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Free My Soul by Kevin Wyglad
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fave it Contemporary Gospel | Funk Rock
11 tracks | 45 minutes
Released Jan 2003
on Kevin Wyglad
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:13 Free My Soul lyrics BUY MP3 03:13 Free My Soul lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:13 Free My Soul
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:42 When I Say I'm A Christian lyrics BUY MP3 03:42 When I Say I'm A Christian lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:42 When I Say I'm A Christian
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:25 Shout The Name Of Jesus lyrics BUY MP3 03:25 Shout The Name Of Jesus lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:25 Shout The Name Of Jesus
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:30 No More Prison lyrics BUY MP3 03:30 No More Prison lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:30 No More Prison
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:50 Welcome Me Jesus lyrics BUY MP3 06:50 Welcome Me Jesus lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:50 Welcome Me Jesus
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:01 Acts Of Love lyrics BUY MP3 04:01 Acts Of Love lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:01 Acts Of Love
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:29 The Lord Is My Light lyrics BUY MP3 03:29 The Lord Is My Light lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:29 The Lord Is My Light
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:22 Hear Me lyrics BUY MP3 03:22 Hear Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:22 Hear Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:53 Heaven On Earth lyrics BUY MP3 04:53 Heaven On Earth lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:53 Heaven On Earth
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:16 Feels So Fine lyrics BUY MP3 04:16 Feels So Fine lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:16 Feels So Fine
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:45 Power Of Love lyrics BUY MP3 04:45 Power Of Love lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:45 Power Of Love
A stew of R&B, gospel, blues, rock, & pop on a contemporary Christian platter. Served with spicy hot vocals, guitar solos, and ocassional saxophone. Heavily basted in a oven of groove.
Bio / Background
It is so difficult to label this CD as it is with any Kevin Wyglad project. However, we have broken down the songs from the CD and explained them.
Free My Soul (the song) is typical of a Wyglad medium tempo funk groove. With dynamic lead male and female vocals, this song made us think of Average White Band and Mothers Finest. When I Say I'm A Christian is straight ahead, rock rhythmic hook driven guitar - very commercial for contemporary Christian radio. Shout The Name Of Jesus, on the other hand, is drastically different. When we heard this song, the first artist we thought of was Kirk Franklin. This song is nothing but a kickin' up-tempo funky jam with huge choir answer-backs - definitely one that will get you movin' and singin'. No More Prison is another mid-tempo funky groove with a status hook, not to mention a killer B-3 solo in it. Welcome Me Jesus can crossover gospel or country.
↓ more ↓This song builds nicely with a large choir coming out of nowhere about 3 minutes into the song, but hugely effective and powerful in this ballad. Acts Of Love reminded us of one those cool rock grooves you might hear from Bryan Adams or Journey from the eighties - Another catchy chorus with a tasty bridge in the middle dumping into a Neal Schon style solo. The Lord Is My Light changes directions completely. This song showcases Wyglad's jazz groove background. The artist that struck us with similarity in this song was Ambrosia - a hip-hop/jazzy swing-ish feel with mega stacked vocals and a nice hook with an effective modulation. Hear Me is the only other ballad on this CD and somewhat resembles Hall & Oats, and the only song on the CD without a solo in it.
Heaven On Earth was a groove like no other on the CD. It has this mid-rock groove that could easily crossover to new country. It included a tasteful slide guitar and a surprising violin (unlike any other Wyglad song) to almost put us in a Dave Matthews mood. Feels So Fine would have been on rotation at every 70's night club in the world - funky disco groove, syn-drums, wah wah guitar, phat strings, catchy vocal hooks - the whole ball of wax. We also thought it would have been perfect for a theme song for a seventies show. Closing out the CD is a song called Power Of Love. We absolutely heard a Stevie Ray Vaughan meets Santana influence, and again those punchy Mothers Finest style vocals.
Free My Soul (the CD) is great for a ministry tool, to praise with, or to simply sit back, listen and enjoy. As a contemporary Christian project, we can hear many of these songs on so many different styles of inspirational radio.
Out of Wyglad's last two CD's - High Road and Free My Soul, we believe Wyglad has found his own sound. The new CD is definitely one to have in the collection and extremely appropriate for all ages, lyrically and musically.
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