The Britdow Show-Kierra Sheard

Armed with a college degree, a fresh anointing and a bold spirit, Kierra Sheard, is back with her fifth CD, Free on her parents’ new family label, Karew Records. For the first time in her five year solo recording career, the daughter of Karen Clark Sheard and Bishop J Drew Sheard of Detroit, MI has delivered a live recording packed with soul stirring emotions and messages of hope that will bless and “free” souls from song to song on release. Kierra first came to the world’s attention as a 9 year old belting out vocals well beyond her years on the hit, “The Will Of God” on her mother’s 1997 solo debut release, Finally Karen. By 2004, she had her own label deal with EMI Gospel which helped propel her into Gospel stardom churning out hits that show her vocal prowess and diversity like “You Don't Know", “Love Like Crazy,” and "Invisible" Fast forward to 2011, Kierra has become one of Gospel’s most powerful female vocalists.  Her maturity and vocal skills are more prominent than ever before on Free. Produced/written by Kierra and her brother, J Drew Sheard II(JDS), and featuring an intro by, D.Lawrence, Free was recorded live in Chicago.“Free features the BRL Choir from my youth organization, Bold Right Life. I’ve always wanted to do a live recording because there’s just a totally different energy that I get from it; Plus, I’m  a worshipper, but I was never given the chance to really worship through the songs on my previous projects. This CD, you’ll hear my praise and worship songs as well as other great sounds. Free is “churchy” enough to reach the never-miss-a-Sunday saints and has just the right amount of current musical styles to touch the sometime church goer and the person who’s never set foot inside a sanctuary.