Artist description Sharing a message of hope through God's Love & Grace

Music Style pop rock contemporary Christian with southern rock stylings

Musical Influences Keith Green, Jennifer Knapp, Dallas Holm, Third Day, Rita Springer, Ted Pearce, Teresa Thomas

Artist History TESTIMONY ~ songs of God's Amazing Love and of Salvation offered through Christ Jesus

Albums A Message To The World & The Day is Coming Again

Press Reviews Testimony Band ~ A Message to the World / review by Paul Gentry, CMCA Staff Testimony Band is a very tight knit Christian rock and roll band (yet they can also churn out ballads) based out of Louisiana. A Message to the World is their second release. Both of their releaseshave one thing in common: well written songs. Withany band, the focal point is normally the lead singer and Testimony's Lawri Chaisson certainly fits that mold with her unique voice. She alsopens a majority of the music. Turn Back The Tide rocks from the beginning.No tameness here, folks! It starts off with a powerguitar, followed by bass, strong keyboards and drums. . . It cuts to the chase with lyrics like, "What'swrong with America? What's wrong with the Churchtoday?" Many hearts weep with such thoughts, butto hear them so aptly put with a catchy song helpsthe listener keep them in mind. That in itselfmakes this album a good purchase before we evenleave the first track. River of Love starts the ballad tracks with a Heart sounding song. The keyboard instrumentationgives the song depth and Lawri mirrors her leadvocal with her own backups. Many producers do thisif the singer is a high quality vocalist, whichshe obviously is. You will feel a part of thissong from the very beginning, but before you know it your into thenext track, The Battle,a pop sounding number with a great full sounding chorus. You will like this song's arrangement asit bounces from somewhat mellow to the welllayered processed sounding guitar work. The continuity of this CD actually works bouncingfrom full band jams to ballads as Heal Our Wounds,O Lord proves.A light airy song with praise worship words that uplift and soothe. A Message to the World is an aptly labeled project as I can't say enough aboutthe lyrics on this project.Walk In The Light continues the Testimony style, a cross between rock and AC, giving us a few moresinging voices on a chorus you will probably singalong with while listening. Lawri likes to crackher voice purposely (which is not easy to control), giving this song true emotion and an almostlive feel. He Cares For You has a wonderful melody and maybe the gem of this project. This could be an altarcall type song in concert and is sure to affectanyone who listens carefully. This just-under-3- minute track would be a verygood radio track on the lighter stations. A View From the Other Side starts off almost an extension from the previous track but goes intoa full band production. I can't say this enough,but if you have a good melody you have a good song, and Other Side is catchy all the way through.Turn Around gets to the get down Southern Rock style of Testimony, and is the first of two trackswith George Chaisson being involved as a co-writer. Let's hope he stays active in the writing process as it adds a good versatility to the band.Great track, and at number eight in the song orderit keeps the listener interested and not temptedto throw Air Supply in the CD player.Message to the World is just that. It spreads Hisword to the world. These words would be just aseffective being spoken in a service. A timelessmessage that will stir any heart willing to hear it. Promised Land cranks out a song of hope with thebest instrumentation of the project. This song hasit all and I would venture to say that this wouldbe a FM favorite with proper distribution. Testimony closes the project with I Want To SeeYou There, a well arranged track and a closer thatwill leave you thinking. It speaks of the Father'ssacrifice and touches the album theme with "Hear My message" Words to live and die by. The lead guitar is well placed in this obvious concert favorite, and I see this as a curtain calltrack to leave the crowd on a high note andwanting more.Wanting more is an understatement. This band is hard to picture, but if you can imagine having themusicians from Lynard Skynard and REO Speedwagonheaded by Pat Benatar, you'd be close. This is a Testimony Band produced CD which was well engineered, mixed and mastered (David Huff was involved in each).A Message to the World is wonderful from beginningto end, and you can tell Testimony's main desire is to spread His gospel. If the Testimony Bandallowed a professional producer to get involved inone of their future projects, the sky would be thelimit! They have all the right pieces of the puzzle and the one constant, a true heart for theLord.

Additional Info For more on the hope found in Jesus Christ, read Romans chapter 10, verses 9, 10, 13 and John 3 : 16 & 17 JESUS Loves You !

Location Bourg, LA - USA

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