PROFILE
Hope Darst and the Discipline of Repetition
Two versions of “Mighty Name Of Jesus” show what a room does to a song.
Repetition is the hardest thing to defend in a review and the most reliable thing in a service. Darst's catalogue leans on it without apology.
The live recording with The Belonging Co gives the idea a long runway; the studio version with Josh Baldwin compresses it into something a congregation can learn in one pass. Both are correct answers to different rooms.
The vocal
Declarative but unforced. She never pushes into the note, which keeps a repeated line from turning into a demand.
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