A Time To Love

Editor's Info:
(New York, NY- Oct. 18, 2005) Today, Motown Records releases A Time To Love, Stevie Wonder's highly anticipated new CD featuring 15 new songs. The new disc, one of the premier Motown releases in recent years and ushering in an exciting new era for the record label, is a dedicated effort by the legendary artist to remind the world about the restorative power of love.
The long awaited album has already garnered glowing reviews, with The New York Times proclaiming that "Mr. Wonder has not lost his unparalleled sense of melody," while Rolling Stone heralds the album, "...Wonder at his prime." Enthusiasm for Wonder's return has been unrivaled: he's made high profile performances on TV, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and Good Morning America, and has or will appear on the nation's top syndicated radio programs including: Tom Joyner and Howard Stern.
Among the songs included on the new album are "A Time To Love," (featuring India.Arie), "Your Love Cannot Be Moved," (featuring gospel star Kim Burrell), "Positivity," (featuring Wonder's daughter Aisha Morris), and a host of other superstar collaborations, including appearances by Prince,Narada Michael Walden, Doug E. Fresh, Sir Paul McCartney, who plays acoustic and electric guitar on the title track, Hubert Laws, Mike Phillips, En Vogue, and Bonnie Raitt on slide guitar.
Wonder once again reveals his humanitarian side on A Time To Love, with the uplifting "Shelter In The Rain." The song is an inspiring and timely anthem featuring gospel legend Kirk Franklin directing the angelic chorus, a fitting ode of healing for victims and survivors of the devastating hurricanes continuing to ravage the gulf coast. Net proceeds from the song are going to Stevie's charity organization The Wonder Foundation, which is earmarking the donations for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.