19-time GRAMMY® winning artist, songwriter, music producer, and television and film executive producer, Kirk Franklin, debuted a brand new single, “All Things.” 

Fresh off the heels of his critically acclaimed and commercially successful collaborative album with Maverick City Music, Kingdom Book One, the track marks the first solo song that the perennial hitmaker has released since his 2019 GRAMMY-winning album, LONG LIVE LOVE.  

Kirk Franklin wrote and produced the upbeat ode that aims to remind listeners that with God all things are possible. The video for the song, which also premiered today, highlights the power of giving as Franklin displays random acts of kindness to strangers throughout the visual.

He hopes that the song and video inspire people to believe that all things work together for the greater good. Franklin says, “In spite of the challenges that come with life, I truly believe that with God we can overcome any obstacle. And by loving and helping others, we are actually helping ourselves.”  

In addition to the release of “All Things,” Franklin and his wife, Tammy Franklin, will co-host a new dating series, The One, premiering on TV One on May 18, 2023, at 9/8c.

Following that, he will host his popular Exodus Music & Arts Festival on May 20^th & 21^st at the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Dallas, TX. The festival will feature other superstars artists including Yolanda Adams, Jekalyn Carr, DOE, Natalie Grant, Koryn Hawthorne, Chandler Moore, and Kierra Sheard Kelly

All Things – Kirk Franklin

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Lifetime has an excited slate of upcoming holiday movies including the original film, Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas starring Naturi Naughton, Lorea Turner and Luke James. The film is set to premiere Saturday, December 10th on Lifetime at 8PM ET. The family film was executive produced by 16x GRAMMY Winner Kirk Franklin who stars in the film as well.

FILM SYNOPSIS:
Caught in a blizzard on Christmas Eve, estranged mother and daughter Journee (Naturi Naughton) and Nia (Lorea Turner) are forced to take refuge inside a church where a handful of also-trapped parishioners are reeling from the cancellation of their annual holiday concert. The spirit of the season takes hold as Journee and Nia weather the wintry storm together with the other churchgoers, including handsome youth pastor Adam (Luke James) and a heavenly music teacher (Kirk Franklin), who motivate the mother and daughter to reconcile their differences through music, faith, and love. With the help from this unlikely yet spirited group of strangers, Journee and Nia band together to help the church salvage not only their holiday traditions, but also their show-stopping Christmas day performance, despite the raging storm outside.

Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas December 10 at 8/7c on Lifetime

Caught in a blizzard on Christmas Eve, estranged mother and daughter Journee (Naturi Naughton) and Nia (Lorea Turner) are forced to take refuge inside a church where a handful of also-trapped parishioners are reeling from the cancellation of their annual holiday concert.

The spirit of the season takes hold as Journee and Nia weather the wintry storm together with the other churchgoers, including handsome youth pastor Adam (Luke James) and a heavenly music teacher (Kirk Franklin), who motivate the mother and daughter to reconcile their differences through music, faith, and love. With the help of this unlikely yet spirited group of strangers, Journee and Nia band together to help the church salvage their holiday traditions and show-stopping Christmas day performance, despite the raging storm outside.

Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas is produced by Swirl Films and Big Dreams Entertainment. Kirk Franklin, Tracy “Twinkie” Byrd, Leslie Greif and Naturi Naughton serve as executive producers. Alex Kerr, Keith Neil, Eric Tomosunas and Angela Plasschaert also produce. Tailiah Breon directs from a script by Tara Knight.

Sixteen-time GRAMMY-winning artist, songwriter, and producer Kirk Franklin and Sony Music Entertainment today announced the launch of its second season of Good Words With Kirk Franklin. Through intimate discussions exploring faith, redemption, and the realities of today’s world, Franklin invites listeners into shared moments with some of the biggest names across entertainment. Premiering today, the first episode includes a candid conversation with Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Tamar Braxton.

Throughout this season, Franklin will lead thought-provoking conversations with some of today’s most impactful leaders and artists, including Dr. Bernice A. King, Iyanla Vanzant, John Boyega, Jenifer Lewis, Karamo Brown, Omarion, Tamron Hall, Tobe and Fat Nwigwe, W. Kamau Bell and more. Together, they engage and explore their thoughts around race, religion, politics, music and self-expression. The conversations will make space for laughter, joy and lighter moments.

“Good Words is a podcast where culture meets faith and a place where my guests can be real and open like you have never heard before,” said Franklin. “I’m excited to return for a second season and share more enlightening conversations with some of my favorite artists and thought leaders.”

Good Words with Kirk Franklin is produced by Janicia Francis and Danielle Jones-Wesley at Somethin’ Else, a Sony Music Entertainment company.

Subscribers on Apple Podcasts can access weekly episodes ad-free. Listeners can subscribe to Good Words with Kirk Franklin on all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. For more information on other Sony podcasts, follow @SonyPodcasts on Twitter and Instagram.

GRAMMY award-winning collective Maverick City Music and 16-time GRAMMY winner Kirk Franklin announce a 14-date extension to their massive coast-to-coast KINGDOM arena tour. Over the past few months, the two acts have been shattering records with more than 10,000 fans in attendance each night, selling out venues like Crypto.com Arena, and consistently landing in the Top 10 of all tours on Pollstar. Produced by Live Nation and Undivided Touring, the new dates include shows at Barclays Center (NYC), TD Garden (Boston), State Farm Arena (ATL), and more. For full tour routing, please see below.

Presales for tickets begin on September 6th starting at 10am ET with tickets available to the general public on September 9th starting at 10am local time on Ticketmaster.com. 

“Having 13,000 people in a room worshiping and encountering God together feels like the good old days” says co-founder & CEO of Maverick City Tony Brown. “It’s something unspeakable. These rooms are a representation of what church looks like, all nations and backgrounds coming together to love God and one another.”

2022 is the year of Maverick City Music. Following the group’s recent GRAMMY win and historic mainstage performance, the record-breaking collective has been on a magnificent rise. Since then, they’ve performed mainstage at the BET Awards, and also alongside Diddy and Faith Evans, joined NPR’s Tiny Desk, and The View. Last month, they appeared on the TODAY Show for a performance and interview.

‘KINGDOM TOUR’ 

Thurs., Nov. 3 | Barclays | New York City, NY 

Fri., Nov. 4 | Bridgeport Arena | Bridgeport, CT 

Sat., Nov. 5 | Wells Fargo Center | Philadelphia, PA 

Sun., Nov. 6 | TD Garden | Boston, MA

Tues., Nov. 8 |Eaglebank Arena | Fairfax, VA 

Thurs., Nov. 10 | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | Indianapolis, IN 

Fri., Nov. 11 | KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, KY 

Sun., Nov. 13 | Heritage Bank Center | Cincinnati, OH 

Tues., Nov. 15 | State Farm Arena | Atlanta, GA 

Wed., Nov. 16 | Bon Secours Wellness Arena | Greenville, SC 

Thurs., Nov. 17 | Vyster Veterans Memorial Arena | Jacksonville, FL 

Fri., Nov. 18 | FLA Live Arena | Sunrise, FL 

Sun., Nov. 20 | UNO Lakefront Arena | New Orleans, LA 

Tues., Nov. 22 | Moody Center | Austin, TX

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GRAMMY award-winning collective Maverick City Music and 16-time GRAMMY winner Kirk Franklin announce a 14-date extension to their massive coast-to-coast KINGDOM arena tour. Over the past few months, the two acts have been shattering records with more than 10,000 fans in attendance each night, selling out venues like Crypto.com Arena, and consistently landing in the Top 10 of all tours on Pollstar. Produced by Live Nation and Undivided Touring, the new dates include shows at Barclays Center (NYC), TD Garden (Boston), State Farm Arena (ATL), and more. For full tour routing, please see below.

Presales for tickets begin on September 6th starting at 10am ET with tickets available to the general public on September 9th starting at 10am local time on Ticketmaster.com.

“Having 13,000 people in a room worshiping and encountering God together feels like the good old days” says co-founder & CEO of Maverick City Tony Brown. “It’s something unspeakable. These rooms are a representation of what church looks like, all nations and backgrounds coming together to love God and one another.”

2022 is the year of Maverick City Music. Following the group’s recent GRAMMY win and historic mainstage performance, the record-breaking collective has been on a magnificent rise. Since then, they’ve performed mainstage at the BET Awards, and also alongside Diddy and Faith Evans, joined NPR’s Tiny Desk, and The View. Last month, they appeared on the TODAY Show for a performance and interview.

‘KINGDOM TOUR’

• Thurs., Nov. 3 | Barclays | New York City, NY
• Fri., Nov. 4 | Bridgeport Arena | Bridgeport, CT
• Sat., Nov. 5 | Wells Fargo Center | Philadelphia, PA
• Sun., Nov. 6 | TD Garden | Boston, MA
• Tues., Nov. 8 |Eaglebank Arena | Fairfax, VA
• Thurs., Nov. 10 | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | Indianapolis, IN
• Fri., Nov. 11 | KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, KY
• Sun., Nov. 13 | Heritage Bank Center | Cincinnati, OH
• Tues., Nov. 15 | State Farm Arena | Atlanta, GA
• Wed., Nov. 16 | Bon Secours Wellness Arena | Greenville, SC
• Thurs., Nov. 17 | Vyster Veterans Memorial Arena | Jacksonville, FL
• Fri., Nov. 18 | FLA Live Arena | Sunrise, FL
• Sun., Nov. 20 | UNO Lakefront Arena | New Orleans, LA
• Tues., Nov. 22 | Moody Center | Austin, TX

GRAMMY award-winning collective Maverick City Music and 16-time GRAMMY winner Kirk Franklin officially announced Kingdom Book One Deluxe Album, out July 22 via Tribl Records and Fo Yo Soul Entertainment / RCA Inspiration.

The deluxe LP features nine new songs that were recorded on tour, inspired by its predecessor that was recorded in a Florida prison yard in efforts to raise awareness for mass incarceration. The artists were deeply impacted by their experience at the facility and felt such a new sense of being, empowering them to explore new creative sounds and worship. To help usher the new musical evolution, they share the following mellifluous offerings: “Exodus” and “The Name.”

“These songs are a reflection of our work in the prison” says co-founder & CEO of Maverick City Tony Brown. “Being on tour and seeing the response of 10,000+ people each night has truly been such an inspirational experience.”

Listen to “Exodus” and “The Name” here: https://MaverickCityXKirkFranklin.lnk.to/KingdomPR

The genre-transcending project features Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin recording alongside more than ninety-percent of a Florida prison, taking the idea of “prison performance” to another level. Joined by men from every walk-of-life – different gangs, races and backgrounds – this whole project evolved from an unfiltered message of love and universal acceptance and became a passionate, powerful movement that embodies the collective’s core beliefs of inspiring and helping others.

2022 is the year of Maverick City Music. Following the group’s recent Grammy win and historic mainstage performance, the record-breaking collective has been on a magnificent rise. Since then, they’ve gone on to perform mainstage at the BET Awards, and also alongside Diddy and Faith Evans, performed for NPR Tiny Desk, and on The View. Last week, they appeared on the TODAY Show for a performance and interview.

Kingdom Book One (Deluxe Album) – Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin

Last week, Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin performed for the All-American Summer Concert Series on ‘Fox and Friends.’ Watch HERE.

Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin are currently embarked on a massive coast-to-coast arena tour, breaking records in ticket sales per night and consistently landing in the Top 10 of all tours on Pollstar. Upcoming shows include Los Angeles, Vegas, Chicago and more.

Tribl Record offers official music video for “Why We Sing” featuring Brandon Lake and Kirk Franklin.

Why We Sing was written by Kirk Franklin. It is from Maverick City Music’s collaboration album with Kirk Franklin entitled “Kingdom Book One” Available Now!

Kingdom was recorded with the inmates at the Everglades Correctional Institution in Miami-Dade, Florida in early March of 2022. The heart behind this project is to not only expand the idea of what the Kingdom of God looks like, but to also share and spread music and a message that taps into an inspirational and unfiltered love for all people.

Watch “Why We Sing” Video & Download Audio Below

LYRICS

Verse 1
Someone asked question
Why do we sing?
When we lift our hands toJesus
What do we really mean?

Someone maybe wondering
When we sing our song
At times we may be crying
And nothing’s even wrong

Pre Chorus
I sing because I’m happy
I sing because I’m free
His eye is on the sparrow
That’s the reason why I sing

Chorus
Glory hallelujah
You’re the reason why I sing
Glory hallelujah
You’re the reason why I sing

Verse 2
And when the song is over
We’ve all said amen
In your heart just keep on singing
And the song will never end

And if somebody asks you
Was it just a show
Lift your hands and be a witness
And tell the whole world now

And when we cross that river
To study war no more
We will sing our songs toJesus
The one whom we adore

Chorus 2
Glory hallelujah
I give the praises to you
Glory hallelujah
You’re the reason why I sing

Tribl Records release official music video for “Melodies from Heaven” featuring Kirk Franklin, Chandler Moore & Maryanne J George.

Melodies from Heaven was written by Kirk Franklin. It is from Maverick City Music’s collaboration album with Kirk Franklin entitled “Kingdom Book One” Available Now!

Kingdom was recorded with the inmates at the Everglades Correctional Institution in Miami-Dade, Florida in early March of 2022. The heart behind this project is to not only expand the idea of what the Kingdom of God looks like, but to also share and spread music and a message that taps into an inspirational and unfiltered love for all people.

Watch Melodies From Heaven Video & Download Below

LYRICS

Chorus
Melodies from Heaven
Rain down on me, rain down on me
Melodies from Heaven
Rain down on me, rain down on me

Take me in Your arms and hold me close
Rain down on me, rain down on me
Fill me with Your precious Holy Ghost
Rain down on me, rain down on me

Tag1
Rain, rain
Rain, rain

Tag2
Rain down on me(rain)
L-let it fall on me(rain)
Rain down on me(rain)
L-let it fall on me(rain)
Rain down on me(rain)
L-let it fall on me(rain)
Rain down on me(rain)
L-let it(rain)

Tribl Records offer official music video for “Take Me Back” featuring Dante Bowe, Chandler Moore, Ryan Ofei & Kirk Franklin.

Take Me Back was written by Dante Bowe, Emily Hearn Harrison, Adaeze Noelle Azubuike, Michael Barkulis & Elisha Hoffman. It is from Maverick City Music’s collaboration album with Kirk Franklin entitled “Kingdom Book One” Available Now!

Kingdom was recorded with the inmates at the Everglades Correctional Institution in Miami-Dade, Florida in early March of 2022. The heart behind this project is to not only expand the idea of what the Kingdom of God looks like, but to also share and spread music and a message that taps into an inspirational and unfiltered love for all people.

Watch Take Me Back Video Below

LYRICS

Chorus
When the storm’s out on the ocean
And the violent wind gets to blowing
Oh take me back, back
All the way back
Oh take me back to my first love

Bridge
You are real to me
I’ve know it from the start
There’s in between
The Heaven’s and my heart
You are near to me
I’ve never been too far
In the in between
You brought Heaven to my heart

Tags
To the cross, To the cross
Where I first saw the light
Take me back
To the cross, to the cross
Where my Jesus died
Take me back

I’ll forever be singing
Glory to His name, precious name
Glory to His name
There to my heart was the blood of life
Glory to His name

This is not the end
This is not the end

Glory, Glory
Hallelujah