CeCe Winans · TBN Studios, Nashville · 2021
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Live video · Gospel · 2020s
CeCe Winans — Believe For It, TBN, 2021
Why this recording
Recorded in late 2020 at TBN's Nashville studios before a small audience, because of COVID-19 distancing rules, this programme goes with the first live album of CeCe Winans's career. 'Believe for It', released on March 12, 2021, debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Gospel Albums chart; TBN posted the filmed version two weeks later. The album credits name pianist Dwan Hill as leader of the band assembled for the recording.A document made alongside the release rather than an archive pulled out years later.
Simon Janvier, live-sound professional and editor of the catalogue
Full concert of CeCe Winans’ ‘Believe For It’, broadcast by Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). Recorded at the TBN studios in Nashville in 2020 and presented in 2021 around the album of the same name, this praise-and-worship celebration features the American gospel singer — one of the most awarded of her generation — in a stripped-back, voice-centred worship format. Across just over fifty minutes, CeCe Winans moves through ‘Fire’, ‘Never Lost’, ‘Jesus You’re Beautiful’, ‘Alabaster Box’, the title track ‘Believe For It’, ‘Goodness of God’ and ‘No Greater’, backed by a live band and choir. This filmed live concert showcases the contemporary strand of worship gospel, balancing communal fervour with controlled, expressive singing. Aired by the largest Christian network in the world, it serves as a representative entry point into the recent repertoire of an artist who has helped define modern gospel since the 1980s. A full concert worth watching in its entirety, to grasp the vocal scale and spiritual intent behind ‘Believe For It’.
Setlist
- Fire
- Never Lost
- Jesus You're Beautiful
- Alabaster Box
- Believe For It
- Goodness of God
- No Greater
Personnel & credits
- CeCe Winans — vocals
- Dwan Hill — piano, musical director
- Thomas Hardin Jr. — Hammond B3 organ
- David Ramirez — synthesizers, programming
- Nathan Dugger — acoustic guitar
- Tyrone Jackson — guitar
- Casey Moore — guitar
- Jacob Lowery — bass
- Marcus Hill — drums
