WILLOW SPRAGUE, DAUGHTER OF DOVE WINNER BILLY SPRAGUE, RELEASES DEBUT RADIO SINGLE
May 19, 2015 Artist Updates
Posted by
Kenneth Wiegman
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‘Overflow,’ the Second Single from Billy Sprague’s Recently Released CD, Songs in the Key of Awe, Impacts Radio Today |
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (May 19, 2015) – Willow Sprague, daughter of beloved multi-Dove Award winning recording artist and worship leader Billy Sprague, is set to release her very first radio single, “Overflow.” The second single from Billy Sprague’s latest musical project, Songs in the Key of Awe, “Overflow” goes for adds today through A-Sides Radio Promotion.
Willow illuminates this tender, vertically-directed prayer for anointing with her fresh and inviting alto voice, making it keenly personal, yet open and inviting. With its lilting cadence and wistful lyrics, “Overflow” is equal parts intimate prayer and corporate worship. “This song created one of the high points of my life,” says proud papa, Billy Sprague, “to see and hear my daughter deliver her heart and musical gift in the studio like she was born for it. On our cross-country move to Florida in August of 2014, we spent four days recording in Nashville. Willow stood at the mic and delivered every day, spectacular background vocals on half a dozen songs and two lead vocals. During the final days of recording, “Overflow” was the pinnacle of the week – and a Mount Everest experience for me. As you listen, I think you will hear what I mean, and be moved to make this song your own prayer.” “Overflow” is available on Billy Sprague’s CD, Songs in the Key of Awe, which is distributed by Elevate Entertainment. For more information about Willow Sprague, “Overflow,” Billy Sprague and Songs in the Key of Awe, visit billyspraguemusic.com. |
About Willow Sprague: At age 11, she formed the vocal group Harmony Park with three friends in Denver. Together they performed hymns and pop songs and even sang the national anthem for NBA fans at several Denver Nuggets basketball games. The talented pre-teens caught the attention of America’s Got Talent, which flew them to Atlanta to perform on the popular TV show, and two years later they brought 5,000 people to their feet in front of the X-Factor judges in Kansas City. Willow’s captivating voice adds harmonies and background vocals to many of the songs on Songs in the Key of Awe, her dad’s recently released worship project. She adds background vocals to many of the songs on the CD and shines on lead vocal on two titles: “Overflow,” her first CCM radio single, and “Only Jesus” a modern, Celtic-like hymn.
Willow lives with her parents, her two younger brothers, Wyatt and Sawyer and their dog she named, Lucy Loo Hoo, in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Multi-Dove Award winner Billy Sprague is an accomplished songwriter, performer, author and recording artist. His songs, which include the classic “Via Dolorosa,” have been recorded by such well-known artists as Sandi Patti, Debbie Boone, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Susan Ashton and John McDermot.
Currently serving as Worship Leader at Edgewater Alliance Church in Edgewater, Florida, Sprague balances family life with worship leading, speaking, writing and retreats. He currently lives in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. with his wife, Kellie, and their three children, Willow, Wyatt and Sawyer, and their dog, Lucy Loo Hoo.
Sprague’s latest recording project is Songs in the Key of Awe. For more information, visit
About Songs in the Key of Awe: While Songs in the Key of Awe is jam-packed with great songs, Sprague encourages listeners to experience the whole album from start to finish. “From the opening sound of a bird taking flight to the final notes of “Reflection in A,” the songs, pace and spaces are intended to create room for you to ‘breathe deep of His grace’ as one song lyric puts it,” he muses. “I pray this music helps amplify your awe of the Lord, His creation and redeeming touch on your own grace story.” Songs in the Key of Awe was birthed out of Sprague’s eight-year stint as Worship Leader and Director of Momentum for a multi-campus church in north Denver, Colorado. During his tenure, Sprague wrote more than 100 songs. “I’m prompted by the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25 which says the Lord expects me (and you) to do something with what He has entrusted to us,” he explains. “My goal was to harvest the best crop from that field to include on this CD.” Funded through the innovative crowd-sourced Kickstarter program, fan donations shattered Sprague’s initial goal of $20,000 in half the allotted time, and ultimately provided more than $35,000 toward the project’s production costs. The remarkable outpouring of support far exceeded Sprague’s expectations. “So many gracious people shaped, supported and made this happen,” he said. “We are humbled and grateful. In the midst of a jam-packed year of change, challenge and blessing, at last here it is!”
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