Ian Eskelin Discovers India's Pearl City Worship
Grammy-nominated, two-time Dove Award-winning Producer of the Year, Ian Eskelin, discovers a gem in the City of Pearls, Hyderabad, India. Amidst a population of over 1.25 billion people in India, seven-plus million in the city of Hyderabad alone, Eskelin stepped into Pearl City Church earlier this year and found a vibrant worship team leading thousands in praise to their Creator, all in English. Signing Pearl City Worship to Radiate Music, Eskelin announces that the group’s first international album, We Won't Be Silent, is set to release March 18, 2016 with The Fuel Music distribution.
Already released in India, Pearl City Worship’s debut album, produced by Eskelin, soared to No. 1 on the iTunes “Religious” sales chart, topping Hindu, Muslim and all other religious recordings in India. In a city of multiple religions, social and economic bifurcation, and almost two million living in slums, the light of Christ is shining through the music and message of Pearl City Worship.
“Impacting culture is what I feel sets Pearl City apart of other churches in our city,” says Pearl City Church Pastor, Scott Norling. “We have a unique culture from within for sure, but what matters most to us is not as much what is going on inside, but our impact outside the church.”
That is the message of the dynamic and declarative opening track, “The Answer,” from We Won’t Be Silent, which is featured in the music bed of the video introduction to the band (see right).
'We Won't Be Silent' Track Listing:
1) The Answer
2) The One Who Saves Us
3) Hold My Forever
4) Love Song
5) My Strong Hope
6) Awake
7) Still
8) Where You Are
9) This City
10) His Love (Hallelujah)
