About Me
As their combined album sales and notoriety continue to increase from their self-titled, major-label debut album, RiZen- Adriann and Aundrea Lewis, Kanika Trigg, and Ashley Jones-built proudly and boldly on a foundation of great traditional and contemporary gospel music, rolled off an impressive memorable string of hits including "View Of The City", "Lift Up The Name Of Jesus" and "It Will Come To Pass."With RiZen 2,the energetic ladies from Saginaw, Michigan deliver12 songs with flavorful ingredients that make for an undeniable recipe of R&B, gospel and soulful inspirational driven melodies. From the sensational, superb production of Clap Your Hands featuring the infamous percussionist Sheila E., and the R&B groove of Praise Him Just A Little While to the powerful four words of Jesus Youre My Light to straight up churchin with Over There their signature foot-stomping, hand clapping and harmony bring it all together for one big dish of joyful music.According to Adriann, RiZen 2 is more of RiZen and has a lot to do with the girls' personal experiences. They also had a lot of input and it felt more like an original piece from all of them because each lady leads a song on this project. Sometimes called the LEWIS KIDS, co-founders Aundrea and Adriann along with their brother AyRon all wrote "Over There reminiscent of "View the City" off the debut project, while the entire group collaborated on "Hold On."Its a given that hit songs breed popularity, and the ladies are dealing with their newfound status with stride. "We can't go to the grocery store now without being noticed," said Adriann. "What is so amazing is that we are not just identified by African-Americans fans of various ethnicities come up to us due to our visibility on TBN."It was the TBN performances that developed a bond with Prophetess Juanita Bynum who endorsed their debut album on her live worldwide TV show. Juanita Bynum has become like an Aunt to us and she constantly ministers to the group, said Adriann.Renowned music producer Sanchez Harley, the group's principle producer stated, "There are a lot of diverse influences you can hear in what they do. Rock, R&B, Pop, and Ballads are all part of the mix, with a very high energy level throughout, and it uniquely positions them to reach audiences that are older and younger, traditional and contemporary."Our parents let us listen to R&B because they knew we loved the music," said Adriann, "and that was a great thing, because I know those influences contributed to our diversity as singers as we were growing up. But there's no doubt about it, that classic gospel is in our blood, and what we love to sing the most."Aundrea and Adriann Lewis are the daughters of Elder Luciose Lewis Jr., who is a pastor of the New Galilee Full Gospel Baptist Church in Saginaw, MI., and Kanika and Adriann have been close friends and singing partners since the early '90s, when Kanika joined Pastor Lewis' church.The two Lewis sisters, both with a God-given talent to sing, carefully and lovingly nurtured and developed by their mother, Kayron Lewis, grew up in a home filled with the sounds of gospel greats like Shirley Caesar, Albertina Walker, Dorothy Norwood, and James Cleveland among others with a healthy smattering of R&B as well.Adriann sang her first solo at age three in her father's church, standing on a wooden box in the pulpit so she could be seen by all. Aundrea spent most of her young life as a member, and later director of the church choir, coming into her own as a soloist in the '90s with the formation of RiZen.Adriann, who with her sister is a founding member of RiZen, felt called to a career in music and ministry also at a young age. "I was 12, and singing in a community choir in Saginaw that made an independent record on which I sang solo," she recalls. "I was lying under the piano in the recording studio, sleepy because it was getting pretty late, and when I first heard my voice on the playback over the speakers, I thought, `Wow, that sounds pretty good!' I knew right then that singing was going to be my life."But the road to recognition would prove to be much longer and more arduous than Adriann could have imagined. "RiZen first formed in 1996 with eight girls," she remembers, "and we had all the right people in terms of singers but things were not going the way some of the members thought they should be going, or as fast as they had expected, and we never really had peace in the group. One-by-one, girls started dropping out until finally we were down to just myself, Aundrea and Kanika. There were times when I really began to doubt if this was really what God was calling me to do, but we were still determined to go on. And we're seeing the blessings He's brought to us now.In such a short time, they have already been on tour with Byron Cage, the 2005 Sisters in The Spirit Tour and had a fabulous time performing on THE TOM JOYNER MORNING SHOW HOLIDAY CRUISE, 2004 T.D. JAKES' MEGAFEST, STEVIE WONDER'S TOYS FOR TOTS and were co-hosts for the pre-tape DOVE AWARD'S telecast.Like they say, the Lord may not be there with what you think you need, when you think you need it, but He's always right on time."1
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