Pedal down: Volume Up!
The Coffmans navigate uncertainty of pandemic with zest for new territory in upcoming album project By John Herndon, KentuckySings.com DANVILLE, Ky. — If you see Tamra Coffman imitating a NASCAR driver this summer, it’s safe to assume she’s listening to some cuts from her upcoming gospel album. “I told them I want music that makes me want to drive fast,” Coffman says with a laugh. “If it makes me want to drive fast. I know it’s good stuff.” Tamra, her husband (Louis), and their daughter (Canaan) recorded the vocals to the Coffmans’ newest project recently, and Tamra says the yet-to-be-named CD passes her speedometer test.
Convention,” Louis says. “That’s our hope, and we are very excited about this project.” The Coffmans could not say much publicly about their first project in three years, but they really don’t have to. Their anticipation is off the charts. “This is a project like you have never heard before,” Canaan says with a huge smile. So, it’s fitting that the release is set for the fall of 2020, a year like few have experienced before.
The production of the CD, which will be on the Peace Records label, mirrors life for the Coffmans in 2020. There’s much uncertainty, but the group knows that God is good.
Like everyone else, the Coffmans’ year has borne little resemblance to what was planned. Anticipating their busiest tour since going on the road full-time several years ago, the calendar is now full of canceled dates because of COVID-19. Every Sunday morning in July was filled, with other weekend dates surrounding those coveted spots filling the schedule. Now, the Coffmans are booked for one Sunday in July, and the calendar for the rest of 2020 is mostly open.
“We hope to have a release by the National Quartet
“If we have all four Sundays booked, to us, that is a full
“This music makes you want to drive fast,” Coffman says as she laughs. “So, if you have a lead foot, you are going to have to turn it down.”
