CeCe Winans

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Encore: It’s been nine years between your last solo album and your new album, “Let Them Fall In Love”, tell us what you’ve been up to?

CeCe: I’ve been busy. About 5 hears ago my husband and I started a church called, “Nashville Life Church.” It’s a church full of millenials, young people, it’s very diverse and amazing. I needed time to focus on that and focus on my music. My son actually came up with the vision for this record “Let Them Fall In Love” about 6 years ago. I had been playing around with the idea in the studio and when he came up with the vision for the style of the record he wrote 7 of the 10 songs. When I got the vision, I was like, “Okay this is going to be great, it’s going to recapture my listeners from years ago and we’re gonna get some new ones.” So, I was excited about it, but I had to wait until I could really focus on it. It took me a while to get back in, because I was so busy with the church.

Encore: You mentioned your son came up with the vision for this record, how was the experience working with him?

CeCe: I had to trust him and he told me, “Mom a lot of things that you think are out of style are back in.” It’s exciting to see the reviews and hear the responses of people from all generations. My mom listened to it and she’s 80 and she loved it, my son’s generation loved it too. It’s exciting to see the power of music in this record.

Encore: There is a lot anticipation about your “Let Them Fall In Love Tour”, what can we expect?

CeCe: I’m excited about the tour, I have some incredible singers and musicians traveling with me. We’re going to have fun, I want people to come expecting an experience of love and I’m just praying that people experience God’s love. Come expecting to have a good time. Bring your family, your friends, and even those that you think might not embrace Gospel music.

Encore: You just mentioned in regards to the tour to invite people that you think might not embrace Gospel music. Talk about how you feel this album can affect those people. tour.

CeCe: For those who don’t normally go to church or listen to Gospel music, this whole record was created with them in mind. You hear a different sound. You have the big band sound, the throwbacks, some of the Motown sound in there, so I’m excited to reach people who are non-believers and that’s what the record is about. I want people to experience God’s love who have never experienced it before, because I know that brings life to any situation.

Encore: We all know you are part of the Winans family, can you just talk about the legacy of your family?

CeCe: It’s nothing that we’ve done, but the gift and talents that God has given us. We’re a family like any other family. We have our challenges like anyone and it has humbled me. We grew up in Detroit, Michigan singing and it didn’t seem like anything special to us, it was just what we did. It was overwhelming when we all started getting record deals to travel the world and minister the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but I’m so grateful, it has been an honor.