Sandi Patty

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Sandi Patty's Bio: Still bursting with creative energy and magnetic talent three decades into her career, the Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee with 39 Dove Awards, five Grammy Awards, and an armload of platinum and gold albums has seen professional peaks and personal valleys a like while in the spotlight, all of them tempered by the grace of God.
“I have a lot of life experience,” she says, understating what is truly a legend’s history.

Now these defining moments are shared with a deep wisdom on Songs for the Journey, featuri ng eleven dynamic new performances from Sandi purposefully chosen to reflect her walk in faith from childhood through today. Listeners are sure to recognize their own stories among the selections, connecting with the struggles, joy, and peace along the way.
� �The idea for this project came from watching my kids get older,” explains Sandi, mother of eight. “I recently began to wonder and hope about what things they will someday look back upon as being foundational in their lives. Then I asked the same question of myself in relation to my passion for music—what are the songs that have inspired me and come to represent my journey, and how can I give those back to others as an encouragement?”

The resounding answer is Songs for the Journey, a lovingly crafted achie vement that’s as diverse and entertaining as Sandi Patty herself. While previous releases displayed her gift for singing hymns, pop, gospel, Broadway, and even opera, none have ever combined these styles into one grand expression as pleasing and effective as this one.
Sandi’s church upbringing is evident on jubilant cuts like “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” and “Joyful, Joyful” featuring arrangements that ring with the excitement of Sunday morning worship and a holiday symphony respectively. Not shy about one of her most important influences whom she first heard in high school, Sandi covers two Andrae Crouch songs, giving his close-to-her-heart “Through It All” a 1970s R&B flavor and the classic “My Tribute” its choir-driven due, culminating i n a magnificent vocal note.
Raised by a music pastor dad and piano playing mom, music really was a cornerstone in Sandi’s young life. She studied voice in college, and it’s no surprise that she has received major theatrical offers throughout her career upo n hearing “Operator,” a fun and fluid mix of jazzy gospel and blues singing that seeks a direct line to Jesus (Don’t want no text, she riffs at the end). Also stage worthy is the impeccably performed “For Good” from the Broadway musical Wicked that P atty beautifully translates into a more spiritual context. … Read more