Bluegrass Charm---- Judy DeRamus and Shelia Lewis are sisters that have been blessed with extraordinary talents to sing, write and share the Gospel in a country music style that has become known as Christian Country. When you add their recognitions together, you will have 11 Grammy Nomination Entries, twenty-four 1 songs and over 40 awards since 1994. Judy has received the International Country Gospel Music Association’s prestigious “Female Vocalist of the Year” a record five times and was named “Female Artist of the Decade” of the 90's. Judy has been inducted into both the Country Gospel Music Guild’s and International Country Gospel Music Association’s Hall of Fame. Shelia has received Christian Country Music’s “Female Artist of the Year”, “Songwriter of the Year” and the “Country Gospel Female Horizon Award”. Shelia also received the Governor’s Commendation as “Oklahoma Native Daughter” and a special Recognition from President George W. Bush. Judy and Shelia travel together extensively throughout the U.S. performing and sharing in Churches, Festivals, Auditoriums, Cowboys For Christ and Oprys. Their concerts are a mix of performing individually and together. They have recorded nine albums individually and one album together as Bluegrass Charm, releasing music in both the Christian Country and Bluegrass markets. Judy made an appearance in the Robert Duvall movie “The Apostle” in 1997 and both Judy and Shelia have been written into a new movie to be made called “Winding Stairs Mountain”. The one thing that remains constant even with all the recognitions, is their continual love for the Lord and their love for ministering the Gospel through song.
Read more...