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“Still Everything”
Benita Jones
From the album The Entreating [Live]
Tyscot Music & Entertainment (2020)
www.tyscot.com
By Robert M. Marovich
Benita Jones (formerly known as Benita Washington) digs deep down into her solar plexus for “Still Everything,” a song about the omnipresent light in life’s darkest moments.
“Still Everything” is inspired by true events—Jones’s own. She channels her 2018 divorce, relocation to a new city, and experience raising two teenage children by herself into this piece, which she co-wrote with Michael Farren and Ernest Vaughn. The song’s transition from melodic CCM to gut-wrenching gospel is a testament to a songwriting team well-versed in both genres.
