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| Carmen D'Arcy takes you to 'a place called grace' |
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Christian music’s newest Worship artist, Carmen D’Arcy, has signed with Brick Street Records of Indianapolis, Indiana and Martingale Music out of Nashville, Tennessee. Her debut project, A Place Called Grace, streets April 15 and was produced by Bryan Lenox (Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, tobyMac, Sonic Flood, Sixpence None The Richer). D’Arcy is a talented singer/songwriter who wrote or co-wrote ten of the eleven songs on the album. “You Are Everything” is the first song to be serviced to radio and it’s an invitation to go before God and passionately tell him that we commit to putting Him front and center in our lives.D’Arcy is also a collector of old hymn books so she got the inspiration for a new song from “The Spacious Firmament” that became a powerful ballad called, “We Adore Thee God Of Glory.” A first-time collaboration with Tony Wood resulted in “Hallelujah, We Sing to You” that features the choir of Grace Community Church near Indianapolis. “Fade” was written by D’Arcy while driving to Nashville to begin recording A Place Called Grace, and the song is a challenge to be brave enough to let God use us, and humble enough to figure out that when He does, it’s not about us. D’Arcy grew up in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, where her dad was a pastor and her mom was the Sunday School Superintendent. However, her parents and maternal grandfather were musical which led D’Arcy to performing and songwriting at an early age. She got to further hone her music skills while attending Anderson University where Gloria Gaither was her songwriting professor. “To this day, I hear many of her admonitions and encouragements from that class in the back of my mind,” says D’Arcy. “She talked about not settling for the obvious metaphor and digging deeper, writing out of experience, writing out of an authentic place. It’s definitely shaped me as a songwriter, especially the lyric side of what I do.” D’Arcy lives in the Indianapolis area and is currently a Worship Leader for the 6,000-member Grace Community Church. She is married with four children, the youngest being an adopted son from Guatemala. For information on D’Arcy please visit online after February 1, 2008 at www.carmendarcy.com. |
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