Scott Wesley Brown Records New Album "The Balladeer"

Veteran worship leader and songwriter Scott Wesley Brown is back in the studios.  He is recording a brand new album of some of the big ballads he has had written over the years.  Many of them tell of his faith in Jesus Christ, but there are also a few touching love songs he has had written for his wife and his family. 

Brown writes about his heart behind the project. "I'm excited about returning to the big power ballads I've been known for through the years. There's always the temptation in music to be the latest, hippest sounding artist.

But reality grips me now in my sixties and I actually find my audience hasn't left. There was an era of music that was deep and profound with great lyrics that captured the glory of the Gospel.

I enjoy much of today's music but long for the roots of my past. It's like going back and listening to the groups and artists we grew up with. There's a deep connection.

As I've thought and prayed through this next album project, The Balladeer, I want to combine the fresh sounds of today with the big power ballad style I did for years."

Brown started recording for Sparrow Records for much of his career, recording 24 albums. Also known as a songwriter, Brown's songs have been covered by Petra, Pat Boone, Bruce Carroll, Sandi Patty, Amy Grant, and Opera Star Plácido Domingo. Brown has also worked with organizations such as Promise Keepers and Campus Crusade for Christ, and was a worship pastor in San Diego.

He toured extensively internationally to over 50 countries. Before recording songs and touring with dozens of artists, he met a young, unfamiliar artist, Steve Camp, fresh out of high school, who would also sing backup while playing acoustic guitar with Brown on "I'm Not Religious, I Love the Lord", just the year before going on his own, where he had a successful solo career.

Scott Wesley Brown has worked closely with the U.S. Center for World Mission, ACMC (Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment) and teaches many worship and mission seminars in addition to maintaining an active concert schedule. Scott presently lives and serves as the Pastor of SONSHIP Community Church in North County San Diego. He received his ordination from the Southern Baptist convention in 1998 yet has continued his seminary education through Phoenix and Westminster Seminaries.

In the early part of this decade Brown teamed up with Billy Smiley of the popular Christian rock band Whiteheart to produce a series of albums of contemporary hymn arrangements. Hymns, The Old Made New was released in 2006. Scott's latest CD is Songs from the Valley released in 2011. 

 

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