TBGB Pick of the Week: September 17, 2007

“Just Don’t Wanna Know”
Marvin Winans
From the forthcoming CD: Alone But Not Alone
PureSprings Gospel 2007
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“Just Don’t Wanna Know,” the first single to be released from Marvin Winans’ forthcoming project, Alone But Not Alone, is a hauntingly lovely, guitar-driven ballad backed by strings and a soft-singing choir. The song about a broken marriage is delivered deftly by Winans in his pleasant baritone, and could easily cross over to Quiet Storm playlists or smooth jazz radio.

The single is even good enough to garner Oscar nods as best song in a soundtrack, as it will be featured in the motion picture, A Good Man is Hard to Find, starring Hill Harper (CSI:NY), Golden Brooks (Girlfrends), R&B singer Deborah Cox, Melissa De Sousa (One on One) and Darrien Dewitt Henson (Stomp the Yard).

Alone But Not Alone will be released September 25 on sister CeCe’s PureSprings Gospel label and distributed by EMI.