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This is volume 2 of the critically acclaimed series Rev. Yolanda's Country Gospel Kirtan.
Following Review by Bill Turner (former lead guitarist for Bill Haley and The comets):
"Rev. Yolanda's voice is expressive, believable...and just plain great!....cleverly weaving elements of the traditional eastern tabla, combining it with gentle bluegrass instrumentation, superb vocal harmonies, stark bare-bones electric guitar...and making it ALL work! All 12 songs on this CD are "A" material...there is not a weak cut on this whole album. Rev Yolanda is the best "Contemporary Christian" songwriter I've heard in decades!"
This comment from a fan:
"Dear Reverend Yolanda. I was the security guard who bought your CD. I am really enjoying your music although I am an atheist. I listen to it several times a day. All the best. Cheers. jms"

Rev. Yolanda's Country Gospel Kirtan vol. 2-Step Back combines Country Gospel, Native American, and Hindu Kirtan music with Interfaith lyrics, and the occasional House Music beat. Pedal Steel, Acoustic Guitar, Tabla, Native American Flute, Brazilian Samba, Old English, Lush vocals and harmonies with a touch of chanting.

Rev. Yolanda is a singer/songwriter/drag performer and Interfaith Minister who's work as an Artist and Sacred Activist has earned hir a place in The GLBT Hall Of Fame. S/He has been called:
" The Alien Love Child of Louise Hay and John Waters, with a splash of Tammy Faye ! "
Rev. Yolanda is an eccentric, and ecstatic performer with a southern rock, country gospel style. S/He brings hir message of Non Duality into every event by merging GLBT and Mainstream Popular Culture with Integrated Spirituality. With a soulful voice, a message of oneness, great costumes, and a wicked sense of humor, hir shows and CDs emphasize love, beautiful melodies, interesting stories, and a bit of inspiration. www.yolanda.net/audio

Rev. Yolanda's Country Gospel Kirtan, vol. 2-Step Back

Transcendence

Miracles Are Seen In The Light

The first release from Rev. Yolanda's newest cd (Fall 2016)
"Rev. Yolanda's Country Gospel Kirtan vol. 2, Step Back" words, music and lead/backing vocals by Rev. Yolanda. Produced, arranged, mixed, mastered, and guitars, samples, by Freddy Freeman at Easton Mountain Studios.  Label: Bearded Lady Productions LLC www.beardedladyproductionsllc.com, Rev. Yolanda: www.yolanda.net

Let Go Of Grievances

5. Let Go Of Greivances

4. So In God's Hands

Step Back

2. Somebody Save Me

1. I Am A Pilgrim

This is my acoustic blues guitar version of the ABBA classic. Slowed way down and sung with full out balls to the wall wailing vocals. It was originally recorded for an ABBA cover album called ABBALICIOUS by FigJam Records. ABBALICIOUS was a cd and film project that featured nine NYC drag queens singing their own versions of classic ABBA tunes.

Lay All Your Love On Me

Doo Wop Musical Theater Inspirational Blues Pop Gospel with a Trans-tastic twist from Blues Hall of Fame and GLBT Hall of Fame Award Winner Rev. Yolanda. Rooted in American Southern Blues, Doo Wop, Country and Southern Gospel. This song is featured in the upcoming musical theater piece "The Church Of The Alien Love Child Presents: The Passion Of Rev. Yolanda."

Released 2018 www.yolanda.net/audio
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Doo Wop Musical Theater Inspirational Blues Pop Gospel with a Trans-tastic twist from Blues Hall of Fame and GLBT Hall of Fame Award Winner, Rev. Yolanda. Rooted in American Southern Blues, Doo Wop, Country and Southern Gospel.
Released 2018
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A Perfect Outcome

Doo Wop Musical Theater Inspirational Blues Pop Gospel with a Trans-tastic twist from Blues Hall of Fame and GLBT Hall of Fame Award Winner, Rev. Yolanda. Rooted in American Southern Blues, Doo Wop, Country and Southern Gospel.
Released 2018 www.yolanda.net/audio
www.BeardedLadyProductionsLLC.com

Shining In The Sun

The Church of The Alien Love Child presents its annual passion play about its founder,"The Passion of Rev.Yolanda." Discover the five names, five lives, five deaths, and five resurrections of Rev. Yolanda, a trans-femme genderqueer interfaith music minister from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Inspired by Passing Strange, Fun Home, and The Rocky Horror Show, Yolanda, backed by her band and the Alien Love Choir, guides the audience through an immersive, musical church service and play about her journey toward her true self. Bluegrass, gospel, rock, folk and Yolanda’s unique country-kirtan sound take us through Yolanda's odyssey & deliver us to a trans-scendant gender land.TKTS www.yolanda.net/passion

Freedom

The Church of The Alien Love Child presents its annual passion play about its founder,"The Passion of Rev.Yolanda." Discover the five names, five lives, five deaths, and five resurrections of Rev. Yolanda, a trans-femme genderqueer interfaith music minister from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Inspired by Passing Strange, Fun Home, and The Rocky Horror Show, Yolanda, backed by her band and the Alien Love Choir, guides the audience through an immersive, musical church service and play about her journey toward her true self. Bluegrass, gospel, rock, folk and Yolanda’s unique country-kirtan sound take us through Yolanda's odyssey & deliver us to a trans-scendant gender land. www.yolanda.net/passion

Statement Of Faith

The Church of The Alien Love Child presents its annual passion play about its founder,"The Passion of Rev.Yolanda." Discover the five names, five lives, five deaths, and five resurrections of Rev. Yolanda, a trans-femme genderqueer interfaith music minister from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Inspired by Passing Strange, Fun Home, and The Rocky Horror Show, Yolanda, backed by her band and the Alien Love Choir, guides the audience through an immersive, musical church service and play about her journey toward her true self. Bluegrass, gospel, rock, folk and Yolanda’s unique country-kirtan sound take us through Yolanda's odyssey & deliver us to a trans-scendant gender land.

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Legend Queen Of Denial

The Church of The Alien Love Child presents its annual passion play about its founder,"The Passion of Rev.Yolanda." Discover the five names, five lives, five deaths, and five resurrections of Rev. Yolanda, a trans-femme genderqueer interfaith music minister from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Inspired by Passing Strange, Fun Home, and The Rocky Horror Show, Yolanda, backed by her band and the Alien Love Choir, guides the audience through an immersive, musical church service and play about her journey toward her true self. Bluegrass, gospel, rock, folk and Yolanda’s unique country-kirtan sound take us through Yolanda's odyssey & deliver us to a trans-scendant gender land. http://yolanda.net/passion

I Love Myself

Gender Spectrum 9.14.18

Home- Round God's Throne

Your Eyes

Scary

I WANNA KNOW

The Church of The Alien Love Child presents its annual passion play about its founder,"The Passion of Rev.Yolanda." Discover the five names, five lives, five deaths, and five resurrections of Rev. Yolanda, a trans-femme genderqueer interfaith music minister from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Inspired by Passing Strange, Fun Home, and The Rocky Horror Show, Yolanda, backed by her band and the Alien Love Choir, guides the audience through an immersive, musical church service and play about her journey toward her true self. Bluegrass, gospel, rock, folk and Yolanda’s unique country-kirtan sound take us through Yolanda's odyssey & deliver us to a trans-scendant gender land.

Just As I Am In The Garden

You Are An Idea  75 Shift

I am the Alien love child of Louise Hay and John Waters!

Alien Love Child

The newest track from Rev. Yolanda blending new thought, new age, kirtan, disco and kundalini! To be released 2020 on the newest Rev. Yolanda cd "YolandaNanda"

Wahe Guru

The first song from my new cd "Rev. Yolanda's Country Gospel Kirtan"
words and music by Rev. Roger Anthony Yolanda Mapes
all instruments, production and backing vocals : Freddy Freeman
 

Love and Light

a meditative prayer like journey into your inner self with lush vocals and tabla/banjo 

Free your Mind

Original Bluegrass Gospel with a twist of Hindu magic! 

I Can See Peace

Rev. Yolanda is a singer/songwriter/trans-femme genderqueer performance artist and interfaith minister, originally from Muscle Shoals Alabama- The Hit Recording Capital Of The World. Rev. Yolanda and husband Rev. Glen Ganaway are the founders of the monthly “spiritual happening”

Church With A 2 Drink Minimum.

Rev. Yolanda's ministry and body of musical work has been captured on film by Avaiya Media

with the movie "Rev. Yolanda's Old Time Gospel Hour" (available on Amazon), and has been honored with induction into the The GLBT Hall Of Fame, the Blues Hall of Fame, and two MAC Awards.

(MAC-Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs).

. Rev. Yolanda is currently working on a full length, autobiographical musical theater piece entitled

"The Church Of The Alien Love Child Presents: The Passion of Rev. Yolanda".

RevYOLANDA

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