Dynamic music minister, Okey Sokay has released a new album titled “RENEW”.
Okey Sokay is called into the ministry of Music, Helps and encouragement, with an assignment to Lift the name of Jesus, bringing joy and giving hope to men and winning souls for the Kingdom of God through uplifting spirit-filled music, teachings, mentoring and Philanthropy.
His latest album “RENEW” is birthed from a place of prayer and waiting on GOD. Get ready to soak in, and worship the father with these songs, your strength, finances, health, relationships, and everything about your life will be renewed in Jesus’ name.
Okey Sokay has worked with great minds in the music industry (both local and international) such as Tim Godfrey, Nikki Laoye, Provabs, Mike Abdul (Midnight crew), KingzKid(GH), ESAIAS (GH), Giftberries, and many more.
“Renew” album is now available for download on all digital stores below;
EeZee Conceptz Global has released the much anticipated EP by cross over Gospel music minister Chidinma titled “New Season”.
Alongside the release of the EP, is the video for the song “Jesus the Son of God” featuring COZA’s music group TheGratitude.
The 7-track EP is executively produced by Ezekiel “EeZee Tee” ThankGod, and contains previously released songs such as her crossover single “Jehovah Overdo,”“This Love” and the EP forerunner “Ko S’Oba Bire.” Other singles include “Chukwu Oma,” “Lion and the Lamb,” and the bonus track “This Love (French version).”
Chidinma Ekile announced her switch to Gospel music having been signed to EeZee Conceptz label in May, 2021. The announcement and ceremony was accompanied with the release of “Jehovah Overdo.” She released “This Love” in the following month. The song is a heartfelt ballad about the love of God. “Ko S’Oba Bire” which happened to be her 3rd release is a forerunner for her EP “New Season.” It was – like the rest of the singles – released with an official video.
The video for “Jesus the Son of God” featuring The Gratitude is now available on YouTube and you can watch it below.
Travis Greene continues to make a splash with the new release of his latest album Oil + Water, available now. The five-time GRAMMY® nominated hit maker has penned a ten-track album to provide much-needed joy and hope. Featuring the lead single “Hold On Me” (feat. Kirk Franklin and John P. Kee) out at Gospel radio, Greene creates a fresh lineup of songs with more sonic experimentation and collaboration with diverse voices that inspire celebration of God’s love and abundance.
Bringing together featured appearances from Anthony Hamilton, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Kierra Sheard, Todd Dulaney, Mali Music, Le’Andria Johnson, Madison Binion, Darrel Walls, and D’Nar, Greene showcases the idea of God using oil and water as a reminder of Him as the source to supply anything and everything we need, beyond what we can imagine. Kicking off a busy weekend, Travis Greene celebrates the album’s release today with an appearance on “GMA3: What You Need To Know” on ABC, and tune in online as he performs his new songs live in his Oil + Water album release concert from Greenville, SC, with numerous special guests. This weekend also marks the five-year anniversary of Forward City, the church he and his wife Dr. Jackie Greene co-founded and co-pastor in Columbia, SC. With the mission to reach the churched and unchurched everywhere, Forward City’s messages are available online.
Following his previous #1 singles like “Good and Loved” (feat. DOE), “Won’t Let Go,” “You Waited,” the RIAA® -Certified Gold #1 singles “Made A Way” and “Intentional,” the multi Stellar Award-winner, Billboard Music Award and Dove Award-winner recently garnered two Dove Award nominations for the upcoming 2021 GMA Dove Awards. Taking place in October, Greene is nominated in the categories of Gospel Artist of the Year and Gospel Worship Recorded Song of the Year.
Three-time GRAMMY nominee Danny Gokey releases his new studio album, Jesus People, available here (Capitol CMG). Leading up to this release, Gokey has been releasing songs and music videos from the album showcasing his musical diversity and eclectic style. Throughout the project, Gokey’s songs touch on love, gratitude, and truth.
“I believe there is something musically and inspirationally for everyone on this album – it’s full of hope and encouragement that I think we can all use right now,” Danny Gokey shares. “For the most part, my music represents how I grew up and the culture of the United States – our melting pot. Growing up I listened to Christian music, gospel music, country music, hip hop music, and Spanish music. It was all a smorgasbord. If anyone knows me, they know I love diversity and differences – and now more than ever we need to come together despite our differences. On this new album, musically I got to explore some new things and cross some genre borders. I’m excited for listeners to hear the collaborations with the special guests featured on the project, including Gospel, Latin, and even a little rap.”
Gokey is hosting a West Coast Album Release Party tonight in California, celebrating the new album’s release. Next week he will return to his roots for an album release show on August 25th in Saint Paul, MN, and a hometown show on August 26th in Wisconsin. Details for all of these shows can be found on his website. He will also be having a Livestream event for those that can’t make it to a show in-person this week on Sunday, August 22nd at 7 pm CT on his Facebook and YouTube pages.
Jesus People includes the current radio single “Stand In Faith,” which is now Top 30 and climbing. The single’s weekly streaming continues to increase week over week and gaining traction from the recently released official music video. He’s also debuted videos for “Do For Love (feat. Angie Rose),” “Agradecido,” and “He Believes In You” this summer. The videos from Jesus People already have combined views of more than 9M thus far. Today the lyric video for “Make A Difference” is available below.
Leading up to the album’s release, media have shared about this project highlighting the message and style featured on Jesus People. Outlets such as People.com, Pure Flix Podcast, Huckabee, Annie F. Down’s “That Sounds Fun Podcast” and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have all interviewed Gokey recently. Today Amazon Music’s billboard in Times Square features Gokey and Jesus People (see image below). Fans will also be able to see Gokey on tour with his headlining “Stand In Faith” tour featuring special guest Colton Dixon and produced by Transparent Productions. Go to DannyGokey.com for a complete list of tour dates, and JesusPeople.DannyGokey.com for exclusive merchandise.
GRAMMY Award-winning rock band Switchfoot releases interrobang, which has been previewed through the pre-released tracks. Today, alongside the release, the band also drops the music video for “lost ’cause,” which can be viewed below.
The band defines interrobang as “a question mark, an exclamation mark, together.” The 12-track project harks back to Switchfoot’s classic rock motifs while underscoring a definitive departure from the band’s typical fanbase. With production assist from the legendary Tony Berg (Paul McCartney, Phoebe Bridgers, Kimbra), interrobang promises Switchfoot fans old and new a fresh, never-before-seen take on the modern rock mainstays.
They are powerhouse producers, dynamic songwriters, and masterful arrangers who straddle the lines of Gospel, Soul, and R&B. Dawkins & Dawkins are the trendsetting Gospel duo who have an unmistakable sound and style compared to none. It has been ten years since brothers Anson and Eric Dawkins’ last album FROM NOW ON. They have returned to unleash a vault of new music that represents their best creative work and synergetic flow.
Dawkins & Dawkins (D&D) have introduced their 4-volume music series NEVER GETS OLD, which is an epic contribution to their existing impressive catalog. They released Vol 1: LOVE & LIGHT earlier in June, which featured the hit single “In My Feelings”. The duo has now dropped the next installment Vol 2: FAITH & FAVOR.
“The concept behind releasing this multiple volume series is to give fans an abundance of content to enjoy since they have been waiting for 10-years for a new project,” says Legacy Music Groups CEO Jovan Dawkins. “This idea was presented to us by longtime D&D friend DJ Mal-Ski.”
NEVER GETS OLD Vol. 2: FAITH & FAVOR is available now on all digital music outlets and is released by Legacy Music Groups. The album is eight tracks strong and includes “Trust” (feat. Alic Walls) and D&D’s new radio single “Come By Here,” which is impacting Gospel radio stations across the country now.
“Come By Here (Kumbaya) is a very familiar song phrase that dates back many decades,” Anson Dawkins explains. “At its core, Come By Here is meant to be a picture of what it looks like to be vulnerable and upfront about the human condition. We do everything we can to be our best, yet ultimately needing intervention, we call on the divine, our Lord and Savior, to come by and do what only He can do. The music offers a hopeful vibe while the message is a desperate cry for help.”
D&D has the aptitude for creating sweet melodies of reverence or a groove track with a bounce on it. The common thread is the message. People need Love and Light now more than ever in our current times of turbulent global pandemic, civil unrest, and racial tension. And, through Faith and Favor, people need the everlasting confidence that the Lord will Come by Here.
“We want to continue to create music that provokes thought and emotion – music that you can play many years from now and still feel that it is relevant,” says Eric Dawkins.
The music of Dawkins and Dawkins continues to transport people to a better place through reflection and hope. Their genius is music for you to add to your playlist to worship, jam to, or chill to, and bet it never gets old.
After the release of the song “BEYOND ME” which was recorded live at the first edition of Yadah Live In Concert in 2019 the music minister & song writer’s career experienced an upsurge.
After being a consistent blessing to the world with spiritual and Christocentric songs, the music minister drops off her debut album “THE LOVE STORY” at the second edition of her live concert which was held on the 8th of August, 2021.
Just like her already released songs, this album is still aimed towards teaching about God’s love and salvation, edifying the saved and dr awing the lost to the love of the father.
The fifteen track album contain some of the already released songs such as the ever green Beyond Me, Free of Charge, Out of Nothing and Onye Inaputara the other eleven songs are new songs which in no doubt are going to bless lives.
Featured artists on the album includes the legendary Solomon Lange the Yabo crooner, producer cum artist Manus Akpanke and versatile South side Afro singer Prinx Emmanuel the God No Dey Shame Us crooner.
It’s my earnest desire that through this album, you’ll experience the Father’s unconditional love and you’ll be able to tell of His love to others unashamedly.
Ebube Immanuel is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and recording artist. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Ebube Immanuel began her career in music from an early age. She released her first single “I Surrender” and later released “Halleluyah – Jesus is Alive” and “He is Here” in 2019 and 2020 respectively, which brought her to limelight.
Her album, “Unveiled” which was officially released on Friday, the 6th of August 2021 was birth from her personal encounter and experience. Her aim is to propagate the gospel to the ends of the earth through her songs.
Breakout urban inspirational star, Pastor Mike Jr. (PMJ), who is known for hits including “Big” and “I Got It” (currently in Top 20 on R&B charts), has just released his sophomore album, I Got It: Singles Ministry which takes a direct look at relationship issues that both churchgoers and non-churchgoers alike can all identify with.
“I wanted to take a risk with this album…” he says. “There’s a demographic in all of our ministries that goes undervalued and overlooked, and that’s singles. With everybody pursuing ‘relationship goals’ and everybody pursuing the altar, there’s an unsaid narrative that’s being created that ‘to be single is to be a failure…’” He continues, “So I wanted to create some inspirational music that spoke to this demographic letting them know that ‘you’re not alone’ and ‘you can be single and embracing your single season.’” This urban inspirational trap music stands in a category of it’s own and is sure to receive a wide array of critical acclaim.
PMJ was named “New Artist of the Year” in the 2020 Stellar Awards and was named “Artist of the Year” at the 2021 Stellar Awards that aired on BET, and is on the fast track to global visibility. PMJ currently is the winner of 5 total Stellar Awards and is nominated for “Contemporary gospel recorded song of the year” at the 2021 GMA Dove Awards. Aside from the awards, his single “Big” hit over 10 million streams in February 2021 and spent 10 weeks at #1 on Billboard Gospel Airplay. His current leading single, “I Got It” hit #1 on Billboard Gospel Airplay Charts in March 2020 and is currently #18 on Billboard R&B Airplay. Aside from the long standing successes of “Big” and “I Got It”, PMJ released a gospel cover of the Gnarles Barkley hit, “Crazy”, and recreated it as “Amazing” to speak of the “amazing” power of God. He performed it at the Stellar Awards ceremony and released it separately as a single on August 3, 2021 and was Top 3 in sales this week —amazing!
I Got It: Singles Ministry, “Amazing”, “Big”, and “I Got It” are all currently available on all streaming platforms.
With a passion to encourage congregational worship, create resources for churches and draw listeners closer to God, Highlands Worship releases Prayers To The King today (Aug. 13) to digital retail and streaming outlets globally. Along with the 10 songs on the LP, an equal number of beautifully captured, contemplative videos began releasing Aug. 5, with one per week set to release from now through Oct. 8.
CCM Magazine premiered the first video, “Control,” while NewReleaseToday.com premiered “You Can Do All Things” yesterday (Aug. 12). Next week, WorshipLeader.com will feature “Into The Water” followed by Praise.com revealing “You’re Coming (Pray)” Aug. 26 and The Christian Post highlighting “Let It Fall” Sept. 2. GOD TV, Inspiration.org, Breathecast.com and JesusFreakHideout.com are set to premiere additional videos in the coming weeks.
Produced and co-written by Highlands Worship’s Chris Griffin and mixed by Chris Greeley (Bethel Music), Prayers To The King has been meticulously crafted to create a peaceful and worshipful environment to encourage and inspire listeners to connect with God in prayer. Nine of the songs were also co-written by legendary Hosanna! Music songwriter Lynn DeShazo.
Uniquely written and recorded for the Pray First app created by Church of the Highlands, one of the largest churches in America, the new music is being shared with the world on the app at no cost. Churches and individuals are invited to download the app for free on their devices via the Apple App or Google Play stores. To date, Prayers To The King songs in the app have been played over 100,000 times. Plus, the open-source app is built so that if churches wish, they may reconfigure the app specifically for their congregations.
“Our prayer is that the playlist of songs in the app is way more than just music— we hope it helps people encounter God in a real way,” says Griffin.
Prayers To The King and the Pray First app are an extension of Church of the Highlands’ annual 21 Days of Prayer that begins Aug. 8 and invites congregants to pray over their church, communities and nation.
“Pray First is a saying that the people of Church of the Highlands use often to remind us that in every situation we should take our burdens to God,” shares Worship Pastor John Larson, who leads Highlands Worship’s team of 1,000+ members and 70+ full or part-time musicians. “Prayer is our first priority, not our last resort. The Bible says that God sees when each sparrow falls [Matthew 10:29]. So how much more does God love and care for us? Our hope is to pray without ceasing; that every moment of our lives is covered by a faith-filled habit of prayer.”
