FREE TO WORSHIP - FRED HAMMOND
Long one of gospel’s great innovators, Fred Hammond continues to refine a sound he had a significant hand in creating. Integral to introducing contemporary R&B and pop to the gospel tradition — with the trail-blazing Commissioned and Radical for Christ — he and his latest ensemble meld instantly memorable, eminently singable Sunday-morning jams and ballads into an amalgam already known and embraced as urban praise and worship. “My Heart Is for You” rides a rocking backbeat. “No Greater Love” is a majestic ballad, while the venerable standard “This Is the Day” receives a mighty makeover from an artist of boundless inspiration. Billboard
