Tina Nelms Boson's new Single, My Faith & My Fight, now available on All Digital Music Platforms.
Check it out by clicking on her photo on the right!
Journal of Gospel Music Pick of the Week: August 30, 2022
Posted by: Bob Marovich in Contemporary Gospel, Pick of the Week, Reviews, Singles August 31, 2022 39 Views
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“My Faith & My Fight” (unplugged) Tina Nelms Boson Independent (release date: February 4, 2022)
By Robert M. Marovich
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Of the orchestrated and unplugged versions of “My Faith & My Fight” by Tina Nelms Boson, my money is on the unplugged, piano-only version [See Below]. It’s here that Ms. Boson shows herself as a triple threat—songwriter, singer, and pianist.
The song’s message is that to make it through requires more than just a passive reliance on faith but also on one’s own determination, or grit. To deliver this declaration, Boson shifts from melodic singing to bluesy growling, especially during the vamp, in all evoking something of Tramaine Hawkins. In gospel music, less can definitely be more, and Boson demonstrates it on this single.
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The song earned Boson Best Contemporary Female Artist at the S & M Indie Gospel Music Awards in Charlotte, North Carolina, this past weekend. She is minister of music at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, where the pastor is her husband, the Reverend Darrel Boson.