SPOTLIGHT CD/DVD REVIEW: BLESSED- BRADLEY WALKER
SOUTHERN GOSPEL SPOTLIGHT PRESENTS:
CD/DVD REVIEW:
BLESSED
BRADLEY WALKER
PRODUCER: BEN ISAACS (CD), BILL GAITHER (DVD)
LABEL: GAITHER MUSIC GROUP
RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 2, 2017
CD SONG LIST:
AMAZING GRACE with Carl Jackson & Val Storey
FAMILY BIBLE with The Oak Ridge Boyd
ANGEL BAND with Alison Krauss & Buddy Greene
I WILL SOMEDAY with The Isaacs
DRIFTING TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE SHORE with Vince Gill & Sonya Isaacs Yeary
I'LL FLY AWAY with Ben Isaacs & Mike Rogers
CAST THE FIRST STONE with John Bowman & Becky Isaacs Bowman
THE OLD RUGGED CROSS with Jimmy Fortune & Ben Isaacs
BECAUSE HE LIVES with Charlotte Ritchie
SAY SOMETHING with Sonya Isaacs Yeary & Ben Isaacs
VICTORY IN JESUS with Ben Isaacs & Mike Rogers
ONE DAY AT A TIME with Rhonda Vincent & Ben Isaacs
WHO WILL SING FOR ME with Ricky Skaggs & Sharon White Skaggs
DVD Song List:
Same as above but not in the same order.
THOUGHTS:
COUNTRY MUSIC AND GOSPEL MUSIC SHARE SIMILAR ROOTS. THIS NEW PROJECT FROM BRADLEY WALKER IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE BLENDING OF THE TWO. WALKER, A COUNTRY MUSIC ARTIST, WAS SIGNED TO BILL GAITHER'S LABEL AFTER A TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO THE JOEY FEEK AT HER FUNERAL. WALKER HAS SINCE APPEARED AT SEVERAL GAITHER EVENTS AND NOW THEY HAVE TEAMED UP TO DELIVER A GREAT CD AND DVD FEATURING CLASSIC SONGS OF FAITH. HIS SMOOTH COUNTRY BARITONE AND INSPIRATIONAL STORY ARE ON FULL DISPLAY ON BOTH THE CD AND CONCERT VIDEO. BEN ISAACS PRODUCED THE ALBUM WHICH FEATURES GUEST APPEARANCES BY SOME OF COUNTRY AND BLUEGRASS MUSIC'S BEST INCLUDING: THE OAK RIDGE BOYS, THE ISAACS, VINCE GILL, ALISON KRAUSS, AND SEVERAL OTHERS. WALKER LENDS HIS COUNTRY VOICE TO CLASSIC GOSPEL SONGS SUCH AS: "AMAZING GRACE," "BECAUSE HE LIVES," "THE OLD RUGGED CROSS," AND "ANGEL BAND." I PARTICULARLY ENJOYED HIS TAKE ON "I'LL FLY AWAY," WHICH IS MUCH SLOWER THAN THE ORIGINAL ARRANGEMENT. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE HIS COLLABORATION WITH THE OAK RIDGE BOYS ON "FAMILY BIBLE," AND THE ISAACS ON "I WILL SOMEDAY," A GROOVY SONG ABOUT SEEING JESUS IN HEAVEN SOMEDAY. THESE HEARTFELT PERFORMANCES ARE SURE TO BLESS LISTENERS. WALKER HOPES TO SHOW OTHERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING THAT GOD'S GRACE IS SUFFICIENT AND HE IS FAITHFUL. HE IS LIVING PROOF OF IT AS HE HAS STRUGGLED WITH MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, BUT IS HERE TODAY SPREADING THE WORD OF GOD IN SONG.
OVERALL, BOTH THE CD AND DVD ARE MUST BUYS. GREAT PRODUCTION QUALITY, INCREDIBLE SONGS, AND HEARTFELT VOCALS.
4.5 OUT OF 5 STARS!
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