By Kimberley Small Patrick Planter/Photographer Katalyst Crew— “There is a great demand for inspirational, uplifting, spiritual, soothing, praise and worship music. So says the band leader Paul Barclay of Katalys Crew, a group which defines its music as contemporary Christian or reggae gospel. Katalys Crew, however, stressed that its musical expressions are limited to Christian music only. According to Barclay, the 1993 release of Luciano The Messenjah’s album titled Where There Is Life garnered an incredible amount of attention within the gospel community. “Many of his songs are covered by Christian artists such as Shirley Willis from the Grace Thrillers, even Seventh-day Adventist groups that one would consider conservative.” Still, Barclay explained that while Luciano may not be considered a gospel artist, major hit songs like Lord Give Me Strength and Jah Is My Navigator were highly … Read entire article »