OC WORLD PREMIERE: KIRK FRANKLIN PRODUCES A LOVE SONG FOR HAITI+VIDEO
Jan.20, 2010, under Music, News
With the recent disaster in Haiti, people all over the world have tried to find ways to lend a hand, from sending text messages to donating money to send to organizations all over the world for relief efforts. On January 16, 2010, the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee was supposed to be a night where artists took a break from recording. At the 25th Annual Stellar Awards more than 150 artists joined Kirk Franklin in the recording of “Are You Listening: A Love Song for Haiti” to raise funds to help people in Haiti.
(Pastor Donnie prepares the hearts and minds of the fellow artist)
(Kirk teaches parts to Pastors Marvin Sapp and Marvin Winans )
Some of the gospel greats included on the song are BeBe & CeCe Winans, Yolanda Adams, Marvin Sapp, Natalie Grant, Donnie McClurkin, Mary Mary,Judith Christie McAllister, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Jeremy Camp, Pastor Marvin Winans, J. Moss, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Jessica Reedy,Karen Clark-Sheard, Kiki Sheard, Bishop Paul Morton, and James Fortune. There were at least 100 people piled into the recording studio to sing the chorus of Kirk Franklin’s song.
(Pastor Sapp lays down his part)
Franklin spoke with the producer of The Stellar Awards asking if cameras would be able to capture the recording of the song. GMC aired the video On January 22 and has kept it in heavy rotation sense then. The national “Hope for Haiti” telethon also aired that night in efforts to raise money for Haiti. The Stellar Awards will premiere February 28, 2010. For more information on Haiti relief efforts visit www.redcross.org
(Bishop Paul Morton and Pastor Shirley Ceasor have no problem leanding their talents)
“We see these people as God’s children,” Franklin said.“We want to do our part and I just want people to know that the gospel community can respond to a powerful natural disaster, and for the first time it will.”
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March 23rd, 2010 on 7:20 pm
I love your song “Are You Listening:A Love Song For Haiti”. Me and my mom first heard it on GMC on the Morning Cafe show. It’s very powerful and very touching. I am a sophmore in highschool, and I am on the road to develope a better and closer relationship with God and this song really helped me realize the power that God has. Thank you so much.