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It's been five years since fans have heard from Bryan Andrew Wilson musically. The studio CD, “The One Percent” (EchoPark JDI Entertainment) was released in the USA and Canada on Tuesday.
Upon his return, the DC-based minister, who got his start at the age of 10 as a soloist singing “His Eye is on the Sparrow” with The Mississippi Children’s Choir in 1994, wants fans to hear the maturity of his natural and spiritual voice. “This album reflects who I am as a grown man and a believer more than any other album I’ve recorded,” Wilson says.
“Turning Away” the project's lead single debuted at #29 on Billboard Gospel Airplay chart and at #23 on the Mediabase Gospel chart – his highest charting radio single since his days as a teen gospel star in the 1990s. The nationally syndicated Yolanda Adams Morning Show. In the evening Wilson held court about his latest work on The James Fortune Show, also airing on Radio One stations.
Otherwise,the musical roots of the project are soiled with rhythms ranging from Stevie Wonder-styled ballads and Motown Soul to Caribbean and Go-Go beats according to a press release.
“I’m excited about it because I put my all into it and wrote or co-wrote 10 of the 13 songs. There’s very little programming and the album has a really warm sound like a lot of the great records from the `70s. I haven’t invented anything new. It’s just a reminder of a certain sound I grew up loving about music that got a little lost with some of the new age production styles.”
The album title hails from the Biblical Parable of the Lost Sheep. “The message is to neglect no one and to leave no one behind – emotionally, spiritually or in terms of their human needs,” says Wilson who is also a preacher and traveling evangelist.
It's been five years since fans have heard from Bryan Andrew Wilson musically. The studio CD, “The One Percent” (EchoPark JDI Entertainment) was released in the USA and Canada on Tuesday. Upon his return, the DC-based minister, who got his start at the age of 10 as a soloist singing “His Eye is on the Sparrow” with The Mississippi Children’s Choir in 1994, wants fans to hear the maturity of his natural and spiritual voice. “This album reflects who I am as a grown man and a believer more than any other album I’ve recorded,” Wilson says.
“Turning Away” the project's lead single debuted at #29 on Billboard Gospel Airplay chart and at #23 on the Mediabase Gospel chart – his highest charting radio single since his days as a teen gospel star in the 1990s. The nationally syndicated Yolanda Adams Morning Show. In the evening Wilson held court about his latest work on The James Fortune Show, also airing on Radio One stations.
Otherwise,the musical roots of the project are soiled with rhythms ranging from Stevie Wonder-styled ballads and Motown Soul to Caribbean and Go-Go beats according to a press release.
“I’m excited about it because I put my all into it and wrote or co-wrote 10 of the 13 songs. There’s very little programming and the album has a really warm sound like a lot of the great records from the `70s. I haven’t invented anything new. It’s just a reminder of a certain sound I grew up loving about music that got a little lost with some of the new age production styles.”
The album title hails from the Biblical Parable of the Lost Sheep. “The message is to neglect no one and to leave no one behind – emotionally, spiritually or in terms of their human needs,” says Wilson who is also a preacher and traveling evangelist.