Deanna Ransom Electronic Press Kit

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Introducing Heavenly vocals and jazzy grooves are the meat and potatoes of Deanna Ransom’s sophomore effort, I Hear You. This well-honed and polished blend of Gospel infused with Jazz, R&B, and World Music will move you to action in your walk with God. Gospel music that touches your Heart and moves you to read the Word of God, I Hear You is as pure and emotional as it gets.

With an easy, melodic and soulful voice, Deanna is able to combine R&B and Contemporary Gospel with melting female vocals that will take you on a journey of endless and unlimited praise.

Here is a CD/DVD that uplifts, inspires, and soothes your soul and is the perfect new addition to your collection. This is the pride of Delaware: Deanna Ransom.

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Inspiring. Uplifting. Heartrending.

CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL INFUSED WITH JAZZ, R&B AND WORLD MUSIC

Special Performances • Hope Lives Forever Cancer Benefit Tour • Marvin Sapp Concert featuring Deanna Ransom Grand Opera House – Wilmington, Delaware • Women of War Women’s Conference • Daughters of Destiny Conference • Dover Boys & Girls of America Christmas Benefit

Music & Stage Collaborations • • • • • • • • • •

Lee Williams & The Spiritual QC’s Melba Moore Marvin Sapp Yolanda Adams Dorinda Clark Cole Rev. Timothy Wright Donnie McClurkin Glenn Jones Kelly Lynn & G.O. Antonio Gandy & Fulfilled Prophecy

I Hear You is a melodic and unabashedly reverent 14 track CD of triumph and love featuring music composed by industry veterans Vernell “Dooder” Mincey, MontKeyz (Paul Reynolds) and Rick Williams. You will go from joy and praise, to adoration and worship.

1. He's Good 2. In Love 3. Mercy & Kindness 4. Song Of Salvation 5. Oh Yeah!

6. See You Through 7. I Hear You 8. Love 2 Love You 9. Awesome 10. I Can 11. Trust In Him 12. That Name (Jesus) 13. Sovereign 14. Make A Way

RADIO AIRPLAY Radio Airplay Nearly 200 terrestrial and Internet stations nationwide…

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Rejoice Musical Soulfood WNAP (Philadelphia, PA) WBLK (Buffalo, NY) WHCR (Bronx, NY) KCOH (Houston, TX) WRBS (Baltimore, MD) WHUR (Washington, DC) WBOK (New Orleans, LA) WSSD (Chicago, IL) • WBAV (Charlotte, NC) • WMBM (Miami, FL)

New CD/DVD Release: “I Hear You”

Discography Never Say Never garnered Deanna the Independent Female Artist of the Year in 2005 and featured radio play favorites What A Friend, You Bring Me Joy, Hallelujah and the title cut Never Say Never. In addition, Rise Sister, a duet with the incomparable Ms. Melba Moore became a woman’s anthem and the theme of a successfully touring women’s conference.

1. Sunshine

2. I’ll Go 3. Never Say Never 4. Rise, Sister (featuring Melba Moore) 5. Interlude 6. You Bring Me Joy (featuring King Cyz) 7. What Kind of Love (the Judas Story) 8. Hallelujah 9. Through the Storm 10. Hold On (reprise) 11. On Our Side

Debut Release: “Never Say Never”

Press & Media • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Atlanta Live WATC TV 57 Airplay 360 Online Magazine Ensound Magazine Eyes of Faith Radio Gospel Impact Radio Gospel Industry Roundup Gospel Synergy Gospel USA Magazine IAM Magazine I Am Entertainment Magazine KCLA Radio MegaLive Gospel Radio Rejoice Musical Soulfood Spiritco Strictly Gospel Radio Show The Black Gospel Blog Total Praise Gospel Radio Total Praise Magazine Turning Point International TV Video Diversity WNAP Gospel Highway

Awards & Honors • 2011 Rhythm of Gospel Awards Urban Rhythm and Praise “Song of the Year” Winner • 2011 Black Essence Gospel Grammy Awards Nominee • 2011 Atlanta Gospel Fest Music Awards Nominee • 2010 Black Essence Gospel Grammy Awards Recipient • Black Essence Top 20 Hall of Fame Inductee • Women of Power Honoree

None of us escapes this life unscathed. But some of us are allowed to go through the intense fire of tribulation, ultimately coming out with a song on our lips. Deanna Ransom not only has come out of the flames singing, but the song she sings is stronger and more powerful than any she could sing before the inferno. The gospel recording artist is not only an incredibly gifted vocalist, but she’s a woman on a mission to spread the love of God through song. The 2010 Black Essence Award Female Gospel Artist Nominee fuses popular genres like soul, jazz and R&B with gospel presenting a medley of inspiration with a unique flair that’s all her own. Her new project, a TOC Records release I Hear You is filled with heavenly melodies sung from a woman with a deep passion for God. Ransom knows how to elegantly and intricately weave her beautiful soprano vocals around any tune and I Hear You is clear evidence of her vocal prowess.

The sophomore release on her new record label is a collection of uplifting and sometimes gut-wrenching gospel tunes. Produced, arranged and written by the artist herself, I Hear You is delivered by an exceptionally talented songstress. Many will love the jazz stylings of grateful-sounding cuts He’s Good and Awesome and the R&B feel of the captivating In Love and the mellow Trust in Him. Mercy & Kindness are given a soulful twist as is the project’s title tune I Hear You. The CD includes music composed by industry veterans Vernell “Dooder” Mincey, MontKeyz (Paul Reynolds) and Rick Williams.

Hailing from Glassboro, New Jersey, Deanna’s singing career began at the age of 5 as a member of her family’s gospel group, The Heavenly Children. She has had strong female influences in her life and ministry through her mother Evangelist Jean Johnson, her grandmother Pastor Dolcie Alston and Godmother Pastor Essie Robinson. Though there were numerous offers to record, opportunities for the group did not pan out but offers from the R&B world were coming Deanna’s way and the lure of a lucrative lifestyle was enticing. “It seemed like I got oh so close to something happening on the R&B side,” explains Deanna. “But things just never worked out, although I did get to meet some great people. For me, it didn’t work and I had to come back home”.

Shortly after her arrival home, Deanna was faced with one of the toughest setbacks of her life. Her mother suffered a brain aneurysm while preaching one Sunday morning. Ultimately, her mother transitioned to glory and it was an unbelievably hard time for Deanna. She found herself becoming angry with God.

“This woman lived her entire life for God and for ministry,” shares Deanna. “I felt as if God ignored my prayers for her healing”. To Deanna, it didn’t seem fair that God would not heal her mother after her lifetime of service to the Lord. Barely on her feet from that loss, she was dealt another blow when out of the blue, she wasn’t able to sing; she had lost her voice. A doctor’s visit determined that she had goiters on her vocal chords and the subsequent diagnosis was that she would never sing again. Through God’s healing – after an acceptance of her calling (and God’s will concerning her mother), Deanna was given her voice back.

With a renewed vigor for singing, Deanna was ready for the studio. But prior to recording her first release, she was “sat down” and instructed to study the Word, develop a strong prayer life and to grasp hold of the purpose of her ministry. She also answered the call to preach and in 2000 was licensed and ordained as an evangelist. That same year, Deanna founded Virtuous Women of Destiny, a women’s ministry focused on godly female empowerment. The goal of the ministry is to expand the mind, perception and capabilities of God’s women and to enable them to face life and endure challenges in a positive manner. The group fosters healthy relationships between women and offers assistance to women’s shelters, churches and other organizations.

Her first album Never Say Never featured the hit song Rise Sister, a duet with the incomparable Melba Moore, a tune that became a women’s anthem for a national women’s conference. With Never Say Never came much success and as a result, Deanna shared the stage with some of urban music’s biggest names.

Years later, after finishing her Master’s of Business Administration degree, and while recording her new release, I Hear You, she was dealt with three major blows within months of each other: an assault, the loss of a baby and the death of her husband of only 15 months. “The storms of life is where I Hear You was born,” explains the artist. “This project was about recording songs that God had given to me which had come out of my life experiences.” Although she’s gone through more than most, she continues to have much to sing about.

During her impressive career, she’s been blessed with opportunities to share the stage with artists such as Yolanda Adams, Dorinda Clark Cole, Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC’s and the late Rev. Timothy Wright.

PUBLICITY & INTERVIEWS Louise M. Moore LTLMediaPR@gmail.com 404-919-3301

BOOKING LizaRan Music RansomMinistries@deannaransom.com 856-366-7763

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