TBGB Pick of the Week: September 22, 2008

“You Are Not Alone”
Kevin LeVar & One Sound
From the Habakkuk Music CD
Let’s Come Together
www.threefoldmusicgroup.com

With Hurricane Ike ravaging the Texas coastline, torrential rains flooding the Midwest, train wrecks, airplane crashes, banks closing, homes foreclosed, bombings, and what-have-you, Kevin LaVar & One Sound’s “You Are Not Alone” couldn’t have come at a better time.

This simple but effective (and well constructed) gospel power ballad offers collective comfort to the victims of tragedy, giving Charles Tindley’s “When the storms of life are raging” message a contemporary interpretation. To the backdrop of weeping and wailing electric guitars, LaVar sings, “When I heard the news, I thought of you.” The chorus chimes, “We want you to know you are not alone/We’re still praying for you as if they were our very own.”

And when the storms of life blow in as Cat 5s, this is what people need to hear.

Habakkuk Music was launched last year by April Washington-Essex. In addition to LaVar & One Sound, the label roster includes Jessica Greene, Rev. Stefanie R. Minatee & Jubilation, and Isaiah D. Thomas & Elements of Praise.