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Joel Zaloum


  • Name: Joel Zaloum
  • Role At JFH: Review Writer
  • Age: 26
  • E-mail: Staff Contact Form
  • Marital Status: Single
  • Job Status: Music Director at a Christian Private School, Private Music Teacher
  • Education: Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts
  • Hobbies: Playing and listening to music, playing hockey, baseball, volleyball, or really any sport, playing video and board games with family, hiking, watching movies, studying and reading theology, staying up late
  • Pet Peeves: Letting people down, secular culture, when people try too hard to be funny, bad theology
  • Thing you MUST Know: I write my own songs, you can listen to them on my youtube channel. I lead worship at my local church. I was homeschooled all the way up till college, along with all my other siblings. I am 5th out of 7 kids in my family. We were part of a homeschool group which helped with socializing and learning things such as music.
  • Guilty Pleasures: Heavy Metal (does that count???), listening to theology debates. I don't need to lose weight so any food would be irrelevant here haha!
  • Favorite TV Shows: The Honeymooners, Psych, Dual Survival, West Wing, The Chosen, Murder She Wrote, Odd Couple
  • Favorite Movies: Lord of the Rings, Ratatouille, Miracle, How to Train Your Dragon, Chronicles of Narnia, Jungle Book, Prince of Egypt, School of Rock
  • Favorite Books: Lord of the Rings, Narnia (The Silver Chair if I had to choose one), The Holiness of God (Sproul), The God Who Justifies (White), Pilgrims Progress, Screwtape Letters
  • Favorite Theologians: R.C. Sproul, James White, John Macarthur, John Piper, Albert Mohler, Charles Spurgeon, C.S. Lewis, Robert Godfrey
  • Favorite Bands: Phil Keaggy, Mortification, Theocracy, For Today, Neal Morse, Demon Hunter, P.O.D., Stryper, Impending Doom, Tourniquet, Becoming the Archetype, The Getty's, Don Moen, Owl City
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Lord of the Rings (obviously!), How To Train Your Dragon, Prince of Egypt, Newsies, Adam Young Scores, Narnia
  • Favorite Live Shows: Neal Morse, Theocracy, P.O.D., Sleeping Giant, For Today, Phil Keaggy
  • Favorite Animal: Panda Bear, african animals, anything wild and exotic
  • Favorite Food: Ravioli, tacos, honey and butter on a bagel, anything with cheese on it
  • Favorite Breakfast Cereal: All time is corn pops, but recently probably any kind of granola
  • Favorite Drink: Green tea with honey
  • Favorite Candy: Sour patch kids, dark chocolate
  • Most Embarrassing Moment: Fainting on first day of junior high. Falling on a breakaway during a hockey game with no one around me
  • Little-Known Super Power: Making it look like I meant to play that F#m chord instead of G on stage. The ability to play almost any song by ear after hearing it once.

     


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    This Wednesday, October 8, 2025
    SINGLES
    Amy Jay Back to What's Natural - Single (independent)

    This Friday, October 10, 2025
    ALBUMS
    Citizens m us eum [Anotherland Records]
    Jesus Culture Send The Fire: Live From London [Capitol CMG]
    Tasha Layton Life in Me [BEC]
    Myles Maestro Dead End Road - EP [Syntax]
    Make Sure Starry May Morning (independent)
    SNT. VINCENT Final Greetings [Syntax]
    Razzie Digital Psalms - EP [Syntax]
    Josh Wright LEAD (Deluxe) (independent)

    SINGLES
    Holly Brand One Thing He Wouldn't Do - Single [Integrity]
    Chosen Road Daddy Was a Navy Man - Single [Thoroughbred]
    Drakeford Writing on the Wall - Single (independent)
    EJ Swavv & Jeff Knox Deja Vu - Single [Syntax]
    Kelo Memory Lane - Single [Syntax]
    MAYIA Pass Me Not - Single [Syntax]
    Kevi Morse Like You - Single [Syntax]
    Jeannie Ortega Decipher - Single [Syntax]
    Run51 Song Of My Soul - Single [DREAM]
    Zane Vickery Name (Live at Greenbriar) - Single (independent)
    Vineyard Worship & Dreaming The Impossible Praise You For Eternity - Single [Vineyard]

    Next Friday, October 17, 2025
    ALBUMS
    ANTHNY DIARY ENTRY 1 [Provident]
    Blanca Full Bloom [Curb]
    Chris Blue Every Day Is Christmas [Gaither]
    Geoff Moore and The Distance Foundations (Re-Release) [Girder]
    Geoff Moore and The Distance A Place To Stand (Re-Release) [Girder]
    Nate Parrish Make Me A Mountain (independent)
    Psallos The New and Better Way: Hymns of Hebrews (independent)
    Anne Wilson Stars [Capitol CMG]

    SINGLES
    Zane Vickery All Things New - Single (independent)

    DVD
    Chris Blue Every Day Is Christmas DVD [Gaither]


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