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Kim Walker Smith image courtesy of MergePR.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Worship leader and songwriter Kim Walker-Smith has given voice to some of the most popular modern anthems of the century, including \u201cHow He Loves,\u201d \u201cThrone Room,\u201d \u201cProtector\u201d and \u201cHoly Spirit.\u201d She continues that tradition with 12 new songs from the recently released new project, \u201cTrample.\u201d The album includes songs such as \u201cBoxes,\u201d \u201cLet Revival In,\u201d \u201cThe Glory\u201d and \u201cMercy Seat.\u201d For the artist, \u201cTrample\u201d represents a return to victory, after what she calls a dry season.<\/p>\n

For many years, Walker-Smith was a lead vocalist for the worship band Jesus Culture and lived in California, but nearly four years ago, she left the group and moved to Montana where \u201cit just felt like a little bit of a wilderness, like \u2018What am I doing out here?\u2019\u201d After wrestling through things and coming out on the other side, she found herself not only surviving but thriving.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I got more free,\u201d she said. \u201cI feel like I broke out of some boxes, some old mindsets. I got a breakthrough. So all of these songs were written from that place, from the place of victory. So, there\u2019s a lot of proclamation, declaration in the songs that are more victories and more statements of sorting through the process of what I learned.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the songs that is not as much like the others is the bold and loud anthem, \u201cMama,\u201d which takes more of a momma bear angle as she proclaims her willingness to fight and defend her children.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit out of left field,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m a worship leader. It is not a worship song. It\u2019s on a worship album.\u201d<\/p>\n

At 42 years old, Walker-Smith said that before her role as a worship leader, her most sacred role is that of a wife and mother. \u201cMama\u201d came out of her own prayers and frustrations of trying to raise kids \u201cright now in this time where everyone has an opinion and everyone wants to tell you how to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also pointed to the constant messages for children, including billboards on the highway to media trying to usurp the parental roles.<\/p>\n

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“Trample” cover image courtesy of MergePR.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s just an attack on kids, on families and I understand I have a responsibility to compare them to the world we’re living in,\u201d she said. \u201cI’m not naive to that. But I want to keep them innocent, any young and naive as long as possible. There’s so much in life where those pieces of innocence are taken away.\u201d<\/p>\n

So \u201cMama,\u201d which she says is a \u201clittle humorous, a little tongue in cheek,\u201d is a fight song. After she penned the chorus, she took it to some songwriting friends and said, \u201cThis is not a worship song, this is not typical for me, but I feel this. Do you want to help me finish the song?\u201d<\/p>\n

Walker-Smith, who is more soft-spoken when not singing, is aware that her soaring vocals and stage presence are sometimes underestimated before a show. Recently, her band started picking at her because in soundcheck, she spoke and sang softer to preserve her voice. But the band forewarned the soundman to not turn her up too loud.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re always like, \u2018Don\u2019t let it fool you. Don\u2019t turn her up in our ears because when actually starts singing, you\u2019ll regret it. They make all these jokes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just returning from a tour of South Africa, with three sold-out shows, Walker-Smith is grateful for worshipers who not only enjoyed their favorite songs but embraced the new ones.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people in South Africa are serious about worship,\u201d she said. \u201cThey don’t wait until that the fourth or fifth song to engage. They really engage right from the get-go, right from the beginning. We’re not just singing songs; they’re looking for Jesus and it’s incredible. Their favorite song of mine is \u2018Rooftops.\u2019 Every night when we sang it, every hand was raised. They were singing it so loud, that I heard them through my ear monitors. Later in the night, I said \u2018Wan we teach you a new song? We’re gonna\u2019 sing \u2018Trample\u2019 from the album. I didn’t know what to expect. Sometimes in foreign countries, the newer stuff takes a little bit longer to kind of catch on. But every night when I sang \u2018Trample, they just knew this song and got so excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTrample\u201d by Kim Walker-Smith, is now available through digital outlets and her website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Worship leader and songwriter Kim Walker-Smith has given voice to some of the most popular modern anthems of the century, including \u201cHow He Loves,\u201d \u201cThrone Room,\u201d \u201cProtector\u201d and \u201cHoly Spirit.\u201d She continues that tradition with 12 new songs from the recently released new project, \u201cTrample.\u201d The album includes songs such as \u201cBoxes,\u201d \u201cLet Revival In,\u201d…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":683,"featured_media":2502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[852,843,846,849],"class_list":["post-2499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-news","tag-album","tag-trample","tag-vocalist","tag-worship-leader"],"yoast_head":"\nWorship Leader Kim Walker-Smith Talks New Project 'Trample'<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Worship leader 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