GRAMMY®-nominated and GMA Dove Award-winning David Leonard – artist, songwriter, storyteller, and producer – announces the release of “Every Hour,” the debut single with his new label partner Sony Music/Provident Label Group. Available now at all digital outlets, a performance video for “Every Hour” is also out and can be viewed below.
“‘Every Hour’ was birthed when I was leading worship at my dad’s college, where for the past 30 years he was a pastor and where I started leading when I was 15,” Leonard shares. “My father was leaving to become the pastor at my home church, so during one of his last gatherings at the college, he asked me to lead worship. I was doing Matt Maher’s “Lord I Need You” and out of that song a spontaneous moment happened, which is special because I’d never written a song that was birthed out of the same place that taught me how to lead worship. It was really cool to have it come out of that moment and space.”
Finishing the song with Josh Baldwin and Stefan Cashwell, Leonard recollects, “Just like everybody else, through these last couple of years, I’ve really realized that the need for God is great. For me, I tend to try to make reminders and try to live in the space of constantly trying to remember, and this song has been that for me. It’s become an anchor point that I’ve been able to fall back on and I’m really proud of it.”
David Leonard has been playing, singing, writing, and recording music since college when he and his friends formed the band Jackson Waters. He later performed with NEEDTOBREATHE before recording as one-half of the critically acclaimed and GRAMMY-nominated duo All Sons & Daughters. Leonard is also a GMA Dove Award-winning producer (Confio/Jaci Velasquez) and creative partner in The Creak Music (Ben & Noelle Kilgore, NEEDTOBREATHE, Brandon Heath, All Sons & Daughters). His songwriting credits include “Great Are You Lord,” “Christ Be All Around,” “All The Poor and Powerless,” and “God Who Moves The Mountains.” He released his solo project The Wait in the spring of 2019 with much acclaim from critics.
Dynamic singer / songwriter Chris Renzema strikes a chord with music fans, packing out venues coast-to-coast while connecting lyrically and musically with three widely acclaimed studio albums. His latest and second Centricity Music album features three new recordings on the Get Out of the Way of Your Own Heart (Deluxe) version of the album available beginning today at digital and streaming outlets internationally.
The new songs, “Leave A Light On,” “Only The Good Die Young” and “Hard Drugs,” finish out this 15-song deluxe and continue Renzema’s track record for not providing painless resolution or black and white answers to gray areas, but emphasizing that we never have to wrestle with life’s hardest questions alone. Along with the new songs, this unique thematic mix is apparent in the title track, the opening song “Hope Or Nostalgia,” the Triple A radio single “Old Friend,” the fresh perspective “Just As Good (feat. Ellie Holcomb),” the unifying, Saint Teresa prayer inspired “No Body (feat. Matt Maher),” and “Stronger Love,” which was co-written by and features Leeland Mooring.
Taking his new music and fan favorites on the road, Renzema sold out 21 events on his fall 2021 headline club tour, and travels to larger, theater-sized venues on his “Hope or Nostalgia Spring Tour” that opens up with an already nearly sold out event Feb. 27 in Phoenix, AZ at the 1,800-seat The Van Buren. This 24-city tour then travels coast-to-coast across 17 states hitting major markets like Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Denver, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Birmingham and Charlotte before wrapping up with a sold out event April 22 in Bryan, TX.
While on tour, Renzema also revisits Chicago, Dallas / Fort Worth and Grand Rapids, MI, playing larger venues in these fall tour cities as demand for tickets there and across the country continues to grow exponentially. Video of last fall’s sold out Brooklyn Bowl concert in Nashville can be seen at this link while multiple photos and video clips from the fall tour are highlighted on Renzema’s Instagram.
Along with the concert, Renzema is also hosting question and answer sessions and playing songs acoustically in tour markets for fans who opt to purchase VIP passes. Joined on tour by special guest Antoine Bradford, all the current cities, dates, venues and ticket information is available now at http://chrisrenzema.com/.
Between now and the start of the tour, Renzema fans can experience the Hope Or Nostalgia Live EP available at digital and streaming outlets everywhere. His first live recording, the EP captures the participatory, sing-at-the-top-of-your-lungs experience heard on the fall tour and features Get Out of the Way of Your Own Heart favorites “Old Dreams,” “Stronger Love” and the LP’s title track.
Chris Renzema received more than 36 million audio streams of his independent project, I’ll Be The Branches, which was a personal, but less autobiographical, worship album. His follow-up sophomore album and Centricity Music debut Let The Ground Rest sparked more than 90 million streams and began to reveal more of his life story weaved into the songs. Receiving well-over one million Spotify track saves over the last year, a 2020 Pandora “Artist to Watch” nod and a GMA Dove Award nomination for “New Artist of the Year,” Get Out of the Way of Your Own Heart continues Renzema’s more personal trajectory. The album features lyrics that cut to the bone while singing about hope and echoing the universality of both pain and praise.
About Centricity Music:
Centricity is an independent Christian music company based in Franklin, TN. Founded in 2005 with a commitment to artist development and stylistic diversity, its artist roster includes Andrew Peterson, Apollo LTD, Brandon Heath, Chris Renzema, Coby James, Cross Point Music, Jason Gray, Jordan Feliz, Katy Nichole, Lauren Daigle, North Point Worship, Patrick Mayberry, PEABOD and Unspoken. Providing label and publishing services, Centricity is a family-owned organization, and they like it that way. The committed work of its staff and artists has yielded successes such as Grammy Awards, Billboard Awards, Dove Awards, K-Love Fan Awards, and multiple Gold and Platinum Albums and Singles. For more Information on Centricity Music, visit https://centricitymusic.com/.
GRAMMY® Award-winning songwriter, producer and critically-acclaimed artist Brooke Ligertwood drops the second single “Nineveh” from her forthcoming live solo album “SEVEN” which is now available for preorder. Out today on all digital platforms with an accompanying live performance video, “Nineveh” is written by Ligertwood along with Pastor Steven Furtick and is a narrative journey through the Biblical book of Jonah that concludes with a personal, individual challenge. The piano-driven anthem soars into “God have mercy” refrains that were written into the song from its genesis specifically for a choir to sing – a vision that comes to life through a powerful live ensemble of voices in both the audio and video recordings.
“When Pastor Steven Furtick messaged me in the spring of 2021 and said he and I should write a song called ‘Nineveh,’ the ‘world’ of this song immediately sprung to life in my spirit and we began and completed this work a relatively short time later,” says Ligertwood.
Ligertwood adds, “It is a rare and deep joy to be able to write a song that closely examines a narrative of scripture while simultaneously inviting the listener to allow the scripture to examine them. ‘Nineveh’ is one such rarity and I feel honoured to have co-written it with a songwriter and thinker I immensely respect – it was a joy from beginning to end.”
After six mainstream albums with Sony Music under maiden name “Brooke Fraser” and in parallel, 17 years with Hillsong Worship, which she still currently leads globally, Ligertwood is combining her two decades of experience as an artist/producer and her passion for serving the church with her new solo offering under Capitol CMG.
Recorded live in Nashville, TN, “SEVEN” consists of entirely brand-new worship songs written by Ligertwood and husband/longtime collaborator Scott, Jason Ingram (who co-produced the album with her), Pastor Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake, Phil Wickham and friends. It features a band composed of gifted musicians from the breadth of the modern worship movement (Hillsong, Bethel, Vineyard, Elevation), a 30-piece choir, and a collection of stunning new prayer-soaked songs written and arranged in line with Ligertwood’s singular vision with Jesus at the center.
“Nineveh” follows on the heels of “A Thousand Hallelujahs” which continues to impact audiences around the world. The debut single from “SEVEN” has amassed over 1.7M global streams in just two weeks since release. Already No. 2 on Multitrack’s Top Songs chart, the live performance video has also garnered more than 645K views to date. Ligertwood’s full-length album is set for release on February 25.
About Brooke Ligertwood
Brooke Ligertwood is an esteemed platinum recording artist and Grammy-award winning songwriter, producer and worship leader. With a passion for truth, art, humanity and the church, Brooke has served the global church through song, leadership and creativity through her many years as part of Hillsong Worship, which she leads globally, while also maintaining a mainstream career of almost two decades under her maiden name. A prolific songwriter and obsessive about the marriage of theology and art, Ligertwood has penned a growing anthology of beloved church anthems like “What A Beautiful Name,” “King of Kings,” and “Hosanna,” and devotional favorites like “Awake My Soul,” “New Wine,” “None But Jesus” and many more. Ligertwood’s songs have been streamed globally more than 1.5 billion times, translated into over 15 languages, and have topped the CCLI chart with two no. 1’s, and several Top 25’s. Ligertwood’s debut solo worship album is set for release on February 25, 2022. Ligertwood and songwriter/creative director husband, Scott, reside in Southern California with their two daughters.
An unwavering vision combined with a commitment to excellence and an arsenal of exceptional talent continues to make Capitol Christian Music Group the leader in the faith-based entertainment industry. Representing such iconic artists as Amy Grant, Mandisa, Hillsong UNITED, Chris Tomlin, Tye Tribbett and TobyMac, Capitol CMG is a multi-faceted company whose assets include such legendary brands as Sparrow and ForeFront Records as well as an award-winning publishing division whose writers pen chart-topping hits on both the Christian and mainstream music charts.
Formerly known as EMI Christian Music Group, Capitol CMG is a division of Capitol Music Group, a Universal Music Group company. Over the years, the venture has grown from a scrappy family-owned independent label to a multi-faceted business that includes Sparrow Records, ForeFront Records, sixstepsrecords, Hillsong Music, Motown Gospel, Worship Together and Credential Recordings. The company’s roster features the top names in the Christian and gospel communities, among them Jeremy Camp, Kari Jobe, We The Kingdom, Danny Gokey, Brian Courtney Wilson, Riley Clemmons, Brooke Ligertwood, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Crowder, Hillsong UNITED, Hillsong Worship & Anne Wilson.
IVAV recording artist Steven Malcolm announces his third studio album, Tree, available 4/15, setting the tone for the project with spellbinding track, “Respect,” produced by renowned DJ/Producer Sango and UMoore, available today. Malcolm also kicks off his “Long Live The Hype Tour” in Jacksonville, FL tonight, 2/4. Listen to “Respect” and pre-save/pre-add TreeHERE.
After accumulating more than 58 million global DSP streams and 13.1 million YouTube views in 2021, Malcolm’s desire to elevate his name is a constant theme on his forthcoming album, an eclectic depiction of Malcolm’s past, present, and future. Tree, which features Snoop Dogg, Shaggy, Social Club Misfits, and KB, shows Malcolm’s spiritual depth and versatility as a hip-hop artist, mixing the spirituality of Sunday morning with the energy of Saturday night.
“This record is about putting some respect on my name,” Malcolm exclaims. “He [Sango] sent it to me and I finished it in an hour, honestly. It was one of those records you hear and dive right in. Malcom adds, “When it came to naming the album, the inspiration for the title stems from Jamaica, where they pronounce the number three, ‘tree’. This being my third studio album, we focused on the growth and fruit that comes from a foundation rooted in truth.”
Following Malcolm’s “Rooftop Freestyle,” co-produced by GRAMMY® Award winners BoogzDaBeast (Kanye West, also known as Ye), FNZ (A$AP Rocky), and Dayme, and “On Point,” featuring Dove Award winner KB, “Respect” previews the upcoming album, curving the fakes and claiming a stake as an exceptional force in hip-hop, no questions asked. The cool, commanding bop finds Malcolm bossing up on naysayers, while his smooth, inventive rhyme schemes flow seamlessly over Sango’s peculiar production. Listen to “Respect” HERE.
Malcom also kicks off his “Long Live The Hype Tour” tonight, 2/4, in Jacksonville, FL, hitting Miami, FL, Nashville, TN, Chicago, IL, and Grand Rapids, MI throughout the month of February. Purchase tickets HERE.
Listen to “Respect” and pre-save/pre-add TreeHERE.
Tree Official Tracklisting:
Heavenly Father feat. The Fisk Jubilee Singers
All I Know
Summertime feat. Snoop Dogg & Jay-Way
On Point feat. KB
Believe In Me
Demons feat. Plan G & Jude Barclay
Rooftop Freestyle feat. Derek Minor
Red Light Green Light feat. Ty Brasel & Jay-Way
Accelerate feat. Canon
Ain’t Playin feat. Social Club Misfits
Lately
Great feat. Waldo
Respect
Jah Ah De King
Glory On Me feat. Childish Major & Taylor Hill
Fuego (R3HAB Remix) ft. Shaggy
About Steven Malcolm:
Steven Malcolm makes faith-driven hip-hop that’s as unique as his multi-cultural background. It’s a diverse sound grounded in rap’s rhythmic delivery, pop’s modern melodies, and God’s word, glued together by a street-smart artist whose music has earned five Dove Award nominations and more than 57 million streams.
Released in 2021, All Is True blurs the boundaries between Christian music and larger-than-life hip-hop, delivering universal songs about faith, family, and fidelity. This is hip-hop with a heart, mixing the spirituality of Sunday morning with the energy of Saturday night. It’s also an extension of the sound Malcolm has spent the better part of a decade crafting. Raised by a family whose Jamaican-born patriarch was deported back to the Caribbean when his son was only 10 years old, Malcolm first turned to music for a source of stability. He found success in the hip-hop underground with his independent debut, Monster’s Ink, then built a larger audience with 2017’s self-titled Steven Malcolm. Nominated for three GMA Dove Awards, Steven Malcolm was followed by The Second City, which debuted at Number 11 on Billboard’s hip-hop chart in 2019. Tracks like “Fuego’’ highlighted his Jamaican roots and reggae influences (both of which were showcased on several remixes, which found Malcolm working alongside collaborators like Shaggy, R3HAB, The SoulBots, and Melanie Pfirrman), while a Dove-nominated remix of “Even Louder” featured his duet with seven-time Grammy nominee Natalie Grant.
About Curb | Word Entertainment:
In 2016, Curb Records acquired Word Entertainment, combining two of the music industry’s most respected global brands, and more than a century of collective experience. Today, Curb and Word are two of the world’s leading independent music companies. Owned and operated by Mike Curb, the Curb | Word family includes the labels Curb, Word, Squint, Fervent, Sidewalk, MCC, and IVAV, as well as Curb Publishing, Word Publishing, 25 Live, Curb Films, Word Films, Word Entertainment, and Curb Sports, representing top artists and entertainers in Country, Christian, Pop, Rock, and Hip-Hop. For more information, visit www.curb.com.
Two weeks ago, Elevation Worship, the multi-GRAMMY® nominated, multi-GMA Dove Award® winning, and Billboard No. 1 charting group announced the March 4th release of their upcoming album, LION, alongwith its first single, “Same God.”Today, the group drops the project’s second single, “What I See,” accompanied by a live video. Listen to the song and watch the video HERE.
Led by Chris Brown, “What I See” is an upbeat song they’ve been singing at church for a while now. As the second track on the album, it starts off with energetic guitars and as Brown shares, “The song is a heart-pounding wake-up call that all things are possible with God and resurrection is still happening today!” The group also announced today that they will be kicking off their spring arena tour, Elevation Nights, on April 26. Each evening will bring the experience of Elevation Church to arenas, featuring a message from Steven Furtick and music from Elevation Worship. Tickets go on sale to the public on February 9. For more information, visit ElevationNights.com.
In the last two years alone, Elevation Worship has broken barriers for the worship genre, celebrating multiple No. 1 songs at radio, three nominations for the 2022 GRAMMY Awards, two 2021 Billboard Music Awards (Top Christian Artist and Top Christian Song), and four 2021 GMA Dove Awards. The new album follows the highly-acclaimed Graves Into Gardens (2020) and special collaboration project Old Church Basement (2021) with Maverick City Music. It was the groundbreaking songs on these albums that paved the way for the musical diversity that is represented on LION, their 14th album, a musical blend that creates intimate moments of worship to high-powered anthems.
Brown adds, “This project was written and recorded at different times over the last year and really covers a broad spectrum of moments captured in our church worship. Some of these songs really surprised us in the writing rooms, which led us to some very special moments in recording them – both in the studio and live in church. The process of making this album has been unlike any other we’ve had. And I hope every new song touches hearts in a powerful way.”
LION track listing:
Bye Bye Babylon (feat. Valley Boys)
What I See (feat. Chris Brown)
Same God (feat. Jonsal Barrientes)
LION (feat. Chris Brown & Brandon Lake)
This Is The Kingdom (feat. Pat Barrett)
This Is The Kingdom (Flow) [feat. Pat Barrett]
Dancing (feat. Joe L Barnes & Tiffany Hudson)
Water Is Wild (feat. Chris Brown & Brandon Lake)
Welcome Resurrection (feat. Chris Brown)
Forever YHWH (feat. Tiffany Hudson)
No One (feat. Chandler Moore)
You Really Are (feat. Chandler Moore & Tiffany Hudson)
Why (feat. Valley Boys)
The One You Love (feat. Chandler Moore)
Might Get Loud (feat. Chris Brown, Brandon Lake, & Tiffany Hudson)
ABOUT ELEVATION WORSHIP:
Elevation Worship is the worship ministry of Elevation Church, a multi-site church based in Charlotte, N.C. led by Pastor Steven Furtick. Elevation Worship has produced 13 albums that include American Christian radio No. 1 songs “Graves Into Gardens” and “RATTLE!,” the RIAA Gold®-certified song “The Blessing,” RIAA Platinum®-certified and American Christian Radio Top 5 song “O Come to The Altar,” and the RIAA Gold-certified song “Do It Again.” Their latest album, Old Church Basement, a live album collaboration with Maverick City Music, was released in 2021 to wide acclaim. The group currently has ten songs on the CCLI Top 100 list. The ministry of Elevation Worship is passionate about producing songs for the local church that connect others to God. Their main priority is to create an atmosphere of worship so people can encounter Jesus in a real and personal way. For more information, please visit ElevationWorship.com.
The guys in All Creatures release their next track titled “[close to me]” now available (DREAM Records) on all digital service providers. The track was produced by Neon Feather and follows the release of their debut radio single “[wonder working]”, which is now closing in on 10 million combined total listeners. The group talk about their new track.
Close To Me is written through the eyes of Jesus and as a snapshot of that moment when the rug gets pulled out from under you. We often look for Jesus in the skies, in the pews and in the culture, but in that moment of being brought to our knees, which is also a posture of prayer, we find that Jesus has always been there, closer than our tears, and all that we need is found when we turn towards him, reaching out.” – Chris Cron, All Creatures
The best way to describe how All Creatures began is by saying God had a plan. Chris and Ben had been striving for years as solo artists, with not even a thought of starting a band or becoming CCM artists. When the two found themselves in a writers room together, all of that changed. It became clear that all of the experiences (failures and successes), and heart for people that Chris and Ben shared fit together in a way that only God could make happen. Now armed with Ben’s production wizardry and Chris’s vocals, All Creatures are poised to become your new favorite band, with their fresh perspective, every-dad compassion and youthful exuberance for life.
ABOUT DREAM RECORDS:
DREAM provides artists with a genuine approach to how real artist development should be done. By allowing for a partnership as a business model, DREAM artists empower themselves to develop and carry out a real vision for their lives as they affect other people’s lives with their music and message. Incorporating social media, press, radio and touring, DREAM is helping its artists grow together as a family. DREAM was founded in 2008 and has grown into multiple labels and a publishing company.
On-the-rise rocker Munday Martin just released “Reactor,” his second single since ringing in the new year – available to stream/download worldwide.
Pulling inspiration from some of INXS’s 80s/90s greatest hits, Martin’s song “Reactor” is the seventh single he has released in the last seven months. The driven artist plans to continue releasing a single per month. Aiming to quench listeners’ growing thirst for creativity and original sounds in the rock space, “Reactor” is unpredictable and a breath of fresh air.
“There’s a temptation to try to sound like everyone else when in reality, we need to sound like what God put inside of us,” Martin said.
“Reactor” was written to address people who normally overreact to what life throws at them. Martin realized after writing the single that the lyrics were really a reminder to himself.
You won’t find a way out of here But you’ll find that loving you need To cope with the punches that come You’ll be riding on top of the Son You’ll be riding on top of the Sun
“I feel like everyday stress triggers and growing up in a home with an alcoholic are the things that drove me to addiction in the past,” said Martin. “If every person can learn how to be more proactive and less reactive in response to the struggles life deals us, we can overcome the temptation to quit.”
This song is uniquely important due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on mental and physical health as well as negative economic outcomes throughout society.
The hope of Martin, Producer John Mark Painter and the Munfunco Music team is for the song to relate to fans when they feel alone and to encourage coping mechanisms so that fans will live longer and happier lives.
About Munday Martin Munday Martin (vocals, guitar, bass, percussion) is an up-and-coming, cutting-edge rock recording artist. He is also a songwriter, poet, painter, and acrobat. As a child in the 80s, he grew up singing and doing on-camera work for national TV and radio commercials such as “Hungry Hungry Hippos,” “Nintendo,” “McDonald’s,” and many others in New York City and Chicago.
He fearlessly taps into post-punk, new wave, and indie band rock sounds which he lovingly grew up with in the 80s and 90s and offers this generation a fresh new feast that is not only digestible but delicious. Munday just kicked his new music career off in 2021 and is already making waves in the music industry. He is now being played on Nashville‘s biggest rock station 102.9 The Buzz. His song “Silver Lining” is already approaching 100K views on his YouTube channel and he just hit 40K listeners on Spotify this month. He has also been chosen as Effect Radio’s upcoming artist of the month.
For more information about Munday Martin, visit mundaymartin.com.
From the heart of Houston, Texas, Christian singer/songwriter Josh Blakesley is announcing the release of his latest single “Come to the Banquet”, available now across all streaming platforms. The song is the first of a series of songs to be released throughout the year with OCP.
Written and produced by Blakesley, the contemporary track expounds on the beauty of God’s love.
When speaking about the heart of the song, Blakesley says, “We always have a place at the table of the Father. No matter where we’ve been or how long we’ve been away, He welcomes us back. The beauty of His great love for us is that it’s not just an empty table. There is a lavish feast. His providence abounds, and we are satisfied, nourished, restored, and brought back to life. “Come to the Banquet” is Jesus’s invitation. This song, and the collection of songs we’ll be releasing soon, asks us to be a part of this banquet where God’s love is poured out. My deepest prayer is that God’s love would flow through each melody and lyric and immerse the heart of each listener.”
This single is the follow up to Blakesley’s Mass of Restoration (2017) album where he collaborated with guitar player Grae McCullough to write new music for use in Mass that pays homage to the hymns of the past and the culture of modern worship. Additionally, Blakesley has released several independent projects, including his debut solo album Immersed, which included “The Lord Is My Shepherd” and the popular anthem “Our God Is Good.” Immersed was followed by Waiting then Free. You Are the Light was released to iTunes in March of 2012, debuting at #16 on the Christian and Gospel charts. Blakesley and his band’s last album, Even in This, features songs co-written by Michael Farren, Mia Fieldes, Marc Byrd and Sarah Hart.
Blakesley recently launched a new, on-demand video worship series, The Way with speaker and author Paul George. The Way is a unique series of 10 worship night-style videos promoting introspection, thoughtful prayer, and a strong relationship with Jesus Christ.
He is husband to Heather and father to Sophie and Sutton and serves as the Music Ministry Coordinator for St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church outside of Houston, TX, Blakesley can be found performing concerts at parishes around the country, speaking at youth rallies, and leading praise and worship at retreats. He is a veteran of many major events, including World Youth Day, NCYC, NCCYM, Steubenville Youth Conferences and more.
About OCP: This year, OCP celebrates its 100th anniversary. Founded in 1922 as the Catholic Truth Society of Oregon, we started by publishing apologetic pamphlets to counter the anti-Catholic misinformation and persecution rampant at the time. Later, we published My Sunday Missal booklets to help people participate more fully in the liturgy, a full three decades before the Second Vatican Council. By the later part of the 20th Century, OCP grew from an informative service organization to one of the most trusted publishers of Catholic music and liturgical resources in the world. With 100 years of experience, OCP is equipped and ready to respond to the needs of today’s pastoral musicians and worshiping communities.
Multiple Stellar Award nominated powerhouse vocalist Kim Person continues to earn monumental achievements. Her fourth and current project JOURNEY 2.0 made its debut on Billboard’s all-genre Top Album Sales chart. This is Person’s first-ever career appearance on the chart. Released on October 1, 2021, via her independent record label KLP Music Enterprise her EP, which is produced by Phillip Bryant peaked at #7 on Billboards Top Gospel Albums chart and has spent 9 weeks on the chart to-date.
“Wonderful” her lead radio single, which is lifted from JOURNEY 2.0continues to gain major traction at Gospel radio. The song was listed on the Gospel Indicator’s Most Added chart (WFLT, WLNO, WIMG, WNZN) and Most Increased Plays chart with +75 plays (week ending 1/29/22). The song is currently trending in the top 70 on Gospel AirPlay chart.
A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, JOURNEY 2.0 is the follow-up to 2019’s THE JOURNEY album, which peaked at #2 on Billboards’s Top Gospel Albums chart and #25 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart. She earned two Stellar Gospel Music Award nominations for New Artist of the Year and Contemporary Female Vocalist of the Year in 2020.
Trip Lee, one of Reach Records’ flagship rappers, opened up in detail about his journey with chronic fatigue syndrome on a recent episode of Trevor Talks.
The artist’s struggles with the incurable chronic illness inspired one of his best known songs to date, “Sweet Victory,” which he released in 2014 on his acclaimed album Rise. That battle with illness continues to be one that Trip faces every single day, as he details in the podcast interview.
“The truth is that life is really hard and God is really good. Both of these things are true,” the multi-talented rapper, minister, husband and father shares. “I think sometimes in Christian music, we’re not that great at holding both together.”
Trip Lee has always epitomized what it might look like to embrace the tension of those truths. It’s an approach that also informed his book Rise: Get Up and Live in God’s Great Story, as well as his two 2021 singles, “Supernatural” and “You Got It.” All of Trip’s work reflects the maturation and sanctification process he has worked through navigating the daily challenges of ministry, fatherhood and chronic illness.
This podcast episode is the latest way Trip is offering wisdom gleaned from his experiences with listeners. “Hard seasons don’t mean that God is gone,” the rapper earnestly concludes.
