Guy Penrod welcomes two very special acts on this weeks Gospel Music Showcase. With multiple Grammy and Dover nominations, Janet Paschal brings her impressive vocals to the GMS stage. Also on the program, the dynamic Jeff and Sheri Easter perform with their talented family of singers and musicians.
Gospel Music Showcase
Episode 5 – Janet Paschal / Jeff and Sheri Easter
About Janet Paschal
Website: janetpaschal.com/
Janet Paschal is an inspirational gospel vocalist and performer, often associated with Bill Gaither’s Homecoming Tour, and often hailed as one of the most soulfully versatile voices in Christian Music.
A native of Reidsville, North Carolina, Paschal recalls writing in her journals daily as a child that one day she would be a Gospel singer, sharing the message of Jesus Christ through music. Raised in a religious and musically inclined family, Paschal’s grandfather was a minister who served as a great inspiration in her life.
Latest Discography:
2008 – Treasure
2008 – Treasures of the Snow
About Jeff and Sheri Easter
Website: jeffandsherieaster.com/
For Jeff and Sheri, gospel music is genetically programmed into their DNA. As members of acclaimed musical families—Jeff’s father is one of the Easter Brothers and Sheri’s mother is a member of The Lewis Family—they grew up surrounded by the sound of people praising God through their musical gifts.
In August of 1984, both were at the Albert E. Brumley Sundown to Sunup Gospel Singing in Arkansas. Jeff, who was playing bass for the Singing Americans at the time, took the opportunity to reintroduce himself to Sheri’s mother Polly; they had met on a previous occasion. Polly introduced Jeff to Sheri and the two were married ten months later.
They traveled and performed as part of The Lewis Family for several years. But in 1988 they decided it was time to strike out on their own, and they haven’t looked back since. Also joining Jeff & Sheri on the road is their son, Madison, who plays electric guitar for the group and their daughter, Morgan, who joins them with vocals to round out the kind of harmonies that only family can produce. The newest addition to the Easter family is Maura Grace, Jeff and Sheri’s ‘twentieth anniversary gift to each other’, who generally makes her way onstage doing anything to bring a smile.
Latest Discography:
Expecting Good Things
About Gospel Music Showcase
Daystar’s premier Gospel music program, Gospel Music Showcase, has inspired and entertained music fans with the biggest and brightest names from one of Christian music’s most beloved genres. Now, in its seventh season, Gospel Music Showcase and host Guy Penrod are bringing you more in-depth interviews and powerful performances than ever before with appearances from such renown artists and groups as The Hoppers, Ernie Haase and Signature Sound, Jason Crabb, The Booth Brothers, and many more.
Gospel Music Showcase, where great music has great meaning.
