Kevin LeVar & One Sound- Let’s Come Together
Preacher kid Kevin LeVar (born Kevin LeVar Gray; not to be confused with Kirk Franklin singer/comedian Kevin L. Gray) is a newcomer to the gospel stage. While he has worked up an incredible list of spectacular itinerary dates in the last couple of year that ranges from appearances on the Gospel Music Channel to a performance at the NBA All Star Weekend festivities in Denver, he is still relevantly fresh and surprisingly unknown to the world. But one careful introduction to his recently-released debut offering, Let’s Come Together, on God Glorified Music and Habakkuk Music offers a world of certain promise for his foreseeable future in music. His influences may not be acutely visible from jump street, but you can still sense the direction of lush worship ballads and AC-styled pop putting him into the bracket of Israel Houghton or CeCe Winans. Still, he’s been around music legends like Myrna Summers and John P. Kee long enough to know what gospel music sounds like and carefully inserts small dosages into his more radio- appealing and modern sounds.
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Miriam Tateum- Abba Father
With humble beginnings singing with the Harris Family on the HOB label in the 1970s, Miriam Tatuem returns to music after many years of silence after becoming an assistant pastor, along with her husband Roger Tatuem, of Helping Hands Ministries in Churchville, Maryland. Abba Father, her return to the music scene as a solo artist, is quite a stunning display of traditional gospel and worship music. It also focuses on Tatuem’s unearthed songwriting skills since she pens all twelve of the selections presented. An important inclusion to the disc’s grandeur is the production support from Grammy-award winner Steven Ford (renowned for his work with Richard Smallwood, T.D. Jakes and Vickie Winans). It is Ford’s stellar expertise – with his assuring Hammond B-3 skills and keyboard magic, that gives Tatuem’s compositions the needed posturing it needs to become radio ready. He also brings popular gospel session guitarist Jonathan Dubose, Jr. on board to give the songs that special ambient glow.
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Donnie McClurkin Gears For New Release
To this day, gospel music’s tower of power, Donnie McClurkin, can rarely make an appearance anywhere without singing his signature song, “Stand” or the cross-over anthem,”We Fall Down.” One thing fans know for sure when listening to McClurkin, they will hear something that will cut through the heaviness and ignite a ray of hope. We All Are One ( Live In Detroit) on Zomba Records marks the singer’s 5th solo CD and he kicks things off with some upcoming television appearances.
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