{"id":61586,"date":"2013-10-09T01:05:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T01:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=61586"},"modified":"2013-10-09T01:05:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T01:05:01","slug":"gospel-singer-pays-tribute-to-kenya-shooting-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=61586","title":{"rendered":"Gospel singer pays tribute to Kenya shooting victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">UNITED KINGDOM \u2013 As the world continues to mourn the loss of more than 70 people killed in a mass shooting in <b>Nairobi<\/b>, gospel musician <b>Sam Adebanjo<\/b> is paying tribute with \u201c<b>Prayer for Africa.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The song is written by award-winning <b>MOBO<\/b> nominee Sam Adebanjo and produced by <b>Grammy Award<\/b> Nominees <b>Steven Abramsamadu.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u201cThe tragedy in <b>Kenya<\/b> has touched the lives of people around the world. Over the years and current we see civil war and war still going on in part of <b>Africa<\/b>,\u201d Adebanjo says. \u201cWhat Africa needs is prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adebanjo hopes this song would encourage change and give people a sense of faith.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Single is Available on sale now. People can check out <b>iTunes, Amazon,Google play<\/b> and all other major download sites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All proceeds of this single will go to charity to help the family affected by the attacks and support other charities in Africa.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZL2SCDHPri8\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"adebanjo-desire-to-worship-god\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>ADEBANJO &amp; DESIRE TO WORSHIP GOD<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sam Adebanjo is the\u00a0principal of this <b>Urban Gospel<\/b> singing team <b>Desire to Worship God<\/b> and has a passion to see change in\u00a0the\u00a0<b>music industry<\/b>. \u201cI have seen\u00a0the\u00a0negative effect certain genre of music has had on many people I grew up with,\u201d he says. This ultimately spurred a passion for &#8220;the\u00a0lost&#8221; and\u00a0the\u00a0birth of Sam Adebanjo and DTWG.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sam Adebanjo went from being a <b>Muslim<\/b>, homeless and trouble with\u00a0the\u00a0law, but he found <b>God<\/b> and made a 180-degree turn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sam Adebanjo and DTWG are becoming a household name in the <b>UK Gospel Scene<\/b>. It&#8217;s not surprising with their rich harmonies, soulful arrangements and contagious melodies. Their songs are influenced by their experience of their daily walk with God.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Founded in 2003, they have many accomplishments under their belts. They have shared the stage with <b>Mary Mary, Emeli Sande, London Community Choir<\/b> and many others. They have performed at celebrities wedding\u2019s and events including <b>BBC<\/b>. It&#8217;s clear to see that their music is well received by people of all walks of faith.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other notable recognitions includes their 2011 appearance on the Channel 4 show Jamie Oliver&#8217;s Christmas with Bells; receiving both a\u00a0Praise-Tek <b>Gospel Music Award<\/b> in 2012\u00a0for Great Contribution to Gospel Music and taking home the\u00a0<b>BEFFTA Award<\/b> 2010 for <b>Best Gospel Act<\/b>. Adebanjo and DTWG have also been nominated for <b>Best Gospel Act<\/b> in the following:\u00a0<b>Urban Music Award<\/b> in 2010;\u00a0the <b>Gospel Music Awards<\/b>\u00a0in 2009 and 2010; and the\u00a0<b>MOBO Award<\/b>\u00a0in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED KINGDOM \u2013 As the world continues to mourn the loss of more than 70 people killed in a mass shooting in Nairobi, gospel musician [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":61557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[671,1191],"tags":[17063],"class_list":["post-61586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-music","tag-sam-adebanjo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}