Cool Music, Awesome Story

If you have a hankerin’ (not “hankering”) for some really cool music, then I’ve got a name you need to know . . . Mike Farris. Mike is a musician who plays what has been called “gospel funky soul.” His music has a decidedly New Orleans jazz flare. The horns resonate, the guitars buzz, and the vocals wail over every track of his latest album, “Salvation In Lights.” The cd takes me back to days growing up in the “Big Easy” –that’s New Orleans, for those of you Yanks unfamiliar with the term. These songs could be heard on a lazy afternoon at the annual Jazz Fest or in a local hell-fire and brimstone tent meeting where humidity-saturated calls for sinners to come to Christ permeated the heavy, South Louisiana air.

The coolest thing about Mike and his music goes beyond his killer vocals and his amazing band/singers; it has to do with his testimony. God has made a change in Mike and is continuing to do so–which, as I understand Scripture, is what God desires to do in all of our lives. Mike had success in the secular industry, touring with the likes of Cheryl Crow, Dave Matthews Band, Neil Young, etc., but changed his venue when the Lord delivered him from addiction and vice. Now Mike’s music is a resounding, fun-filled, energetic celebration of hope and redemption. You can check out his testimony and a lot more at www.mikefarrismusic.net.  Also, if you like what you hear and read there, Mike will be performing here in Lexington, at the Kentucky Theater, Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, Monday, September 10. You can reserve tickets at www.kentuckytheater.com ($10/ticket). Check out Mike’s music; enjoy his immense talent; praise God for his obvious change.