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Earthy and transcendent, sensual and sacred. These are words used to describe Singing Out, the debut album by New York City vocalist Joe Simmons. The album features songs reflecting an inclusive and reconciling spirituality, written by some of today's most progressive and poetic writers of religious music. Many have embraced Joe's positive message of hope and liberation of the spirit through the album, as well as his bilingual music videos seen throughout the United States on the Odyssey Channel and Univisión.
"With Singing Out, I want to build a bridge between people of contemporary sensibilities and those of traditional beliefs and celebrate the God who loves us as we are," says Joe Simmons. Indeed, the depth and sensitivity that he brings to the eleven songs convey this. Selections range from joyful ballads like Tom McCormack's Time and Space to the majestic Quaker hymn How Can I Keep From Singing to Donna Peña's passionate Mano con Mano and Ann Holland's evocative Silent Faithfulness. Producer and music director Laurence Rosania, whose religious music is widely sung throughout the United States, contributes three songs to the album, including In Beauty I Walk, a haunting meditation based on a Navajo prayer. Michael Ward and Tony Kushner's I Waited Patiently provides a stirring and uplifting finale.
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