Nashville, Tenn. (June 19, 2020) — The Fisk Jubilee Singers of Fisk University announce their newest album, Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album),
available June 26, 2020, with the pre-order/save and the release of new
song, “Glory / Stranger (feat. Derek Minor & Shannon Sanders),”
both available today, 6/19/20. Also today, “Glory / Stranger (feat.
Derek Minor & Shannon Sanders)” can be found on Spotify’s New Music
Friday Playlist. Pre-order/save the album and/or listen to “Glory / Stranger (feat. Derek Minor & Shannon Sanders)” HERE.
The
album, which is more than 150 years in the making, is a collection of
12 songs that beautifully represent and communicate the powerful and
vibrant history of Fisk University and its Fisk Jubilee Singers®. It
features the group from the stage of Nashville’s historic Ryman
Auditorium, with guest appearances by Ruby Amanfu, Keb’ Mo’, and CeCe
Winans, among others.
“This
product is the result of work done by wonderful people who love Fisk
University and Fisk Jubilee Singers®,” shares the album’s Musical
Director, and Musical Director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers®,
Dr. Paul Kwami. “It was a great honor for me to collaborate with all of
them, especially with Shannon Sanders. The beauty of the compilation
lies in the variety and high quality of music, which will forever
celebrate Fisk University!”
Fisk Jubilee Singers
(Credit: Bill Steber)
For more information, visit fisk.edu.
Track-listing:
- Wade In The Water
- Blessed Assurance (feat. CeCe Winans)
- I Believe (feat. Keb’ Mo’)
- Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right (feat. Lee Ann Womack)
- Rock My Soul (feat. The Fairfield Four)
- I Want Jesus To Walk With Me (feat. Ruby Amanfu)
- When The Saints Go Marching In (feat. Rod McGaha)
- ‘Way Over In Egypt Land
- Glory / Stranger (feat. Derek Minor & Shannon Sanders)
- Working On A Building (feat. Rodney Atkins)
- My Lord Is So High
- I Saw The Light (feat. Jimmy Hall)
About Fisk University
Founded
in 1866, Fisk University is a private, liberal arts university located
in Nashville, Tennessee. Consistently recognized for its brand of
academic excellence, Fisk is ranked No. 6 on the Top 10 Historically
Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in the 2019 U.S. News & World
Report. Fisk also ranked No. 1 in the nation among HBCUs for social
mobility and No. 3 in the nation for research expenditures among small
liberal arts colleges. Fisk university is deeply committed to student
leadership, success and service. Fisk excels at preparing our highly
motivated student body for elite graduate schools and outstanding
careers. From the classroom to the boardroom, a Fisk education gives
students the tools to turn their passions into careers and prepares them
to make a difference in the world. To learn more about Fisk University,
please visit www.fisk.edu
Sanders also shares on the project, “Having grown up in Nashville, I know how important the Fisk Jubilee Singers®
are to the fabric of the Nashville Culture, especially Nashville’s
Black Community. I consider it an honor to be able to work alongside
Musical Director Dr. Kwami on this monumental project, especially as he
carries forth the torch of the Fisk Jubilee Singers® so
well. I’m also excited to work with the Curb Records team in the
creation of this project, and for making it available for the world to
hear.”
Also
making a guest appearance on the album is Country singer Rodney Atkins,
whom the Fisk Jubilee Singers® had previously joined on Atkins’ 2019
single, “Caught Up In The Country.” Their collaboration broke the
record for the most weeks on Billboard’s
Country Airplay Chart at 57 weeks until it was broken by Jimmie Allen’s
“Make Me Want To”, Travis Denning’s “After A Few” and most recently
Scotty McCreery’s “In Between.”
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