“Don’t Faint” – Jekalyn Carr

“Don’t Faint”
Jekalyn Carr
WayNorth Music (release date: March 15, 2025)

By Robert M. Marovich

Jekalyn Carr, gospel music’s princess of positivity, its empress of encouragement, has made a career of releasing singles designed to reach down and pick people up in their distress.

The latest is “Don’t Faint.” She delivers the song’s simple message of faith in the midst of flames and floods with the fiery force of a preacher in the pulpit. Her sermonette is matched by a gigantic and dramatic arrangement featuring background vocalists and a rhythm section that includes a drummer who sounds like he is making mincemeat of the toms. While performed as a solo here, “Don’t Faint” has the bones to be picked up by small worship teams, and it likely will be.

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