Gladys Knight Legend returns to Gospel roots with new project.
She rode her ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ and all the way to the top of the charts. She drove fans crazy with ‘Love Overboard’ and a slew of hits spanning more than five decades. Now, the Empress of Soul is taking it back to what stirred her soul from the startgospel music.
Gladys Knight’s latest release is a gospel album entitled “Where My Heart Belongs.” The legenda 11-track project as a solid mix of contemporary and traditional gospel, including tracks “Always” a album with a purpose.
“My desire for this album is to motivate and serve as an introduction to Christ,” said Knight. “I vivi my life when I felt lost, as if something was missing. I was desperately seeking answers and when I learned that it was Jesus Christ. He gave me this gift and out of obedience, I want to give Him back
Known for her chart-topping pop and R&B hits, and her family affair with the Pips, the Georgia-born s ing her to Christ through music. “My mother reassured me at a young age that my music was a gift share it freely for His glory,” said Knight.
Influenced by her late son Jimmy Newman, Knight joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day to seek the Lord. We had been searching for the best of the Lord, the most of the Lord,” she reca Magazine. “My son Jimmy and his wife were the first to join the Church, after his best friend shared hi joined the Church. I watched their lives grow, and to see how my grandchildren were being raised a me.”
Newman would baptize his mother that year. “I feel so blessed because my son held the priesthood a me,” she continued in that interview. “It is such a precious thing to me. I was overjoyed.”
Knight has created and directs the Las Vegas-based Saints Unified Voices Choir. The multicultural g made up of 100 volunteer singers for Christ, has recorded several albums, including a Grammy-Aw freshman album, One Voice. Under Knight’s direction, SUV has been credited with adding cultural and “umph” to the Mormon Church. The choir members are here because of their testimonies and the to serve the Lord,” she told LDS Magazine. “They’re not perfect, but they’ve got the vision and unde of our calling as a missionary effort, and they are dedicated to the work. Our congregations are fille growing diversity of people from different races and cultures. I look forward to the day when we embra music without feeling uncomfortable.”
In Knight’s latest project, listeners can expect both soothing, meditational songs and uplifting, upbea Standout tracks include “Just Look Up” and the God-directed musical prayer, “I Need You”. Knight b listeners will also enjoy memorable tracks including, “Midst Of The Rain”, “There Is A Green Hill Far and “Were You There.”
She’s gone from the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame to a star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She’s dazzle Grammy stages and on “Dancing With the Stars.” There’s very little this iconic American singer hasn But through “Where My Heart Belongs” Knight proves that as long as you stay true to the Lord, an you come from, you will never be led astray. “My faith was formed because of her (mother) and throug journey of life, my faith has strengthened because I know that Jesus covers me through it all.” written by Nicole Carr Page 20