Grego Pillay releases new Christmas album with classic songs | Newcastle Herald
Alvin M. Keeling
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Newcastle singer Grego Pillay is our own Michael Buble. Grego, from Cameron Park, has released a new Christmas album. This coincides with the release of a music video by Buble for his new track Christmas Sweater. We were hoping to see Grego in a Christmas sweater, but next to the Christmas tree it’s okay. What we love about Grego’s album is that he sings classic Christmas songs like Silent Night, O Come All Ye Faithful, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, and Joy to the World. We would have liked to see We Three Kings and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [Hint hint Grego, maybe next album?]. The album, titled Carols with Grego Pillay, reflects his love for the Christmas spirit. “I’ve always wanted to make a Christmas album and I love the Christmas spirit and the Christmas story message,” he said. Grego said the music was “a carrier of memories”. “Music is an integral part of who I am. The process of creating music alone allows me to see the world for what it is and for what it can become. I firmly believe that music can change the world for what it is. good, ”he said. “I sing because it’s one of the best ways to express myself in a very meaningful way. Singing is my passion. We need more musos in our world.” Grego, pastor of Seventh-day Adventist churches in Wyee and Boolaroo, said Christmas marked the birth of “Christ the Savior.” “I don’t believe Jesus was born on December 25th. There is no proof of that in the Bible and many Bible scholars would agree. He was probably born in July in Palestine,” he said. declared. Grego also celebrates the meaning of Christmas history. “It is a message of hope, peace and reconciliation,” he said. “The main focus is the story of Jesus, not only his birth but his life, death and resurrection.” He said Christmas in his heart was also “a time for family and relationships.” His wife and two children live in Australia with him, but his extended family is in South Africa. He believes Christianity receives “a bad press in today’s culture.” The values of the Christian faith, he says, include “unconditional love”, which “the world desperately needs.” “Faith, hope and love – these three Christian virtues are what inspires my music.” Grego is also the senior pastor of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific. He was born in India and raised in South Africa during apartheid. “Apartheid was a crime against humanity,” he said, adding that society was “very segregated in all spheres of life, from entertainment to education to whom you can marry.” “You shake your head and walk away saying, boy, how did I survive this?” It was very difficult back then. The Salvos expect this year “to reach a new peak under the pressure of the pandemic”. Donate at salutarmy.org.au or call 13 SALVOS (13 72 58). When is it socially acceptable to start wishing people a Merry Christmas? Well, it’s December 1st today. How about that? Merry Christmas to everyone ! Too early ? IN THE NEWS: Our reporters work hard to provide local and up-to-date news to the community. This is how you can continue to access our trusted content:
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Christmas Carols: Grego Pillay has released a new Christmas album. “I love the Christmas spirit,” he said.
Newcastle singer Grego Pillay is our own Michael Buble.
Grego, from Cameron Park, has released a new Christmas album. This coincides with the release of a music video by Buble for his new track Christmas Sweater.
We were hoping to see Grego in a Christmas sweater, but next to the Christmas tree it’s okay.
What we love about Grego’s album is that he sings classic Christmas songs like Silent Night, O Come All Ye Faithful, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, and Joy to the World.
We would have liked to see We Three Kings and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [Hint hint Grego, maybe next album?].
“I’ve always wanted to make a Christmas album and I love the Christmas spirit and the Christmas story message,” he said.
Grego said the music was “a carrier of memories”.
“Music is an integral part of who I am. The process of creating music alone allows me to see the world for what it is and for what it can become. I firmly believe that music can change the world for what it is. good, ”he said.
“I sing because it’s one of the best ways to express myself in a very meaningful way. Singing is my passion. We need more musos in our world.”
Grego, pastor of Seventh-day Adventist churches in Wyee and Boolaroo, said Christmas marked the birth of “Christ the Savior.”
“I don’t believe Jesus was born on December 25th. There is no proof of that in the Bible and many Bible scholars would agree. He was probably born in July in Palestine,” he said. declared.
Grego also celebrates the meaning of Christmas history.
“It is a message of hope, peace and reconciliation,” he said.
“The main focus is the story of Jesus, not only his birth but his life, death and resurrection.”
He said Christmas in his heart was also “a time for family and relationships.” His wife and two children live in Australia with him, but his extended family is in South Africa.
He believes Christianity receives “a bad press in today’s culture.”
The values of the Christian faith, he says, include “unconditional love”, which “the world desperately needs.”
“Faith, hope and love – these three Christian virtues are what inspires my music.”
Grego is also the senior pastor of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific. He was born in India and raised in South Africa during apartheid.
“Apartheid was a crime against humanity,” he said, adding that society was “very segregated in all spheres of life, from entertainment to education to whom you can marry.”
“You shake your head and walk away saying, boy, how did I survive this?”
“It was very difficult back then.”
The Salvation Army has launched its annual Christmas appeal to support “Australians who are doing it hard this holiday season”.
The Salvos expect this year to “reach a new peak under the pressure of the pandemic”.
Donate at salutarmy.org.au or call 13 SALVOS (13 72 58).
When is it socially acceptable to start wishing people a Merry Christmas? Well, it’s December 1st today. And that ? Merry Christmas to all of you ! Too early?
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