HEZEKIAH WALKER & LFC SOULED OUT Hezekiah Walker & LFC have amassed such a rapport with worshippers and performance ensembles that his rousing, heartfelt compositions have become synonymous with Sunday morning. It’s difficult to have church and not include at least one of his songs in the set list. SOULED OUT, Walker’s long-awaited 13th recording, is set to advance his calling to keep alive the choir tradition, a mission the GRAMMY and Stellar-winning choirmaster has upheld victoriously for more than 20 years, even as gospel music itself has shifted to more contemporary expressions of praise… HEZEKIAH WALKER & LFC SOULED OUT Hezekiah Walker & LFC have amassed such a rapport with worshippers and performance ensembles that his rousing, heartfelt compositions have become synonymous with Sunday morning. It’s difficult to have church and not include at least one of his songs in the set list. SOULED OUT, Walker’s long-awaited 13th recording, is set to advance his calling to keep alive the choir tradition, a mission the GRAMMY and Stellar-winning choirmaster has upheld victoriously for more than 20 years, even as gospel music itself has shifted to more contemporary expressions of praise. “We’re trying to keep choirs alive,” Walker says. “Everyone’s trying to do away with choirs, but you can’t delete choirs. As long as there’s a church, there’s always going to be a choir.” But Walker’s mission goes a step further. Mindful that it is in these trying times when the souls of God’s people are most tested, the pastor wants for SOULED OUT to serve as a reminder that now, more than ever, is the time to give one’s all for the Lord’s cause. “In this day and age –with high gas prices, the mortgage crisis, job problems, the economy–a lot of times that can really hold people back from giving themselves to God and to the church,” he says. “We decided that regardless of what we go through, we’re still going to remain souled out.” It sounds like a snappy catchphrase, but Walker is serious about it, adding “what I’m trying to communicate to everyone is that we have really made up in our minds that there’s no turning back. We’re going all the way with this Jesus thing.”
