Back for More: Shirley Murdock Readying R&B Return

Music veteran Shirley Murdock is headed back into the studio to record her first R&B CD in almost 20 years.

The vocalist, best known for hits like 'As We Lay,' 'Husband' and 'Go On Without You,' has spent two decades both recording gospel CDs and traveling in touring plays.

Murdock emphasized that her decision to return to the R&B isn't a "flip-flop" between gospel music and the R&B genre.

"I've got something to say again," Murdock explained to me. "It's still going to have substance and be faith-filled. So I'm not changing who I am, but its just time to encourage a different audience."

R&B star Kelly Price and music producer Shep Crawford (Tamia/Whitney Houston) will oversee songwriting and production on the CD, which they plan to begin recording in Feb.
Murdock's last gospel CD 'SoulFood' was released on Tyscot Records in 2007.
The Stellar Award-nominated CD featured the single 'I Love Me Better Than That,' a contemporary record that crossed over to Urban Adult Contemporary radio formats and had R&B fans yearning for new music from Murdock.
Last year, Murdock was also featured on the duet 'Soldier' on Teena Marie's 'Congo Square' CD.
The Toledo, Ohio native, who is favorite of singer's like Jennifer Hudson, Lil Mo and Fantasia, released her last R&B CD, 'Let There Be Love!' in 1991.

So how do you feel about Gospel Singers and Rapper going back to a secular genre?