ELLEN HAYES GOSPEL RECORDING ARTIST

Detroit is known for churning out great singers. Ellen Hayes, a native of the city and a gifted alto, epitomizes church with her mastery of traditional Gospel music and contemporary Gospel music. The multi-talented organist, pianist, vocalist, songwriter, choir director and four-time Rhythm of Gospel Nominee is a force to be reckoned with.

She is getting ready to shake up the world of Gospel with a long-awaited release, We Owe It All To You, dropped on March 6th.

Ellen takes the listener back to the old-time church her 10-song, 13-track CD, We Owe It All To You, which releases on March 6th. Inspired by a series of prophetic dreams where she experienced Heaven, one of the project’s songs, “The Holy City” captures the majesty and reverence of the hereafter.

Step Into Your Blessing was her debut CD project which dropped in 2012; it featured tracks written by Ellen and producer Michael Mindingall and netted Ellen four Rhythm of Gospel Award Nominations.

In 2018, the Gospel Music Workshop of America held their 50th Anniversary in Detroit and featured Ellen’s song, “Oh King,” on the Bringing It Back Home album.

Her late father was a pastor who moved his family, including his wife and ten children, into the upper floors of a converted bar that he turned into a church; her mother, a musician, played for the church and helped with the choir.

Ellen learned to play by ear, starting with the organ first and then the piano.

In her 20s, she began directing and playing for her church choir, completely unaware that she would still be playing, directing and ministering in song some 40 years later.

A talented singer and skillful interpreter of song, songwriting took hold when her father stopped allowing certain songs – ones he felt didn’t line up with scripture – to be sung in church. That decision forced Ellen to start penning her own songs, songs taken right from scripture.

A wife of almost 40 years, the mother of eight and the grandmother of 20, Ellen Hayes is the musician at her home church, the Word of Truth Church in Detroit, Michigan, pastored by Rufus Hayes, the same church her father started decades earlier.

She is also a new member of the executive board of the National Independent Gospel Music Association, also known as NIGMA.

Ellen Hayes’ Bio: http://www.soarmusicpublicity.com/EllenHayes/ Biography.pdf

Ellen Hayes’ Press Release: http://www.soarmusicpublicity.com/EllenHayes/ PressRelease.pdf

Ellen Hayes’ “We Owe It All To You”: http://www.soarmusicpublicity.com/EllenHayes/ WeOweItAllToYou.mp3

Ellen Hayes’ “The Holy City”: http://www.soarmusicpublicity.com/EllenHayes/ TheHolyCity.mp3

Ellen Hayes’ video of performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCkwxUs4U7c

Ellen Hayes’ Photo #1: http://www.soarmusicpublicity.com/EllenHayes/ Photo1.jpg

Ellen Hayes’ Photo #2: http://www.soarmusicpublicity.com/EllenHayes/ Photo2.jpg

Ellen Hayes’ We Owe It All To You Cover Art: http://www.soarmusicpublicity.com/EllenHayes/ WeOweItAllToYouCDCover.jpg