Stevie Wonder is working on his first gospel album, “Gospel Inspired By Lula.”
Who is Lula? Lula Mae Hardaway was Stevie Wonders mother who passed away in 2006. Before Wonders mother passed away he promised her that he would record a gospel project.
Wonder says out of all the albums he has released this one is most personal because of the promise he made to his mother. Wonder says, “We’re going to do some traditional gospel stuff, but I’m thinking about doing a gospel song in Arabic. I’m going to twist it all up in different ways, because I think everyone needs to hear the word of the gospel. The word of gospel really is love and it really is about people following the word, whether they read the Quran, the Torah or the Bible, whatever they read. At the end of the day, whatever you read, you know the god you believe in talking about people loving one another. It’s talking about we don’t need millions of handguns to make an understanding clear. It’s not about the religion – it’s about the relationship that you have with the one you serve and you worship,” he shared.
Wonder told Rolling Stone Magazine that he has not set a release date but it is “coming out relatively soon.”
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