MATT REDMAN
Songs of Glory
Interview by Doug Doppler
photo by Robby Klein
Legacy is the word that first comes to mind well as a twelve-member Gospel choir – the on this record would be to mix in some Gospel
when we think of Matt Redman. In its purest musical and cultural diversity are something music influence - still keeping it very much what
form, a legacy brings inspiration, joy, and hope that we both appreciate and applaud. Tell us I would lead, but letting that inform and shape
to others – and is achieved through an ongoing what this record and the people you made it the project. And I really wanted that to happen
series of selfless acts of servanthood. “10,000 with mean to you? from the outset - in the songwriting, not just
Reasons” didn’t resonate with people because
the recording and singing. There are friends
it was following the latest trend, rather, it was an [Matt Redman] It was my first studio record like Aaron Lindsey, Leonard Jarman, and Tasha
echo of a man who has truly dedicated his life in a while, and I wanted it to be distinctive from right at the front end of the process, and then
to leading others in worship. With that said, it is the albums I’ve made before. At the same time, others like Kierra Sheard who came into the
with great pleasure we bring you the following I was thinking a lot about some of the people I’d process in the recording moment. It’s always
interview with Matt Redman. met leading worship in the Gospel music scene, so refreshing to see how other streams of the
and was inspired by them. I’d led with Tasha church approach both the art and the heart of
[WM] Glory Song sounds and feels like a Matt Cobbs Leonard, and then she had reached out songwriting. We’re better together!
Redman record, but we also love the fact that it to song write for her album too. Then I wrote a doesn’t feel like another Matt Redman record. song with Tomlin and a couple of UK friends, for It’s interesting how the church can seem so
You brought in fellow Grammy winner Tasha which they brought the title “Gospel Song”. So, segmented still - especially along lines of race.
Cobbs Leonard as vocalist and co-writer, as at that point it felt clear to me that the distinctive I think worship music is a beautiful way we can
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