“Never Turn Back”
Gregory G. Pearson feat. Angelena Starks
Inner Court Music (release date: September 15, 2023)
By Robert M. Marovich
The tambourine rattles, the bass bumps along, and the full-throated choir supports Angelena “Lena” Starks as she doesn’t just sing, but evangelizes on “Never Turn Back.”
Lena’s testimony is how God hasn’t turned his back on her, so she’s not turning back, either. When she declares, “He’ll never leave you or forsake you,” you know in your soul that she means it. Moving at the rapid tempo characteristic of the contemporary Detroit choir sound, like a freight train that lost its brakes but remains on the tracks, “Never Turn Back” was produced by Gregory G. Pearson, Demetrius Nabors, and Curtis Pearson.