{"id":652,"date":"2013-07-11T20:43:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T20:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=652"},"modified":"2013-07-12T20:48:20","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T20:48:20","slug":"award-winning-singer-songwriter-christa-wells-to-release-new-album-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/award-winning-singer-songwriter-christa-wells-to-release-new-album-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning singer-songwriter Christa Wells to release new album in August"},"content":{"rendered":"

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July 11, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

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AWARD-WINNING SINGER-SONGWRITER CHRISTA WELLS TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM IN AUGUST<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Raleigh, NC-based singer-songwriter Christa Wells is set to release her next album, Feed Your Soul<\/em>, on August 13, 2013.\u00a0 Feed Your Soul <\/em>was recorded at Zodlounge Music in Nashville.\u00a0 The album represents a departure from her past records:\u00a0 from the title track\u2019s horn lines to the driving kick drum and rhythmic hits on \u201cThe Way That You Love Me,\u201d it\u2019s a bigger, sassier record. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Feed Your Soul<\/em>\u2014which is full of <\/em>Wells\u2019 trademark honest, piano-driven pop songs about family, home, grief, and hope\u2014explores a sub-theme of giving and receiving love. For this project, the award-winning performer received plenty of love from her fans: a successful Kickstarter campaign raised over $15,000 to cover recording expenses. Despite the outpouring of support, Wells found the process terrifying. About the campaign, she says, \u201cYou feel so vulnerable and exposed and indebted and needy<\/em>.\u201d The experience influenced her writing. On \u201cBeing Loved,\u201d for example, Wells sings:\u00a0 Being loved is a hard thing to take \/ I will try, I will try, <\/em>while the song\u2019s cinematic bridge conveys vulnerability: We are born unclothed \/ As we came, we will go.<\/em><\/p>\n

Prior to Feed Your Soul<\/em>, Wells recorded one solo album and two EPs (Frame the Clouds, Before the Tree Comes Down, How Emptiness Sings) <\/em>and collaborated on several other projects. In spring of 2013, Wells and fellow songwriter Nicole Witt released an album of folk-inspired music under the band name More Than Rubies. Wells\u2019 2011 EP How Emptiness Sings <\/em>received excellent reviews. New Release Tuesday <\/em>called it \u201cone of the most captivating albums I\u2019ve ever heard.\u201d<\/p>\n

The path to her present success was non-traditional. Instead of spending her twenties networking and performing at showcases, Wells married early, started a family, and moved away from Nashville to Raleigh, NC. Motherhood, performance anxiety, and advice from veteran songwriter Dwight Liles led her to focus on her writing. In 2006, Wells was named Songwriter of the Year by the Gospel Music Association for Natalie Grant\u2019s recording of \u201cHeld,\u201d a heartbreaking and inspirational song about the loss of a baby boy. <\/em><\/p>\n

In 2009, Wells returned to the stage, overcoming her performance anxiety along the way. Since then, she has performed upwards of fifty dates a year, frequently with collaborator Nicole Witt. Wells has also written for and with recording artists Point of Grace, Plumb, Selah, Sara Groves, Nicol Sponberg, and Jessica Campbell. \u201cDay by Day,\u201d a song Wells co-wrote with Plumb, was recorded by Point of Grace and reached #1 on the Contemporary Christian Market charts.\u00a0 Additionally, a song of Christa\u2019s recorded by Plumb, \u201cNeed You Now (How Many Times),\u201d has been on the Billboard<\/em> Christian Overall Airplay chart for over a year, with a remix of the song released to dance radio in June 2013 already at #27 on the Billboard<\/em> Club chart.<\/p>\n

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www.christawellsmusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n

www.twitter.com\/christawells<\/a><\/p>\n

www.facebook.com\/ChristaWellsMusic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 2013 \u00a0 AWARD-WINNING SINGER-SONGWRITER CHRISTA WELLS TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM IN AUGUST Raleigh, NC-based singer-songwriter Christa Wells is set to release her next album, Feed Your Soul, on August 13, 2013.\u00a0 Feed Your Soul was recorded at Zodlounge Music in Nashville.\u00a0 The album represents a departure from her past records:\u00a0 … <\/p>\n

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