In honor of Black History Month, British singer/songwriter Junior Garr has announced a spectacular performance to celebrate black music and culture. Junior has reimagined the spiritual hymn “Wade in the Water,” for a performance that will feature a gospel choir that can only be compared to the likes of Kanye West’s Sunday Service.
London-based Junior Garr is an artist who combines his passion for creativity, culture, music and art with his fervent faith. This visual performance for Black History Month follows the highly successful release of his EP ‘The Garden’ whose single ‘Waters’ has already reached 2 million streams on Spotify in just one year.
The “Black Lives Matter” protests earlier this year proved the need to hear positive voices and shed more light amidst the turbulent circumstances that have surrounded the news over the past few months. Because of this, Junior Garr was inspired to bring people together to raise their voices in unity and celebrate Black lives, both historical and current.
Junior, commenting on the project, said: “This is a collection of spirituals and Negro songs that have inspired and championed history and the history of Black people. With everything going on in the world today, there has never been a better time for the power of music to bring us together. This is a commemoration not only of our breakthrough and accomplishments, but also a recognition of the ongoing pain and heartache that Black people experience today.”
“We have to find a way to foster and fight for justice and equality for Black people everywhere. That’s something we can connect with in our calling as believers of the gospel that is the good news. Justice and the good news go hand in hand,” he continued.
The junior catalogue of cross-genre music has been developed over years of building community and leading worship in churches across the UK and beyond. UNITED STATES. After spending three years at Bethel School of Ministry, Junior led worship movements such as “The Selah Sessions”.
This 30-40 minute performance has been rehearsed and will be filmed in stages to adhere to current social distancing regulations and will premiere on the Christian Television Network – TBN UK on 21st October 2020. TBN UK is a local division of the worldwide TBN network which is watched by over 26 million worldwide.
Junior Garr is a highly regarded and respected worship leader from the UK. With a strong catalogue of music spanning genres, his passion and core value of unity, his distinctive voice sets him apart from his committed congregants. “Waters” was the first single to be released from his EP “The Garden” released in February 2020 on Running Club Records. The EP arrived in the context of his previous independent releases of contemporary Christian music and organised worship gatherings, including the “Selah Sessions”.
Originally from London, Junior has honed his unique creative craft, musicality and songwriting through years of leading worship and building community across the UNITED STATES. With a heart to see humanity unified with one sound and one voice, Junior’s passion is for people to see the beauty of God through his songs which are a multicultural expression of worship. After spending three years studying at Bethel’s Ministry School in California, Junior has appeared at numerous events in the UK and the UNITED STATES such as Big Church Day Out, TBNUK, RCCG Camberwell, RCCG Northampton and Life Church Bradford.
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