Between Saturday 31 December and Sunday 1 January the program ends Ravenna Christmas Soul Festival. In Piazza del Popolo in Ravenna on New Year’s Eve (from 11.00 pm) concert by Brent Jones & TP Mobb to say hello to 2022.
The group arrives for the first time on tour in Italy after having climbed the charts thanks to the hits composed by maestro Brent Jones. Multiple Grammy® and Stellar Award nominated producer, musician and choirmaster, extraordinarily talented singer and songwriter, with his urban band Brent Jones & TP Mobb laid the foundations for Kirk Franklin and contemporary gospel.
JDI artist Brent Jones’ new album “Nothing Else Matters” is the highly anticipated follow-up to “Open Your Mouth and Say Something,” which topped the Billboard charts for over 54 weeks, garnering widespread critical acclaim and numerous award nominations, including the 2019 Dove Award and the 2019 Stellar Award. A California native, Jones has had the opportunity to produce several projects, conduct many talented choirs, and assist hundreds of audiences, while carving his own space in the music industry. gospel music USA with his group, the TP (Total Praise) Mobb. Known for their hip-hop influences and electrifying beats, TP Mobb have been able to inspire not only young people looking for unique Christian expression, but also people of all ages who love good music with an exciting and uplifting message. For years, Jones and TP Mobb toured the world and recorded popular hits like “Midnight,” featuring Coko Clemons of singing R&B trio SWV, and “Goodtime,” the head-spinning groove featured on WOW Gospel 2000.
Finally, the Christmas Soul Festival will propose the Concert at the Teatro Alighieri on Sunday 1 January from 11.30. The show will instead be entrusted to Nate Martin & SIGN (aka Singing In God’s Name), group founded in 2016 in the cradle of gospel music, the city of Chicago, and for the first time on tour in Europe. A young formation, less devoted to the canons of romantic gospel and more inclined to a modern spirituality that manifests itself with rhythms and ballads full of groove.
Robust tones, reinvigorated sound, more markedly Gospel Soul made in USA rhythms are the elements that make up the entire personality of Nate Martin & SIGN (Singing In God’s Name) founded in 2016 in the cradle of gospel music, Chicago. Nate Martin & SIGN quickly made themselves loved in the city of Chicago for their youth, energy and passion for God. Martin has few equals in excursions and vocal timbres, and this is his new sonic guise, less devoted to canons of romantic gospel and more inclined to modern spirituality, which manifests itself with groove-rich rhythms and ballads, raising the emotional level with emphasis and with the intention of transporting the audience in each song. Tradition and modernity go hand in hand as in the best episodes and in this dimension, between the rhythmic and vocal group contributions, one of the most full-bodied gospel live sets that can be witnessed takes place. In 2020 Nate Martin & SIGN received an Eddy Award for “Album of the Year” and in 2021 a Gospel Music Choice Award for “Band of the Year”.