Andare Crouch coming To Dublin

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For the first time in Ireland multi grammy award winner, Gospel music trailblazer come to Dublin- This is almost 50 years of Gospel music and everything Contmporary was built after his influence on Gospel music.

Over the course of those four history-making decades, Andrae has done more than any other artist in living memory to bring the power, majesty and pure elation of great gospel to hungry hearts around the world. Supremely talented, intensely dedicated and enormously influential, he has faithfully offered the timeless message of God's love to nations and generations with a freshness, originality and authenticity that have earned him a unique and enduring place in the annals of inspirational music. His accomplishments are immeasurably enhanced with the release of his long-waited new Verity Records debut album, Mighty Wind. Two years in the making and featuring 14 stunning selections, including both new songs and inspired renditions of beloved classics, Mighty Wind is, simply put, an exuberant celebration of a man and his music, both which have enriched the lives and stirred the spirits of millions.

In an era when religious music in contemporary styles seems a significant and permanent part of the musical landscape, it is important to remember that at one time gospel music, especially, was almost exclusively rooted in long traditions. One person above all others expanded the gospel vocabulary to include elements of R&B and modern popular styles. Contemporary gospel's pioneer was Andraé Crouch, who over a thirty-year career has become one of the most influential musicians in the United States. Both the wide swath of black gospel performers who draw on R&B and the legions of white contemporary Christian artists who blur the line between sacred and secular with middle-of-the-road romantic styles owe Crouch a musical debt.

Crouch was born in Los Angeles on July 1, 1942. His twin sister Sandra and older brother Benjamin were both musical, and he is also the cousin of noted jazz critic Stanley Crouch. The three Crouch children sang in a trio at the behest of their father, who had begun to preach in order to strengthen his prayers to God that his son might be given musical talent. One Sunday, when Andraé was 11, his father preached at a church in Val Verde, California, and then called Andraé to the piano to accompany the church's choir in the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." Although Andraé, according to his own recollections, had never played the piano before, he performed successfully.
Music helped Crouch overcome shyness and a stammering impediment. "I started singing what I had to say," he recalled to People. "People became music to me because everything they said was a song." Indeed, Crouch began composing songs at age 14 and has never really slowed down; he still composes each morning during the prayers for which he rises at 6 a.m. Crouch moved with his family to the San Fernando Valley suburb of Pacoima when he was in junior high school, and his musical talents burgeoned.