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- William MurphyFeatured Song 'The Sound'
William Murphy's national solo debut, All Day, is in stores now. Information and streaming audio (click here to listen) is provided courtesy of Sony Urban Music. Most gospel music fans know the smash hit "Praise Is What I Do" —the title track from Shekinah Glory Ministries’ 2002 gold-selling album— much better than they do the name of its writer, William Murphy. But that is about to change, and in bold and dramatic fashion.
With the release of William’s major-label debut album, All Day, the world can now hear the amazing voice and deeply moving songs of a young man who already is one of the brightest lights in the firmament of contemporary praise & worship music. Possessing a voice that is nothing short of stunning, in range and dynamics, and with seasoned hit-makers flare for instantly accessible, engaging and unforgettable words and music, William makes music that crosses all lines of age, creed and color. William Murphy makes for the masses, and All Day is the calling card introducing one of the most formidable talents in contemporary music.
Recorded live before a vocally enthused and inspired audience, All Day runs a gamut of musical influences from modern gospel, urban, R&B, rock and pop, all drawn together into a brilliant and original combination that defies easy, preexisting categories. Don’t bother with labels. Just call it William Murphy, and be prepared to be amazed. The classic "Let It Rise," the album’s first single and video, moves from simple guitar and percussion to a full-throttled gospel/R&B and rock-fueled anthem, as William and his band and vocal ensemble soar above it all, giving new life and high-octane energy to the venerable standard.
"Created to Worship" kicks in with William’s passionate vocal riding atop a torchy, bluesy piano. The song’s power swells as the band and ensemble fall in, leading to a thrilling crescendo that suddenly drops to a gentle, reverential coda. William adds his own, definitive spin to "Praise Is What I Do," again letting the acoustic guitar lead off what build into a powerful congregational anthem, as William lays down astonishing vocal improvisations off the choir’s rock-solid rendering of the eminently singable chorus.
"Church is what I’ve known all my life," he says. "My family is rich in the heritage of the Gospel, in spoken-word ministry as well as music. That was the foundation I grew up on."
William was born and raised in Detroit, where he lived until his late 20s, before moving to Atlanta in 2001 to take the position of Senior Minister of Worship at Bishop Eddie Long’s renowned New Birth Missionary Baptist Church.
While William came from strongly religious surroundings, he describes that environment as having been 'very balanced,' and in addition to absorbing the work of a number of great gospel artists, Marvin Winans and Kirk Franklin foremost among them, he was allowed to listen to popular secular artists. Particular head-turners to the young William included Lionel Ritchie, Luther Vandross ("Man, I went through a phase where I wanted to be Luther Vandross!" he laughs); and the multitude of legendary figures on the 1985 , uplifting smash, "We Are the World" ("I could sing everybody’s part... Lionel, Michael, Diana Ross! I had that one down!" he adds.)
"Great musicians touch the hearts of men," he says, "but worshippers touch the heart of God. I would hope the two come together in what I do with a kind of power —and in a language— that anyone can relate to and be touched by, inside as well as outside of the church. I’m not putting any limitations on God anymore. I’m ready to take this as far as He wants it to go."
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