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Meet Norman Hutchins (Again)

Considering his Sparrow Records debut released in 1992, and that his songs have been recorded by everyone from Mom & Pop Winans to the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, Norman Hutchins is hardly what most people would consider a new artist. But in a way, his latest project God is Faithful is a step in a decidedly new direction for the veteran artist.

“With my career, I’ve had what you’d call a quiet, long, winding road up a cliff,” Hutchins told GospelMusicChannel.com in a recent interview. “It's sort of like, people know the music, but they don't know the person behind the music. And the truth is, I can live with that. It's not mine anyway, it belongs to God.”

As a pastor, the founder of Frontline Ministries, and a musician, Hutchins doesn’t really have time to be concerned anyway. “Every good and perfect gift comes from Him, after all,” Hutchins continues. “I have to focus on what God has given me to do. And I believe the music that I've written over the years is designed for Sunday morning worship. That’s my way of ministering to the body of Christ.”

In the past, however, Hutchins’ music has fallen under the gospel umbrella, save for a song or two. But with his fifth project, God is Faithful, Hutchins embraces a new musical direction.

“It's actually the first project I've ever done in terms of an acoustic, more contemporary Christian music sound,” Hutchins says. “I got a vision to record an album like this, and really, God is bigger than just traditional black gospel. He’s called us to minister to the masses.”

Crafting songs more vertical in focus, Hutchins enjoyed switching things up on God is Faithful, which recently debuted at #30 on Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums chart. “The lyrics are more of singing to God than about Him, which I’m really happy about. And stylistically speaking, I feel like I’m really being me. I feel like I’m expressing all of who I am musically, which is a real gift.”

For more information about Hutchins, check out normanhutchins.com.

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About the Writer

After graduating with a B.S. in Journalism from North Central University in 1998, Christa Banister moved from Minneapolis to Nashville, Tenn. and eventually started working at CCM Magazine/Salem Publishing in various editorial capacities as an editor, columnist and website guru for five and a half years. After that, she launched her own freelance writing company and writes for numerous clients including Salem Publishing, Crosswalk.com (she review movies for them each week), Christian Single, Christianity Today, Threads Media, Songs4Worship.com, PassAlong.com and also helped kickstart the first Christian music blog for MTV. In addition, she also writes bios for professional recording artists and authors and penned her first two novels, Around the World in 80 Dates and Blessed Are the Meddlers for NavPress.



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