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Russell Léonce is officially releasing the Christmas Song ‘Born 2 Die’. The song was written in 2007 and received local radio airplay in his country Trinidad and Tobago, but was never made available to members of the public.



Russell released his debut album ‘Culture of Love’ in March 2009. The album has just been nominated in the Gospel Category of the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards and is available for purchase on CD Baby, iTunes, Rhapsody and other download sites. With this album he gave away a free song entitled ‘More Love’ and continues to make this song available to anyone who joins his website, ‘ www.russellleonce.com ’.



Once again Russell is showing appreciation to his newfound international fanbase by giving away Born 2 Die free of charge as his thank-you present to everyone for their support, love and prayers in 2009.



For Russell Léonce, Born 2 Die is more than just another Christmas song. When Russell wrote the song, he was thinking of how God the Father would go about reminding us of the purpose for sending His Son. In his words, “it is the realisation of what Christmas is really about... It is all about God’s love for us and the lengths to which He would go to bring us back to him. Christmas is all about Salvation’s Plan.“



CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD 'BORN 2 DIE' ]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:24:19 -0330 https://indiegospel.net/christophe-pierre/blog/3581/culture-of-love-wins-in-the-independent-music-awards https://indiegospel.net/christophe-pierre/blog/3581 Russell Leonce’s Album Culture of Love was one of the winners in the 9th Independent Music Awards announced on January 26. The Album won in the Gospel Category. The winners of the Awards were determined by a panel of 80 artists and industry pros which included Tom Waits, The Black Keys, Ricky Skaggs, Pete Wentz, Mark Hoppus, Aimee Mann, The Apples in Stereo, David Garrett, Suzanne Vega, Bettye LaVette, Judy Collins, Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward .



The Independent Music Awards is the influential awards programme for independent bands and fans. According to Martin Folkman, the Executive Director of the Awards, the Awards “celebrate artists who follow their own muse and the true music fans who support them.” He adds that “the artists who’ve been honored by the IMAs create some of the best music you may never have heard” . As part of this Award, the music is featured on the Independent Music Awards page at the iTunes Store and on the iTunes Indie Spotlight page. In addition, year long marketing and sales support plus performance opportunities are available to the winners.



Russell released his debut album Culture of Love in March 2009, and continues to enjoy considerable support locally and internationally. In December 2009, he was one of the featured artistes in the Trinidad and Tobago Showcase at the Miami Music Festival.



Russell had this to say on the Award, “I was surprised. It is a good addition to all the accolades for the Album and it is a reminder that this is just the start, as we still have so much more to accomplish. I give thanks to God for the opportunities being created for this Album and for music from Trinidad, for my manager, Erica Ashton, the production team of Cleon Richardson and Keith Kirk and for the creativity and inspiration of Christophe Pierre”.



For additional information on Russell, check out his website at www.russellleonce.com , contact Erica M. B. Ashton at 1 868 468 0063 or email ash4464@gmail.com.]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:53:39 -0330 https://indiegospel.net/christophe-pierre/blog/3540/culture-of-love-gets-10-nominations-at-the-marlin-caribbean-gospel-music-awards https://indiegospel.net/christophe-pierre/blog/3540 Following closely on the heels of winning the Gospel Category in the Independent Music Awards in January 2010, Russell Leonce has garnered ten (10) nominations in the 2010 Caribbean Gospel Music Marlin Awards for his debut Album Culture of Love. Nominations include Album of the Year, Engineered Recording of the Year; New Artiste of the Year, Packaging of the Year, Jazz Recording of the Year (for the song Unchanging), Inspirational Recording of the Year (for the song Troubles Won’t Last), among others.

The Caribbean Gospel Music Marlin Awards, based in Nassau, Bahamas, is the premier award for gospel music in the Caribbean. The Awards Ceremony will be held in the Bahamas in October 2010, where the winners will be announced.

Russell released his debut album Culture of Love in March 2009. His first video recording which was done for his hit song “Troubles Won’t Last” will be released this week, a fitting tribute to its nomination as Inspirational Recording of the Year.

On the release of the video, Russell says, “My prayer is that as the song has ministered to me, may it continue to bless the hearts of all who hear it and now see this video. Please be a blessing to somebody! My special thanks to Jason Riley, Nadella Riley, Millhouse.”

And on the Album’s nominations, he says “This is really great and welcome news! The Album continues to garner awards and recognition. In my life I’m Grateful. I give thanks: thanks to God, to the production team of Cleon Richardson and Keith Kirk who worked very hard on the project, to Christophe Pierre whose creativity and support ensured that the Album was nominated for “Packaging of the Year” , and to all our supporters.

For additional information on Russell, check out his website at www.russellleonce.com , contact Erica M. B. Ashton at 1 868 468 0063 or email ash4464@gmail.com.

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