Keith Barkley and Family Tradition are a fairly new ministry to Southern Gospel Music. Keith previously sang with his family, The Barkleys many years. It was in that ministry in 2000, where he met his wife Tabitha in Louisiana where the Barkleys were booked to sing. Shortly after their meeting, Keith and Tabitha were married and began to minister together. Their first recording “Family Tradition” was significant in the fact that Keith was joining his wife in ministry yet clinging to the Godly heritage and principles that he had learned all of his life. Their latest recording, BORN TO WIN has been released so we are going to take a peek at this project.
The recording opens strong with an up tempo, I’M ON MY WAY. This is a classic mixed group Southern Gospel song. BORN TO WIN is the title track of the CD. The song features Keith Barkley. It’s a great song with a wonderful message. The CD contains 14 tracks including songs you may recall like SING ABOUT HEAVEN, and WHERE HE LEADS me sung by the son of Keith and Tabitha, young Tanner. Other songs include HE’S EVEN BLESSING ME NOW, SOMETHING KEEPS PULLING ME HOME, SAY I’VE BEEN REDEEMED which is another Southern Gospel classic sounding song.
Overall, I enjoyed the recording. I hear three distinct parts throughout the recording. The songwriting is pretty good however some of the up tempo numbers seem to be so fast that vocals are hard to understand. The mix is a little weak on some of the songs because the vocals aren’t blended real well. The messages of the songs are encouraging, they seem excited about the ministry that they are involved in and there is no doubt that they love the Lord. I will give this project 3 stars.
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Written: 01/16/2012
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