Along with three compelling new original songs, The Voice showcases Phelps amazing tenor voice as he interprets some of pop music’s most beloved classics, breathing new life into such favorites as “Unchained Melody” and “I Want to Know What Love Is” with his inimitable voice. He also serves up an impressive rendition of opera legend Luciano Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma” and a soul-stirring version of the hymn “Angel Band.” Produced with friend and collaborator Monroe Jones, The Voice has been called the project that David Phelps “was born to create.”

The album showcases an epic quality about which Phelps expresses the need to deal with more expansive themes: “God is in every part of our lives, in the love we have for each other and our wives and kids and everything. Coming to those realizations as an artist, I want to sing about all those kind of things. That’s the place that I’ve been led to on this record.” The orchestrations on the project were created by Phelps, Jones and keyboardist Jeff Roach, which added to the project’s cinematic feel and expansive qualities.

As an acclaimed solo artist and a former member of the renowned Gaither Vocal Band, Phelps has impressed audiences internationally at over 100 performances a year including appearances at Billy Graham Mission crusades and before President George W. Bush at the White House. A three-time Gospel Music Association “Male Vocalist of the Year” nominee, Phelps joined the Gaither Vocal Band in 1997, where he would be featured on over 30 projects with the multi-Platinum group and was the recipient of a GRAMMY® and Dove Award, quickly becoming recognized as one of the preeminent voices in Christian music and continues to wow crowds everywhere with his powerhouse vocals.

“I feel like that it is a natural step artistically,” Phelps states. “We started down this road on Life Is A Church and the title of that record says it all. I want to sing about my experiences in life, and they cover more than what goes on on Sunday mornings. Artistically and as a human being, I want to expand my reach and I want to make good art. That is my desire as an artist---to leave the world with something better than what I came into the world with.”

The Voice will is currently available in stores everywhere, released this week, on September 9, 2008 through Word Records.

For further information on David Phelps, visit www.davidphelps.com. Additional information can be found at www.wordrecords.com.

Word Records is a part of Word Label Group, a division of Word Entertainment, a Warner/Curb company. The artist roster heralds some of today's top Christian music performers and songwriters including Mark Schultz, Point Of Grace, Stellar Kart, Diamond Rio, David Phelps and Nicole C. Mullen. The Word Label Group leads the industry with over 57 years of music-making history.

 

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