“He Was Born”Keeping the gospel Christmas music coming…
“He Was Born” is from James “Kelly Fox!” Davis and A Bunch of Friends’ debut CD, The Best Gift. This contemplative and delicate-to-exaltative contemporary gospel ballad elaborates on the album title by simply saying thank you for the gift of “your son.”
The ensemble members, with Davis shouting in antiphonal passion, want to “be like the wise men” in dedicating their lives to Jesus and “sing like the angels…’glory to the newborn king’.”
And they do just that. After building the musical energy to the boiling point, the ensemble concludes with a flourish of the chorus from “Angels we Have Heard on High.”
James “Kelly Fox!” Davis is a native of Washington, DC. He is director of music at the Kettering Baptist Church in Upper Marlboro, MD, under the leadership of Senior Pastor Bucas Sterling, III. A Bunch of Friends are literally singers who are Davis’s friends.
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Written by : Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
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He was born – This song is a reminder that if it wasnt for God sending his only son Jesus to pay the ultimate price, to die on the cross for us to be saved and forgiven for our sins. Thank You James, this is a beautiful song, actually I love the entire project. Looking forward to the next one.