Ronnie Freeman

Last updated

Ronnie Freeman
Birth nameRonnie Carroll Freeman
Born (1973-09-24) September 24, 1973 (age 47)
Montgomery, Alabama
Origin Nashville, Tennessee
Genres CCM
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, pianist
Instrumentsvocals, singer-songwriter, piano
Years active2002–present
Labels Rocketown, Koch
Associated acts Mandisa
Website ronniefreemanonline.com

Ronnie Carroll Freeman, Jr. (born September 24, 1973) is an American Christian musician, pianist, and worship leader. He has released five studio albums, Ronnie Freeman, God Speaking, Perfect Love, If This Is What It Means, and Paradise.

Contents

Early life and background

Ronnie Carroll Freeman, Jr., [1] was born on September 24, [2] 1973, [3] [4] in Montgomery, Alabama, to Ronnie Sr. and Glenda Freeman. [5] He was raised with two younger brothers, Joseph and Jonathan. [6] Freeman graduated from Southeastern University, in 1995, after that he was a worship pastor, before relocating to Nashville, Tennessee in 2002 to pursue his professional music career. [7]

Music career

His music recording career began in 2002, with the studio album, Ronnie Freeman, that was released on May 21, 2002, by Rocketown Records. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] The subsequent studio album, God Speaking, was released on January 8, 2008, with Koch Records. [14] [15] [16] He released, Perfect Love, on June 21, 2011, from Brentwood Benson Records. Freeman's fourth studio album, If This Is What It Means, was released on August 30, 2012, by Elevate Entertainment. His fifth studio album, Paradise, was released on August 15, 2015, from Plaid Sky Records.

Personal life

Freeman has been married to Leslie Rae Perkins, since 1996, and together they have three children, their oldest two named Hannah and Josiah, where they reside around Nashville, Tennessee. [17]

Discography

Studio albums

Related Research Articles

Jill Anne Gullahorn is an American Christian musician based out of Nashville, Tennessee, who brings a folk rock and roots rock sound with contemporary Christian music themes.

<i>How to Kill and Be Killed</i> 2005 video / Live album by Derek Webb

How to Kill and Be Killed (2005) is a live concert DVD from singer-songwriter Derek Webb. The full-band show was recorded at the Nashville performance space Rocketown, at the release party for his second solo studio album, I See Things Upside Down.

Shaun Groves is an American Christian singer-songwriter and musician from Tyler, Texas.

Daniel Terrell Kirkley is an American Christian musician. He released, Let Love Win, in 2007, and this was released by Centricity Music. The next two releases, just happened to be extended play's, released by Centricity in 2008, As Tomorrow Comes, and 2010's, Crying out to You.

Rick Altizer

Rick Altizer, is a film director, recording artist, music producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and radio show host.

Andrew Hogan Gullahorn is an American Christian musician and music producer, who plays a folk rock style of Christian pop. He has released six studio albums, Old Hat in 1999, Room to Breathe in 2005, Reinventing the Wheel in 2007, The Law of Gravity in 2009, Beyond the Frame in 2013, and Fault Lines in 2016. He was a winner at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 2010.

Eric Charles Peters is an American Christian musician and guitarist, who mainly plays acoustic Christian pop and folk music. He has released nine studio albums, More than Watchman in 1999, Land of the Living in 2001, Miracle of Forgetting in 2003, Bookmark in 2004, Scarce in 2006, Chrome in 2009, Birds of Relocation in 2012, Far Side of the Sea in 2016, Earth Has No Sorrow: A Hymns Project in 2020.

Brett Younker American Christian musician (born 1984)

Brett Steven Younker is an American Christian musician, who is a GMA Dove Award-winning artist, and a worship leader at Passion Conferences in Atlanta, Georgia. He has released three studio albums, This Is Life in 2008, The New Has Come in 2010, and Come to the Water in 2012, while he has released on extended play, Burning in My Soul in 2014.

Freeman Darnell Davis is an American gospel musician and recording artist, music producer, and worship leader. He started his music career, in 2007, and has since released two studio albums. His second studio album, Moving Forward, was his breakthrough release upon the Billboard magazine charts.

Ricardo Ángel Sánchez is an American Christian musician, guitarist, and worship leader, who is a Grammy-nominated GMA Dove Award-winning songwriter. He has released four albums, Unmerited, Oh What a God, It's Not Over, and Grand Symphony.

Lara Landon

Laura Landon started her music career in 2008, by signing with Whiplash Records while attending Belmont University in Nashville. She has released six studio albums, Beloved, "Love/Majestic", Overcome, "Christmas", There Is Grace and "The Never Again". The single "Closer" charted on the Billboard magazine Christian Songs chart. The fan funded and self produced album "Overcome" was named one of the top 12 Christian albums of the year by iTunes.

Joy Lippard Hanna is an American Christian musician and worship leader, who plays a Christian pop style of contemporary worship music with soft rock elements. She has released three independently made studio albums, since 2005, Outside and In, Joy Lippard, and Set Free. Her song, "Hole in My Pocket", charted on the Billboard magazine Hot Christian Songs chart.

Londa Erica Larmond is a Canadian gospel musician and worship leader, who is an urban contemporary gospel and Christian R&B recording artist, under the Christian pop umbrella. She started her music career, in 1999, with her first studio album, Love Letters, releasing in 2001. She is a GMA Award and a June Award nominee, and a Covenant Award winner.

Tyson Motsenbocker

Tyson Jay Motsenbocker is an American songwriter and guitarist. He has released two studio albums, 2016's Letters to Lost Loves and 2020's Someday I'll Make It All Up To You, both with Tooth & Nail Records.

Gabriel Wilson

Gabriel Solomon Wilson is an American record producer, Christian musician, multi-instrumentalist. Over the course of his music career, Wilson has produced and written on many projects including John Mark McMillan's Mercury & Lightning and Lindy Conant & The Circuit Riders' Every Nation Wilson was a member of the Rock n Roll Worship Circus and The Listening, while he has toured with The Violet Burning. He has released two solo studio albums, Lovely Is Death - EP in 2006 and The McGuire Side in 2012.

Josiah James Meeker, who goes by the stage name Josiah James, is an American Christian musician and guitarist, who plays alternative rock, pop rock, and indie rock music. Meeker has released two studio albums, The Morning Light (2009) and All Forgotten Things (2012). He has released three extended plays, Oceans (2010), Heaven Came Down (2012), and Identity (2014).

Christine D'Clario is an American Christian music singer, songwriter and worship leader, who plays contemporary worship music primarily for a Spanish-speaking audience. She has released seven albums: six in the Spanish-language and one in the English-language, Christine D'Clario (2005), Solo tú... lo único que quiero (2008), De Vuelta al Jardín (2011), Más Profundo and Deeper (2013), Eterno Live (2015), and Emanuel (2018). D'Clario has been nominated for two GMA Dove Awards.

Sean Martin Slaughter is an American Christian hip hop musician. He started making hip hop music in 1991 but did not release a commercial album until 1999. He has released eight studio albums, ...And Justice for All (1999), The World Is Not Enough (2001), Slaughter Music Presents...the Dungeon Underground Classics, Chapter 1 (2002), Die Another Day (2005), Just Add Water (2006), Man on Fire (2008), The Prototype (2010) and Prototype 2 (2014).

Kimberly Tara "Kim" Dexter is an American Christian musician, who plays worship and Christian pop music. She has released two studio albums, So This Is It (2006) and Reaching (2014).

Joel Allen Vaughn is an American Christian musician, who plays a Christian pop, Christian EDM, and Christian rock style of contemporary worship music. He has released three studio albums, Don't Give Up (2010), In the Waiting (2014), and Kinetic (2016), while he has released two extended plays, Bigger Than Me (2009) and Joel Vaughn (2015).

References

  1. ↑ American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. "A LOVE LIKE THAT Work ID No. 883030988 ISWC No. T9061575777 IPI No. 344013799 (FREEMAN RONNIE C)". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers . Retrieved February 7, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) A LOVE LIKE THAT Work ID No. 883030988 ISWC No. T9061575777 IPI No. 344013799 (FREEMAN RONNIE C)
  2. ↑ Ronnie Freeman (ronniefreemanmusic) (September 24, 2012). "From Leslie: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ronnie!!!! I love you!". Facebook. Retrieved February 7, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)[ non-primary source needed ]
  3. ↑ "Ronnie C Freeman in Nolensville, TN". Intelius. Retrieved February 7, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ "U.S. Public Records Index". Family Search. 2009. 268483392.
  5. ↑ Family (September 1, 2001). "English-Freeman". The Tuscaloosa News . Retrieved February 7, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ↑ Family (December 16, 2001). "English-Freeman". The Tuscaloosa News . Retrieved February 7, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. ↑ Staff. "Ronnie Freeman : Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved February 7, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  8. ↑ Argyrakis, Andy (May 1, 2002). "Ronnie Freeman". Christianity Today . Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved February 7, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  9. ↑ Hames, Daniel (May 7, 2002). "Review: Ronnie Freeman – Ronnie Freeman". Cross Rhythms . Retrieved February 7, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  10. ↑ Smeby, Mark A. (June 1, 2002). "Ronnie Freeman: Ronnie Freeman (Rocketown)" (PDF). CCM Magazine . 24 (12): 50. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  11. ↑ Kittle, Ashleigh. "Ronnie Freeman – Ronnie Freeman". AllMusic . Retrieved February 7, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  12. ↑ Wilson, Josh (April 7, 2002). "Freeman, Ronnie – Ronnie Freeman (Wilson)". The Phantom Tollbooth. Retrieved February 7, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  13. ↑ McConnell, Josh (April 25, 2002). "Freeman, Ronnie – Ronnie Freeman (McConnell)". The Phantom Tollbooth. Retrieved February 7, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  14. ↑ Farias, Andree (January 1, 2008). "God Speaking". Christianity Today . Archived from the original on September 7, 2009. Retrieved February 7, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  15. ↑ Jones, Ewan (October 4, 2008). "Review: God Speaking – Ronnie Freeman". Cross Rhythms . Retrieved February 7, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  16. ↑ Elliott, Belinda. "God Speaking – Ronnie Freeman". Christian Broadcasting Network . Retrieved February 7, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  17. ↑ Bain, David (November 1, 2002). "Ronnie Freeman: 10 Questions answered by the American singer/pianist". Cross Rhythms . Retrieved February 7, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.