Columbia Records will release StandOUT, the much anticipated new album from the contemporary
gospel singer, songwriter, and performer Tye Tribbett and his gospel choir and musical ensemble, G.A.
(Greater Anointing), on Tuesday, May 6. StandOUT is the first new full-length album from Tye Tribbett and
G.A. since the groundbreaking gospel artist's Victory Live! entered the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart at #1,
shortly following its release in May 2006. A DVD edition of Victory Live! has sold more than 40,000 copies.
A crossover success featuring the #1 Gospel Radio single, "Victory," Victory Live! hit #64 on the Billboard Top
200 best-selling albums chart while earning Tribbett two Stellar Awards and three Grammy nominations -- Best Gospel Performance
("Victory"); Best Gospel Song ("Victory"); and Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album.
Recorded live at Rock Church International in Virginia Beach on August 17, 2007, StandOUT premieres a group of
new musical testimonies to the Power of the Word and the Glory of the Holy Spirit, each written or co-written by Tye Tribbett:
"Stand Out," "Hold On," "Look Up," "I Need You," "Prodigal Son," "All Hail The King," "Hallelujah," "Let Us Worship," "So
Amazing," "He Has Made Me Glad," "I Made It Through," "Chasing After You," and "Well Done." As an added blessing for Tribbett
fans, StandOUT includes the hidden bonus track, the single "Good In The Hood."
Tye Tribbett, a co-host, along with Kirk Franklin and Mary Mary, at the 22nd Annual Stellar Awards ceremony, and G.A. have
performed with a variety of pop and gospel superstars ranging from Justin Timberlake and Faith Hill to Mary J. Blige, Donnie
McClurkin, Kim Burrell and Israel Houghton.
Tye Tribbett sponsored his second annual youth conference earlier this year in the Poconos, with more than 1,000 attending.
He will be performing at this year's Essence Festival in New Orleans.
Born in Camden, New Jersey, Tye Tribbett is the son of two preachers…both his mother and father wore the cloth…and
Tye himself, a loving husband and father of two daughters, has responded to the Call, going on to minister through his music
and the Living Word. Growing up surrounded by hymns and gospel music, Tye learned to make music at an early age. "I've been
playing all my life," he explains. "Before I knew my ABC's, I knew the ABC's on the keys." As a teenager, he honed his skills
as a keyboardist by accompanying such regional notables as Steve Middleton, the late James Viner and the Tri-State Mass Choir
of the Edwin Hawkins Music & Arts Seminar.
In 1996, Tye founded a gospel choir, Greater Anointing (G.A.), consisting of a group of family and friends whose hearts
were set simply on praising the Creator through the gift of great music. Tye knew from the beginning they'd tapped into something
real and glorious. "That first rehearsal blew my mind," he says. "The musicianship, the quality of the voices and the spirit
of the choir, the character of everybody…I knew that this was it. I knew that this is what I was supposed to be doing."
Christopher Lewis-Crisis
Christopher Lewis is a man of the people, with a deep seared passion and heart after God. Lewis is no
stranger to the industry, with eyes toward the sky and the spirit of a born worshipper. He and his untiring team at Frontline
Entertainment Inc., are adrenalized by their most recent partnership with Indianapolis-based, Tyscot Records, the nation's
oldest running Gospel independent label -- all this, in conjunction with the impending release of Lewis' 5th project entitled
"Crisis".
Crisis, embodies Lewis' signature style of exuberant praise combined with elements of R&
B, Rock, Hip Hop, Contemporary Gospel, Urban & Neo-soul, Rap, and Traditional Gospel, all resulting in "a cutting-leading-edge
style of worship". This project also offers up an impassioned vocal performance guaranteed to evoke adoration and reverence
across all age groups, nationalities, cultural barriers and denominations. Lewis says, Crisis... is all about transition,
designed to shift the mindset from a state of impasse to a state of great expectation and ultimately birth you into your destined
place of promised manifestation. There is something for everyone who has ever been through something and this is just one
of the many messages that “Crisis” communicates.
I am honored that God allows me to be a living testament
to the fact that no matter what you go through, or what life throws your way, you can make it. I am reminded that the things
of this word are temporal… you can and you will survive any crisis, that comes… you will conquer every
stumbling block that presents itself, and nothing will keep you from God’s pre-ordained destiny. Crisis not only inspires
human morality, it embraces the intimate relationship we have with our “Father”, establishes our identity in him,
and shows us how God continues to reach beyond our faults to meet our needs."
Opening as an edgy, in your face expression
of praise and worship, this project confronts real life issues that go beyond the four walls of the sanctuary. Crisis goes
from a whisper to a roar; a spine-tingling witness to God's greatness that falls nothing short of majestic – while making
a soulful impact. Standouts on this project include the rousing ,“How Does It Feel”, "Man Inside Of Me" and "Show
Me The Way" – featuring the award winning, Bishop Paul S. Morton Sr. From start to finish, the 22-track soul winning,
double-disc, showcases the multi-genre, strong songwriting, producing, unrelentingly soaring vocals and true anointing of
Christopher Lewis.
Lewis grew up immersed in church music. Born around 1971 in Goldsboro, North Carolina. His father,
Johnny Lewis, was a Deacon in the Central Heights, Free Will Baptist Church and sang in a local quartet while his mother;
Ella Lewis was a lead singer in the church choir. Lewis is the youngest of the three children and while Gospel music was the
preferred choice at home other sounds managed to make their way into Christopher’s hearing to include the likes of James
Taylor, The Beatles, Billie Holiday and Sam Cooke along with gospel giants like Shirley Ceasar, Andre Crouch and The Hawkins
Singers all were instrumental influences. Christopher is an ordained minister who accepted his calling into ministry at age
7. At age 8, he composed his first song appropriately entitling it “Jesus Is Calling” . By the time he was in
the tenth grade, he had composed several songs including one that is now know around the world, “Sing Praises To Thee,”
recorded by gospel artist Judith Christie-McAllister, and sung by choirs everywhere.
His passionate praise and worship
sound continues to be celebrated across the globe from the USA to the UK to Japan. Lewis continues to garner local and global
recognition alongside numerous award nominations to include being named “Georgia Music Industry Songwriter of the Year
and Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) Songwriter of the Year in 2002. He has performed with some of the country’s most
well known artists to include Kirk Franklin, Trinity 5-7, Daryl Coley, Donnie McClurkin, Darlene McCoy, Ron Winans and Tremaine
Hawkins and a host of others.
Earlier this year, Lewis hit the road on a 10-city UK tour making appearances in Northampton,
Manchester, Reading, Liverpool and London, in support of his award winning and "Most Distinguished Album", released in 2002,
-- “Life”, and his other projects Rhythm & Praise, Honest Heart and his Gospel Worship DVD “Plugged
In”, a live recording of refreshing acoustic songs of worship, currently aired on BET Video Gospel. His signature style
and charisma was seen as an undeniable showstopper and in a matter of months this dynamism has promoters bringing Christopher
to Japan and back to the United Kingdom (UK) again in October 2007.
Christopher is the CEO of Frontline Entertainment
Inc., an independent record label and JonEboi (pronounced Johnnyboy) Music, a publishing company. Currently residing in Atlanta,
GA, Lewis is the proud father of four beautiful children, Brian, Christopher, Lauren and Alex.Teaming up with his wife Leslie,by
his side,there is nothing but success and determination in tote. Lewis and his "FRONTLINE FAMILY" are taking Gospel Music
to the next dimension with "Crisis” on target to hit the top of the list of unforgettable and sensational Gospel CDs.
Ashmont Hill-Self Titled
The Thompson family, steeped in rich musical tradition and hailing from the idyllic Ashmont
Hill community near Boston, has made beautiful, spiritual music for years in Jubilee church - the church in which
their father is Bishop. Phil Thompson, Sisters April Joy Thompson and Deborah Bullock, along with Deborah’s husband,
Will Bullock, have set out as in Psalm 69:30, to “…praise God’s name in song and glorify Him with thanksgiving.”
The group’s new self-titled album has an equal number of songs to God and songs to inspire the people, and was
crafted as a true collaborative effort between the band and their producer, Sal Oliveri (Calvin Noel). They covered two Matt
Redman songs, “Gifted Response” and “Blessed Be Your Name,” for the record. Calvin Nowell wrote two
tracks “I Give You Worship” and “Song of Glory” for Ashmont Hill and the debut single, “You
Proved Your Love,” was written by Oliveri. Phil Thompson wrote the bulk of the album.
Ashmont Hill’s songs
are pop worship music with a warmth and sincerity that envelops the listener. Proving their love for family, music and the
Lord is the way of this very unique foursome – a love they intend to spread as far as their harmonious voices can be
heard.
The Murrills-Family Prayer
The old familiar adage says "A family that prays together, stays together!" The Murrills are here as living
examples and musical embodiments of that very fact.
This six-member group of siblings knows the worth and the
value of family prayer first hand. They also can attest that prayer is not only a language of love, but it can also be a dialogue
of despair. After losing their mother following a lengthy illness, The Murrills instinctively banded together and did the
only thing they knew to do... they prayed.
Brothers Darwin, Damion, Donnell, Andre, and Durwood and sister Arnetta
have been praying and singing together since they were toddlers. As is the story of most of accomplished singers, The Murrills
began singing in the church.
They traveled locally as a prodigy group, at their father's behest, and won over
each crowd before which they stood with their amazing talent that rivaled their chronological ages. Unlike many of their contemporaries,
however, The Murrills never left the church, and became seasoned professionals at leading praise & worship services at
their home church.
The Murrills were introduced to their destiny when a gentleman named Donald Lawrence took
the reigns of the local community choir, to which several of them belonged. He immediately spotted the keen talents of the
individual family members and they became fast friends. Over the years, the friendship evolved into family, and Lawrence kept
them involved and visible as he climbed the musical ladder and became one of the most renowned, celebrated, and sought-after
artist/producers of our time. When Donald Lawrence formed his own label imprint, Quiet Water Entertainment, The Murrills were
among the first acts he signed.
Family Prayer is a collection of songs that speaks to the very value and
wealth in the sacred, corporate activity. The CD speaks to the joys and pains of a faithful walk, providing the soundtrack
for the former and essential tools for the latter. Donald Lawrence is at the reigns of the entire CD, serving as Executive
Producer, and has personally overseen the concept and direction herein.
