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(New York- September 30, 2011)- Over the last two decades, Vicki Yohe has been at the forefront of the praise and worship music movement on a church circuit where she turned songs such as “The Mercy Seat,” “Under The Blood” and “Something About My Praise” into international anthems via her soul-stirring performances of the songs at mass evangelistic crusades all over the globe. Her ministry has even afforded her the opportunity to appear as a Keynote speaker at a Pentagon Prayer Breakfast. However, the gospel music market didn’t discover Yohe’s dynamic voice until the debut of her 2003 Top Ten radio smash, “Because of Who You Are.” Since then, Yohe has enjoyed other airwave favorites such as “Deliverance Is Available,” “Increase Me,” “Your Breakthrough” and “The Lord is Good.” As she releases her tenth and latest CD, I’m At Peace: A Praise And Worship Experience on Shanachie Entertainment (release date – September 27, 2011), Yohe is relishing a new level of artistic freedom in the creation of her music. She co-wrote half of the album and is calling the shots – a first in her career. Yohe is also enjoying motherhood. Not only is she raising two adopted sons but she’s also the spiritual mama to three dozen African children at an orphanage she founded and supports in Uganda. Where does Yohe get the burst of energy to juggle her busy career, the demands of motherhood and raising money for the children’s home? God’s Peace.

The new eleven-song CD was recorded live at Bethel World Outreach in Brentwood, TN and it marks a new chapter in Yohe’s career as a songwriter. Vicki and James Stephens, who she met on the Radio One Gospel Cruise flew to Houston to meet with Yohe’s longtime music director, Ay’ron Lewis, who has produced dozens of artists such as Aretha Franklin and Shirley Caesar. “We met for two days with Ay’ron and wrote two songs,” she recalls. “Then a month later, we got together again and wrote three more. I would come up with the hook, James is incredible with lyrics, and Ay’Ron is amazing on the keys. Our team together, I think it’s a God thing.”

The album opens with the easy to sing-a-long with “Somebody Worship.” With brassy horns and festive percussion, the R&B flavored tune is a call to worship. The initial gospel radio single is “I’m At Peace,” one of the tracks composed by the new songwriting trinity. It shows Yohe’s powerful combination of torch singing with black gospel flavoring. As Ay’ron Lewis’ keyboarding dances around Yohe’s improvisational belting and note bending, the song comes to its climatic head during a crescendo of sustained moans and “I thank you, Jesus” proclamations that elicits joyous claps and shouts from the audience. Those sorts of moments are frequent on the project, especially on “So Many Reasons,” a duet with Christian rapper/singer, Canton Jones, who is known for urban-flavored rap songs such as “Stay Saved” and “Window.” The nearly nine-minute track is a soaring pop ballad of gratitude that they sing with reverential refinement until the reprise where they do some synchronized black gospel vocalizing.

Over the last few years, Yohe has lost her mother and endured other emotional hardships but her fans have strengthened her resolve. “I’m a people person,” says Yohe who loves to play scrabble on her iPad. “After a concert, I’m always back at my product table until they shut the lights off at the church. I’m very transparent on the stage and people know me. I want my fans to really know me and my family and if I’m really going through problems. I love when I’m on the road and people come up to me and sometimes I really have to strain my brain to think if I’ve met them before because they approach me like they know me and say things like, `How have you been?’ They never met me before but they feel like they know me because they’ve seen me on TBN or maybe they saw me at a concert 15 years ago. I love that. I don’t want to be a stranger and I want them to feel comfortable enough to come up to me because I am a praise and worship leader. I want to lead people into the presence of God. I’m in a really good place. I just feel I’m at peace.”

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