GRAMMY Winning Producer Steven Ford At The Helm Of Three Of Gospel’s Hottest Projects

For the past few months, he has been working feverishly in the studio with some of gospel music’s top artists. Gospel’s Hardest Working Woman, Vickie Winans, who just debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart for her double CD, Woman To Woman: Songs Of Life, tapped Ford to help produce the live portions of the phenomenal 30-song CD. The project moved an astounding 25,000 units during its first week of release.

In addition, Ford is putting the finishing touches on two highly-anticipated projects from maestro Richard Smallwood and praise and worship icon Stephen Hurd. Smallwood’s upcoming release, Journey, features the legends of gospel including The Hawkins Family, The Clark Sisters, The Smallwood Singers, and mainstream singers Kelly Price, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin and Roberta Flack. Recorded live at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City last year, the Verity Records recording artist’s live cuts were recorded to a packed house. Smallwood is scheduled to drop the first single around September 26th.

The following week, October 3rd, Stephen Hurd, Integrity Gospel’s recording artist, will be dropping his sophomore offering. Ford served as the producer and musical director of the live recording entitled My Destiny: I Know What I’m Here For. The live recording took place in Washington, D.C. and features Stellar Award winners Jonathan Nelson and Maurette Brown Clark. Ford, known for his dynamic live productions, believes his recent works are some of the best of his career.

Receiving a staggering 2 Grammy Awards, 10 Grammy Nominations, 5 Dove Awards, and 10 Stellar Awards, he’s one of the most celebrated producers in the business. Unbelievably, his start as a gospel musician came at the age of 9 when he became the church musician for his father’s church. After a Bible study and a supernatural experience, he was immediately touched with a talent for music. The experience gave him what he calls “instant musical recall” and was beginning of a powerful music ministry.