Love Called Her Home

Artist(s): Regina Vandereijk | Release Date: September 21, 2024 | Last Edited By: reginavandereijk

A 4-song EP that tells the story of struggles with shame and fear, repentance and forgiveness of sins, baptism, finding true freedom in Jesus Christ, victory in His life, death, and resurrection through the Holy Spirit, and the ultimate hope of Christ’s return.

Track Listing

		1 - Love Called Her Home
		2 - Mighty Waters
		3 - Victory
		4 - Oh Jesus

Album Reviews

Journal of Gospel Music

By reginavandereijk | Posted January 15, 2025

Regina Vandereijk
Love Called Her Home (EP)
(Royal Increase Music; release date: September 20, 2024)

By Robert M. Marovich

Sometimes you come across a singer of significant sensitivity and sometimes you come across a skillful songwriter, but rarely do you come across someone who combines both. Regina Vandereijk has both.

Regina’s style of sacred music, grounded in the acoustic singer-songwriter tradition, is on full display on her four-track EP Love Called Her Home. To her folk style she adds doses of blues, gospel, and country. The result is a mix of the Christian balladry of Lauren Daigle and the earthiness of veteran folk singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer.

The title track is just as strong melodically and even more powerful lyrically as “Oh Jesus (The Glory of the King),” a recent JGM Pick of the Week. With country crossover appeal, “Love Called Her Home” is about the transformative experience of salvation. “Mighty Waters (Midnight Moon)” has the distinct echo of a hundred folksongs. Regina’s opening shouts of “freedom” and the swampy guitar and organ on “Victory” lend the selection a Rhiannon Giddens feel.

Although she now lives in the Netherlands, Regina Vande...

Regina Vandereijk
Love Called Her Home (EP)
(Royal Increase Music; release date: September 20, 2024)

By Robert M. Marovich

Sometimes you come across a singer of significant sensitivity and sometimes you come across a skillful songwriter, but rarely do you come across someone who combines both. Regina Vandereijk has both.

Regina’s style of sacred music, grounded in the acoustic singer-songwriter tradition, is on full display on her four-track EP Love Called Her Home. To her folk style she adds doses of blues, gospel, and country. The result is a mix of the Christian balladry of Lauren Daigle and the earthiness of veteran folk singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer.

The title track is just as strong melodically and even more powerful lyrically as “Oh Jesus (The Glory of the King),” a recent JGM Pick of the Week. With country crossover appeal, “Love Called Her Home” is about the transformative experience of salvation. “Mighty Waters (Midnight Moon)” has the distinct echo of a hundred folksongs. Regina’s opening shouts of “freedom” and the swampy guitar and organ on “Victory” lend the selection a Rhiannon Giddens feel.

Although she now lives in the Netherlands, Regina Vandereijk gets her rootsy groove from her North Carolina birthplace. I hope she releases a full-length album in the near future. She’s an impressive talent that deserves greater attention.

Five of Five Stars

Picks: “Oh Jesus,” “Love Called Her Home”

https://journalofgospelmusic.com/reviews-2/regina-vandereijk-love-called-her-home-ep/