★★★★★
For many church folks, Shirley Murdock was never further away from her spiritual home than when she was a secular artist known for making "relationship" songs like the 1987 tune "As We Lay." That's one way of looking at it. Some might say that in this ying/yang world Murdock simply occupied a place located on the other side of the church walls...
- www.soultracks.com
2011-10-20
★★★★★
Shirley Murdock's second contemporary gospel album, Soulfood (Tyscot Records), provides plenty of pleasant side dishes but ultimately leaves you feeling hungry. Despite Murdock's soulful tone and usual knock-out harmonies, her newest effort-sans a few delectable ditties-lacks enough meat to feed this reviewer's soul...
- www.soultracks.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Thin-voiced, girlish female singers with very limited ranges were quite popular in the urban contemporary world of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which also had its share of big-voiced divas who flew in the face of this trend, including Vesta Williams, Meli'sa Morgan, Regina Belle and Angela Winbush. Like them, Shirley Murdock was an emotional, passionate belter who believed in wailing and letting it rip. Let There Be Love...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Home is the debut gospel project from noted R&B; vocalist Shirley Murdock. Although this is her first all-gospel offering, performing gospel music is nothing new for Murdock, having appeared on the 1997 Grammy-nominated project by T.D. Jakes entitled Woman Thou Art Loosed as well as Jakes' controversial 1999 release Sacred Love Songs. Home features a number of the industry's top producers, including Derrick "D.O.A...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
As good a soul shouter and confessional singer as anyone active today.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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