fyc | Grant Maloy Smith

"Absolutely amazing...love the arrangement and Grant's moving vocals. Superb marimba... The production is top-notch, and so is the music video. I absolutely love it!"

-Wouter Kellerman, 3x GRAMMY° winner

"The way the music and visuals flow together is amazing. Congratulations!"

-Ricky Kej, 3x GRAMMY winner

This unique performance seamlessly blends the haunting urgency of "Wade in the Water," a song born from the legacy of slavery and the Underground Railroad, with the reflective prayerfulness of "Down to the River to Pray," a timeless hymn of repentance and spiritual renewal. Together, they create a soul-stirring journey through anguish, hope, and unshakable perseverance. This is a story of resistance and redemption, where the river is both a hiding place and a holy place.

Grant Maloy Smith and Kevin Lucas collaborated to create a fresh interpretation of these classics, blending world instruments like the Indian basuri and African percussion instruments with marimba and traditional Western guitar and rhythm instruments to represent the universal nature of the struggle for freedom.

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"Wade In the Water"
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About the Artists:

Grant Maloy Smith is a Billboard Top 10-charting Americana recording artist. His albums have spent 17 weeks on the Billboard charts, including 11 weeks in the top 10. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Bluebird Cafe, and countless venues across the USA and around the world. He is a strong advocate for women's rights, fairness in the music industry, and our veterans. He is known for his series of theme albums in the "American Stories" series, and his collaborations with marimba master Kevin Lucas.

Kevin Lucas is a multiple award-winning composer and instrumentalist. A classically trained percussionist with multiple advanced music degrees, he is widely regarded as a master of the marimba. Kevin played on Wouter Kellerman's GRAMMY® nominated album "Love Language", which reached #1 on the Billboard World Music Charts. He collaborated with 3 x GRAMMY winning composer and producer Ricky Key on his album "Echoes in the Sand," which was released to broad critical acclaim and rave reviews in 2014.