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The Brown Sisters of Chicago

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Hold On (Live)
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Hold On (Live)
Released: Jun 30, 2009
Label: Kingdom Records

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General Info

  • Genre: Christian / Gospel

    Location Chicago, Illinois, US

    Profile Views: 77252

    Last Login: 10/18/2011

    Member Since 7/3/2007

    Website www.thebrownsisters.com

    Record Label Kingdom Records Inc.

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    The appointed time has come for The Brown Sisters, who refer to themselves as “undignified worshippers who worship God in spirit and in truth.” The Brown Sisters have been singing professionally for almost 20 years but they have never released a CD - that is until now. Kingdom Records – home to the gold-selling Shekinah Glory Ministry - will release their debut CD The Brown Sisters Live in Chicago on June 30, 2009. The Chicago natives have enthralled audiences around the globe with their warm harmonies and spontaneous worship. They’ve shared the stage with Aretha Franklin, Bobby McFerrin, Marvin Sapp and Shirley Caesar among others. Now, they are taking center stage with their reverential radio single “Awesome God” that is getting played on gospel radio stations across the country. The Brown Sisters’ debut CD (recorded live at Freedom Baptist Church in Hillside, IL) is a mixture of contemporary praise and worship songs. Tracks like “King of Glory” create a venerational atmosphere of worship. “Abide” is up-tempo and uplifting. The set also features lively contemporary numbers such as the soulful “Ain’t Nothin’ Like This But This” that features a smooth R&B style similar to another legendary Chicago sister act, the Emotions. “Hold On” cracks with an old school quartet vibe, while “Sing Unto the Lord” boasts a Latin flavor. Then, there are urgent ballads such as “You Reign Lord” and the majestic “Awesome God” which can easily stand alongside praise anthems such as Richard Smallwood’s “Center of My Joy” or Kirk Franklin’s “The Reason Why We Sing.” The road to this momentous live recording began when the sisters were kids. They started out as The Brown Singers (Zachary, Vanessa, Phyllis, Lavette, Adrienne and Andrea). Their love for music began with their father, Pastor Ben Brown, a singer himself . He began training and teaching them harmony because he enjoyed singing. They were raised at Pillar of Truth COGIC, where their father has served as Pastor for the past 12 years. Their mom, Alberta, is a retired schoolteacher. The Brown Singers transformed into the Brown Sisters after the untimely death of their brother Zachary. He served as the group’s musician. The mantel was passed on to the youngest sister Andrea. When the two oldest sisters entered Trinity Christian College in the early 1980’s, the group took a hiatus. Then, in 1986 the group reunited. Coming from a conservative background, the sisters were content with singing at local events within their city and the Midwest region. They recorded a couple of tapes and sold them in the churches where they sang at, the Sisters remember, but God had a much bigger plan for our lives. Shortly thereafter, record executive Telisa Stinson landed the sisters a gig as the permanent support vocalists for the national recording artists on the syndicated television show “Testify” from 1994 to 1999. Other friends were looking out for the group as well. Inez Andrews, of the legendary Caravans gospel group, recommended them to a European concert promoter, Willy Leiser of IBA Productions, in 1999. “We traveled two or three times a year throughout Europe for nine years,” the Sisters point out. The group became so popular abroad that IBA had them create a CD of hymns for Ebony Gospel Records that was sold exclusively at their concerts. The CD Amazing Grace featured tunes such as “God Will Take Care of You” and “Ride on King Jesus.” In Europe, they performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, won the Best Gospel/Jazz Record of the Year Award in France and sang at a U.N.I.C.E.F. event in Germany. After extensive touring in Europe, the group finally decided to record their own first CD in the states. “We broke out and said it’s time for the Brown Sisters to do what we have been called to do,” Vanessa recalls. “We had a following in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), Chicago, a few other states, and in Europe. As leader of the group, the Lord spoke to me and said, ..I have anointed the sisters for ministry and now is the time to for you sing my praises to the nations.’” At the heart of the Brown Sisters’ music is their testimony. Their mom, Alberta, fell deathly ill with Strep Pneumoccaucus in April 1998. “She had a virus that took over her body,” Vanessa recalls. “Mom was hospitalized for about 8 months. Her organs had shut down. There was this flesh-eating disease eating our mom alive. She felt like she was on fire. She looked like she’d been in a fire. She was in a coma for days. The skin on her body was open white flesh and she had to have multiple skin grafts. Both of her legs were amputated below the knees. She cried everyday because she was in such pain. She was only fighting to live in order see her daughters’ dreams come true.” The physicians told the family there was no hope. “Knowing what the Word of God says, we told the doctors not to pull any plugs,” says Vanessa. “The saints prayed and we believed God. We saw God deliver her right before our eyes! The doctors couldn’t understand how Mom could possibly comeback from such a major illness but we know God to be a healer. We tell our testimony everywhere we go.” They even retell the story on a track on the CD simply entitled, “Testimony.” When asked about the Brown Sisters’ future goals, the Sisters say, “We want to reach people all over by singing on a national level in every venue where there’s an open door. We have always felt that our music could minister in places that we could not physically visit.” The Brown Sisters say that their primary goal is to do as Jesus stated in the Biblical scripture of Luke 14:23: “Go out into the highway and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.”

  • Members

    Jason Tyson, Piano (Producer) Vanessa Dukes, Alto (Executive Producer) Phyllis Brown, Soprano Lavette (Peaches) Sims, Soprano Adrienne Brown, Tenor Andrea Brown, Soprano

  • Influences

    First and most important, Our Heavenly Father.Our beautiful mother Alberta J. Brown and our encouraging father, Pastor Ben W. Brown

  • Sounds Like

    Soulful worship

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