Award-winning Christian group Benita Farmer and New Journey Take Industry By Storm With Latest CD Come Home

Released on: September 17, 2008, 5:15 pm

Press Release Author: Andrea R. Williams/Tehillah Enterprises, LLC

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Singing Aggregation Receives Two Stellar Award Nominations In
The First Round Ballot

Press Release Body: Mount Laurel, New Jersey has much to rave about with the recent
successes of Benita Farmer & New Journey. The ground-breaking group, known for
their fresh, captivating sound, has already received notable accolades. The
Christian ensemble’s leader, Benita Farmer, was recognized as New Jersey’s Top
Independent Female Vocalist in 2003 and 2004 and also in Ebony Magazine as one of
the Best New Artists in Black Music. Recently, Farmer was honored when her name was
placed on the first round ballot of the 2008-2009 Stellar Awards, the gospel version
of the GRAMMY Awards, as Female Vocalist of the Year and Best Contemporary Group or
Duo of the Year. Final nominations for the Stellar Awards will be announced in
October with the awards show premiering in mid-January 2009.

The recognition is a capstone to success that Benita Farmer & New Journey’s
sophomore release, Come Home, has garnered. Made up of praise and worship leaders
and “preachers kids”, Benita Farmer & New Journey has carved out a niche with a
sound that merges Contemporary Christian, gospel, rock, R&B and Latin music. Tracks
like the lead single “Higher”, wi th its CCM and pop stylings, and “Dance of
Eternity”, a potpourri of a variety of musical influences, easily showcase the
group’s diversity.

Farmer, Minister of Music at Church of the Living God in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
and a native of the City of Brotherly Love, is the daughter of legendary gospel
artist Barbara Ward-Farmer. Distributed by Edmondson Communications, Inc. and
produced by Farmer’s brother, Lawrence Farmer, III, and Anthony Bell (Jill Scott,
Anthony Hamilton, Usher), Come Home has caught the attention of gospel announcers
nationwide with singles in rotation on close to 250 stations.

For more information on Benita Farmer & New Journey, go to www.benita4newjourney.com
or www.MySpace.com/Benita4NewJourney.

Web Site: http://www.TehillahEnterprisesPR.com

Contact Details: Contact:
Andrea R. Williams
Tehillah Enterprises, LLC
www.TehillahEnt.com
info@tehillahenterprises.com
1.888.844.7701

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