At long last, the '00s have seen a number of Christian folk artists shed the didacticism that plagues their genre and release several deeply compelling records. But while Sufjan Stevens and others are just getting started, Mendoza has been playing his heartfelt, spiritual folk-pop for nearly two decades.
A Voice In The Wilderness.
To be making a living & support a family "only" by playing music in this day and age - and that's something Dave Mendoza has done for the past 23 years - requires unusual courage and a 'dare to be different' attitude.
Occasionally recruiting modern tools like drum loops to adapt his style to that of younger generations, the core of his music remains guitar folk, pop & rock, accompanying a voice that goes out to reach deep down into people's hearts to remind them: "Wake up! There's something else!"