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Mel Tunney, Bonnie Keen and Marty McCall are reuniting the original First Call to record their new CD, “REJOICE: An A Cappela Hymns Collection,” releasing in late May.
"Needless to say, the whole thing has been a roller coaster of grace and feeling like kids in a candy store!" Bonnie laughs. "When we started work on the Hymns CD, we laughed and cried with joy through our first three days in the studio together." "Hymns have always been a huge part of who we are - individually, and as a group," Marty explains. "We have sung various hymns together through the years, and so when we decided to do the CD a cappella, it felt natural to make it a Hymns project." This will be their first. And Bonnie thinks there was a reason for that. "What a precious project to work on now, after all that has happened to us," she says. "It feels so good to sing vertically at this point." "Rejoice" takes the group full circle, back to what started it all - the unique, Manhattan Transfer-ish, jazzy, intricate vocal stylings First Call was always known for. Bonnie's husband, Brent King (who just won his fourth Grammy Award for engineering/production), has served as the project's producer. There's nothing like an original, and "Rejoice" is back to basics for First Call. "This is the original trio," enthuses Bonnie. "The original First Call.....allowed to begin again....a rebirth, so unexpected, so merciful and healing....and for anyone who listens, you'll hear the hope of the three of us -- still united, still friends, still undivided in heart."
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