Pentatonix’s Kevin Olusola & Author / Life Coach Donovan Dee Donnell Launch New Podcast “Imagine Faith Talk”

Kevin Olusola, beatboxer of the 3x GRAMMY award-winning, multi-platinum selling a cappella quintet Pentatonix, has teamed up with author, life coach and entrepreneur Donovan Dee Donnell, for the debut of their inspirational podcast,  “Imagine Faith Talk”, launching today on That Sounds Fun Network. With new episodes releasing weekly, “Imagine Faith Talk” will be accessible on Apple Podcasts, Spotify Podcasts, Stitcher, Castbox (soundcloud), radio public, and pocket casts.

“We’re so excited to launch our podcast ‘Imagine Faith Talk’,” shared Olusola. “This has been over a year in the making. In this podcast, Donovan Donnell and I (with the help of our producer Kory Nelson) go through the Bible and try to unpack what it has to say about success and how faith in God can unlock everything we’re called to be. We laughed and cried so many times as we experienced breakthroughs in our own life during the recordings. We hope the episodes speak to you as much as they spoke to us when we recorded them!

“Imagine Faith Talk” features two men on different paths: Donnell, a former male-exotic dancer turned life coach, and Olusola, a pre-med student turned musician who came together on the same realization: that you don’t have to sell your soul to obtain your dreams and that the key to unlocking everything you’ve been dreaming to be was found through faith in God. The faith-based podcast features conversations for holistic success with each episode giving a deep dive into the Bible, as the two men discover how to maximize uniqueness, weaponize the imagination and leverage faith in God for success. The hope is to find the tools to optimize your performance through partnership with God.

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Donnell is a published author, life coach, keynote speaker, missionary, personal fitness trainer and photographer. He has spoken and hosted trainings in the fields of leadership, entrepreneurship, personal development, pre-marital preparation, depression and suicide prevention in multiple cities in California, Texas and Internationally in Brazil and South Africa. With his first two published books, “Before the iDo ” and “Evolving the Entrepreneur,” Donovan was able to integrate his lifelong faith in God with his drive for success to inspire others to create value in their lives.

Olusola is an American musician, beatboxer, cellist, producer, singer, and songwriter. Kevin is best known as the beatboxer of a cappella band Pentatonix and has performed at classical musical festivals such as the Amsterdam Cello Biennale, opened the TED Conference in Vancouver, and was chosen by Quincy Jones to represent him in concert at the 2012 Montreux Jazz Festival on the same program as Bobby McFerrin and Chick Corea.  Olusola was raised in Owensboro, Kentucky, in a Christian home by his father, a Nigerian psychiatrist, and his mother, a Grenadian nurse. Along with his brother and sister, Olusola was taught to put his faith in God. An outspoken Christian, Olusola uses social media and technology to connect with and minister to Christian creatives all around the world. Olusola faithfully follows God’s plan, choosing to use his platform to guide aspiring artists who strive to include God in secular industries.

For more information on Imagine Faith Talk podcast, please visit ​ imaginefaithtalk.com.

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Dare David Gets Two Nominations At The Stellar Awards

US-based Nigerian gospel music minister and recording artist Dare David receives multiple award nominations at the forthcoming Stellar Awards 2022.

The Nigerian-born gospel music maestro gets nominations for Category 11, “Contemporary Male Artist of the Year,” and Category 24, “Praise and Worship Album of the Year,” for the album project, “The Name Of Jesus.”

Votings for the Stellar Awards are now open for you to vote; Dare David is on the ballot for Categories #11 and #24. Kindly vote for the listings below;

Category 11 – Artist ~ Dare David; Album Title ~ The Name of Jesus; Label ~ Dvibes Concepts

Category 24 – Album Title ~ The Name of Jesus; Artist ~ Dare David; Label ~ Dvibes Concepts

To vote, please follow these steps carefully;

Step 1: – CLICK “STELLAR AWARDS” – https://www.thestellarawards.com/

Step 2: – Scroll down and click on “Stellar Ballots”

Step 3: – Kindly locate Dare David in categories 11 and 24

Step 4: – You need to vote in all Categories.

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Download Mp3: Ibuka – Frank Edwards

Rocktown Music boss, Frank Edwards has come out with a brand new worship studio record tagged, “Ibuka.”

Coming as his third official track of the year, Frank Edwards departs from his preceding tunes, “Fire” and “Morning Bells” alongside Don Moen as he embarks on a new musical career journey in 2022.

Ibuka” is described as a spirit-filled song with emotional responses and gospel themes, as well as a life force, uplifting song based on the Bible. Frank Edwards is not here to joke as he tells us more what we need to know about living in Spirit.

Additionally, Frank Edwards was generally credited for the instrumental making, mixing, and mastering on “Ibuka”, where he combined his sound engineering skills with his explosive vocal ability. The Gospel sensational and popular vocalist makes an attempt to provide something usual for our ear satisfaction, and the product is rather very stunning and soothing.

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Download Mp3: You Are My Light – Margret Olumuyiwa

Nigerian America-based gospel music minister, Margret Olumuyiwa offers up her debut single tagged “You Are My Light” produced by Sound Factory Studio.

Margret has been exercising her gift of singing since her childhood when she began with the children’s choir in her local church and through the grace of God has remained consistent till date.

Margret by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and encouragement and support from her husband is releasing her first song in celebration of her 40th birthday celebration in appreciation of God’s faithfulness and blessing the body of Christ with her gifting.

She is a wife, mother and a Certified Agilist. She is a licensed SAFe Trainer and a Project Manager with a Fortune 500 company.

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Phil Thornton Named SVP Of Capitol Christian Music Group

Highly-regarded music executive Phil Thornton has been appointed Senior Vice President of Capitol Christian Music Group (Capitol CMG), it was announced today by the company’s co-presidents, Brad O’Donnell and Hudson Plachy, to whom Thornton reports.  In his newly created position, Thornton will focus on New Business development, signing talent and the development of label, media and touring partnerships on behalf of Capitol CMG artists.  Thornton assumes his new position on May 3, and will be based at Capitol CMG’s headquarters in Nashville.

According to O’Donnell and Plachy, “We are thrilled to welcome Phil to the Capitol CMG team. He has an amazing track record for finding, developing and breaking artists and an entrepreneurial approach that we know will benefit our entire roster. We couldn’t be more excited about what’s ahead for all of us.”

Phil Thornton Named SVP Of Capitol Christian Music Group
Phil Thornton Named SVP Of Capitol Christian Music Group

CMG Chair & CEO Michelle Jubelirer added, “I’ve known Phil almost since he started in our business, and I’ve watched him channel his ideas, abilities and energies into a great career as a music executive.  I’m thrilled that he’s joined Capitol CMG as its Senior Vice President, and I know that his contributions will make the best company in faith-based music an even better one.  I look forward to working closely with him, Brad and Hudson in the years ahead.”

Thornton said, “I want to thank Brad, Hudson and Michelle for this incredible opportunity to work at a label group that is the undisputed leader in faith-based music.  Joining the Capitol CMG/CMG family, I’ll be working with an amazing array of forward-thinking artists and partners, and drawing upon all of my experience, to create opportunities that will continue to grow our market and impact culture on a global scale.  I can’t wait to get started.”

Prior to joining Capitol CMG, Thornton was Senior Vice President/General Manager of RCA Inspiration—the Nashville-based Gospel music label that operates under Sony Music’s Provident Music Group—a position he held since 2016.  Among his many recent accomplishments at that label, Thornton signed a deal with Mariah Carey to release a new Christmas tune, “Fall In Love At Christmas” (featuring Khalid and Kirk Franklin) via her MARIAH imprint; he paired H.E.R. and Tauren Wells (now signed to Capitol CMG) for the GRAMMY-nominated collaboration, “Hold Us Together (Hope Mix)”; collaborated with The Orchard to sign Tribl Records, home to genre superstars Maverick City Music worked with Republic Records and Quality Control Music/Motown for the recording and launch of Lil Baby’s and Kirk Franklin’s “We Win (Space Jam: A New Legacy”; partnered with Pharrell Williams for his Voices Of Fire choir, which was chronicled in a Netflix documentary series.

Phil Thornton Named SVP Of Capitol Christian Music Group
Phil Thornton Named SVP Of Capitol Christian Music Group

Thornton also paired Kirk Franklin with Live Nation Urban for his Exodus Music & Arts Festival, developed and produced Kirk Franklin’s Good Words podcast, partnered with Snoop Dogg for his devotional Bible Of Love album, and signed breakout artist Koryn Hawthorne.

Previously, Thornton served as Vice President and General Manager of Urban Inspirational at eOne Music from 2012 through 2016, where he oversaw a diversified list of Gospel and R&B artists, including Erica CampbellShirley CaesarJonathan McReynoldsTweet and Lalah Hathaway, whose album, Lalah Hathaway Live, held the Number 1 spot on the R&B radio chart for nine weeks and won three Grammy awards.

In 2007, Thornton settled in Los Angeles and partnered with Marcus Spence and Paul Coy Allen to form the successful Ten2One Entertainment, a multimedia, television production, and artist management company. While there, Thornton led the management team and guided the careers of Michael B. Jordan, Faith EvansMichelle WilliamsKenny Lattimore, and Mack Wilds. After graduating from Norfolk State University in 2003 and moving to New York City, Thornton started his first company, Bright Star Entertainment, an artist management/consultancy firm where he represented artists such as Bad Boy Records’ GRAMMY award-winning group 112 and singer Lil’Mo.

Phil Thornton was born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, and graduated from Norfolk State University in 2003 with a degree in Marketing.

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[Music] Hallelujah – Joshua Godwin

Joshua Godwin, American-based Multi-talented and Dynamic Seasoned Singer, Song-writer and recording Artist, releases a follow-up of his widely accepted and chat-topping debut “Wonders” He titled this one “Hallelujah”.

Yeah we join the Angels and the Elders to sing Hallelujah, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, the song Adores and declares God’s faithfulness in worship and gratitude.

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[Music Video] Most Powerful God – Chiny Ezike

Nigerian-born Spanish-based Gospel music minister Chiny Ezike lets go her new single “Most Powerful God” accompanied by its official video.

Chiny Ezike has been prolific over the years releasing a plethora of singles and videos and has garnered a sizeable audience with each release.

The song “Most Powerful God” is a contemporary Gospel praise worship tune that talks about the amazing power of God and how the aspect of God benefits His children. The song is written and composed by Chiny Ezike and produced by ace producer Alex David.

The official video for ‘Most Powerful God’ is a beautiful piece shot in different locations across Spain and Nigeria. The video is directed by ace director Mike Isaac.

Watch Most Powerful God Video;

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Download Mp3: You Are Worthy (Yaweh Reprise) – Mr. M & Revelation

Acclaimed Nigerian leading music duo – Mr. M & Revelation shares a brand new single titled – ”You are Worthy” (Yaweh Reprise), along with its accompanying live visuals.

”The goodness and mercies of God are beyond words, His loving Kindness to us is so evident and all we have is to return all glory to Him.

Completely having no equal, seated high on the throne and enforcing His will and turning our lives around one miracle at a time.”– Mr. M shares

The brand new song comes after the release of a series of various top charting singles like: My Advocate, In Your Class, Yahweh, Oh My God, Eze Ndi Mmuo, Oji Oku Eri Ajah,  Too Good and many more.

Looking for a song of appreciation this season of thanksgiving, search no further, update your playlist with this powerful sound.

Watch You Are Worthy Video & Download Audio Below; 

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[Music] We Declare – Ine

Barely two months after the successful release of “Grace,” Nigerian gospel singer, Ine is out with yet another new single “We Declare,” available now on digital platforms.

According to Ine, the upbeat song is a declaration of God’s praises and faithfulness, with deep gratitude to Him for bringing us out of darkness into His marvelous light. “No better time than now as we reverence His resurrection to declare praises to the Almighty and glorious God. I pray the song blesses your heart this season.” She added.

Laced with African percussion, “We Declare” fuses Afrobeats, pop, and praise-worship music for a groovy jam sure to get you dancing & praising right from the start.

Prior to “We Declare”, Ine has released a couple of other singles still blessing lives, including Oputamuno (“Ópú támûnó”) and “Yahweh,” which are also available on music streaming platforms.

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[Music Video] Blessed Mode – Kel Mitchell

Two-time Emmy-nominated actor, producer, comedian, pastor, author, and artist Kel Mitchell releases the music video for his hit single “Blessed Mode ft. nobigdyl and Scootie Wop today, Friday, April 15th on Good Friday. “Blessed Mode” is an uplifting Hip-Hop track and workout anthem that is sure to inspire, uplift, motivate and make you feel victorious. The track arrives on the heels of his debut book Blessed Mode: 90 Days to Level Up Your Faith, a 90-day devotional from which the inspiration for the song is derived. The music video will premiere on Mitchell’s YouTube channel.

Following his extensive career in entertainment, starring in beloved fan favorites including Nickelodeon’s Kenan & Kel, All That, and cultural epic feature film Good Burger, among many others, Kel combines his love for music and his spirituality on the single “Blessed Mode.” Kel knows what it’s like to struggle through depression and addiction, but he also knows the power of God’s presence to help you find freedom and the blessings in your life. As a youth pastor at Spirit Food Christian Center, Kel is passionate about sharing this testimony of hope with the next generation, and he wants to share it with his audience, too, across mediums and his platforms.

Blessed Mode” ft. nobigdyl and Scootie Wop is the ultimate anthem to make you feel good, whether you’re in the gym, working out at home or just looking for that pep talk to lift you up and hype you up,” said Kel Mitchell. “This is a return to music for me, but the song specifically was inspired by the Hip Hop tracks I love to play as motivation for my students through my ministry, where we often listen to music to get ready to pray together. In the same way that I hope the book can inspire others to embrace their blessings and find strength spiritually, mentally and physically, I hope this song serves as the soundtrack to activate others’ BLESSED MODE!”

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