Matt Redman – Better Together

“On Glory Song, right from the beginning I was intent on leaning into some Gospel music influence and I knew I’d need the help of friends for that. Aaron Lindsey, Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Kierra Sheard were all kind enough to lend their gifting to this album, and I couldn’t be more grateful. They helped us get where we were aiming, and there’s no way we would have arrived there without their partnership in this. That’s probably a good kingdom of God dynamic to employ as much as we can. We’re better together!”

Beyond the spirited sounds brought in by the impressive guest line-up, Redman says there were other reasons, personal and professional, why he chose to invite them to be a part of the album.

“It was a very conscious decision to team up with Cobbs Leonard, Sheard and Lindsey and also to use Jason McGee and his choir really prominently on the record,” says Redman. “I did it first for relational reasons; it was a joy to team up with some old friends, and make some new ones. Secondly, it was for musical reasons, since I knew we could sharpen each other and bring the best out of each other in that way.

“Third, I’m so aware of some of the racial injustice issues that still are so evident today in society, and it feels like in the church we could do a better job of modeling more unity and standing with each other. Obviously that’s a big subject with strong feelings and many layers, and I’m just a little Englishman, so I don’t have a right to weigh in on this. But I care about the body of Christ, and I know we could do better on this.

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