Featured Gospel Group Half Mile Home

Posted by on March 3, 2016

      With their fourth, most fiery and well-rounded CD to date, Akron, Ohio’s Half Mile Home – a powerhouse contemporary gospel vocal trio with an urban twist -has officially arrived with the electrifying 12-song offering, “Don’t Judge Me.” Which is proudly released via the local independent Church Boy Muzik, Inc. Members Terence “Buttons” Burton, Darryl

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With their fourth, most fiery and well-rounded CD to date, Akron, Ohio’s Half Mile Home – a powerhouse contemporary gospel vocal trio with an urban twist -has officially arrived with the electrifying 12-song offering, “Don’t Judge Me.” Which is proudly released via the local independent Church Boy Muzik, Inc.

Members Terence “Buttons” Burton, Darryl “Deaken” Brownlee and Todd Burton have taken their time to insure that every song indelibly speaks to hearts and souls – showing compassion for each other on Earth, and looking to Jesus for the mercy and salvation people desperately need in today’s trying times.

Filled with six new songs, three remixes of the already popular gems “Anything”

(featuring April Nevels), “Paid” (featuring Lejeune Thompson) and “So Good,” plus two numbers taken from galvanizing live performances, Don’t Judge Me reveals 360 degrees of the trio’s anointed talent for illuminating the awesome message of God.

Their songs are relevant and righteous for today’s young generation…and beyond. Half Mile Home’s previous third CD, Church Muzik & Inspiration, reached #13 on Billboard’s Gospel sales Chart in 2013. It did so on the wings of the inspirational single “Change My Life” which reached the Top 10 of the Gospel radio chart.

The lead single of “Don’t Judge Me” is “Breakthrough,” a hooky sing-along wedded to a hard handclap track. “The message is to keep the faith,” Todd states. “God will uplift you and turn your life around…but you have to believe.” The touching video reveals a wheelchair-bound woman receiving the miracle of walking again.

The follow-up single for Spring/Summer 2015, “More Than Enuff” (penned by Ready Writa and produced by Todd with Khyre Tyler), is crossover-bound praise graced with warm vocal harmonies and a piano-driven pulse of pride.

On a completely different sonic and lyrical tip is the beautiful piano ballad “You Are.” “As soon as I heard the music, the words just came to me,” Buttons says of his brother’s moving track. “The song is a testament of who we are as Christian men, expressing our love for our Lord and Savior. One might think it’s a song for your wife but it’s about the personal relationship we have with Jesus Christ.”

Equally touching is the haunting “Call Your Name” with its digital sound effects and bluesy guitar ambience. “All of the songs take me on ajourney,” Todd muses, “but ‘Call Your Name’ is special. It says that in good times and bad – whether rich or poor – my love and need for God always remains the same.”

Beyond the bright lights and concert stages, Half Mile Home and Church Boy Muzik are showing love this year in an extra poignant way: by sponsoring a fundraising program to support the needs of children afflicted with Autism.

“Because our parents and family members opened their homes to kids with Autism, it’s been a part of our life for 15 to 20 years,” Buttons shares. “We love them like they are our own. One is about to graduate high school. Through God’s grace and mercy, we are now able to do more financially to help find a cure.”

Upstanding gentlemen with entrepreneurial businesses that serve their communities well beyond the music, Half Mile Home also brings a bubbly sense of humor out on the road with them. “When we come to your city – let it be known – we do expect to eat some good chicken and fried green tomatoes,” Buttons shouts.

Social Media Links

http://www.halfmilehome.com/

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Buy Links

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/breakthrough/id979298740?i=979298743&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

 Don’t Miss Half Mile Home Interview on (Brunch In The Basement with Javonne ) On Sunday,  March 6, 2016 6:30pm to 8:30pm. EST

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