sam Weaver - guitar
- Brian Wilson - drums
- Cody Spriggs - bass
- Chris Farnsworth - road manager/sound man
Former
- Jonathan Chu - violin (last performance with band August 30, 2008)
- Rob Ramsey - guitar (last performance with band August 30, 2008)
Discography
- The Blue CD (1997)
- Breath of God
air of God is an independently released album by Tod Agnew. The album was recorded in 2001 live at The Journey in Alvin, TX. The album also features the songs Breath of God, Awesome God , and Romans 12:1 which would later appear on Agnew's second studio album Grace Like Rain. This album is rare and...
(2001)
- Grace Like Rain
Grace Like Rain is the first record-label released album by Contemporary Christian songwriter Todd Agnew, and was released on October 7, 2003 by Ardent Records...
(2003)
- Reflection of Something
Relfection of Something is the second label-released album by Contemporary Christian songwriter Todd Agnew. The album was released by Ardent Records on August 16, 2005. It features the popular songs "My Jesus", "Unchanging One" and "In the Middle of Me", all of which got much limelight on most...
(2005) - "Behind the Songs"
- Do You See What I See?
Do You See What I See? is Todd Agnew's third label release, which tells the story of the birth of Jesus from the perspective of characters involved in the Christmas story...
(2006)
- Better Questions
Better Questions is a Christian rock album by Todd Agnew. His fourth label album, it was released on Ardent Records on July 17, 2007. It features single "Our Great God" with special guest fellow Christian artist Rebecca St. James...
(2007) Press Release
- Need
Need is the fifth studio album by Christian rock artist Todd Agnew. It was released on October 6, 2009, through INO and Ardent records. The first radio single, "Joy Unspeakable", has peaked at #45 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart...
(2009)
External links
- Official website
- [ Todd Agnew] at Allmusic
- Todd Agnew at PureVolume
PureVolume was the first independently run website of its type, allowing for the upload and stream of music files. It was created in 2003 by Jennifer Welch , in conjunction with the Unborn Media team; Brett Woitunski, Nate Hudson, and Mitchell Pavao; all from the University of...
- Todd Agnew lyrics