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Home » Biography. Her music resonates in churches of all denominations throughout the world. She created an inspirational hour radio station, Bradio.

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Rickie has released nine solo albums of inspirational music, produced seven choral music albums, three songbooks, two volumes of choral music arrangements and one mini-memoir of stories about her songs. Rickie Byars is the sixth child in a family of seven children born in the segregated town of Charlotte, NC. At an early age she was taught that she must bring her very best to her family, to her race and then to the world.

Rickie has always remembered this and cares deeply about her community. She sits on the Board of Directors of Voices4Freedom. In , with a team of intergenerational artists, she established Kuumba in Motion, a non-profit inspirational initiative that empowers individuals to discover their inherent gifts and talents through exposure to nature, the arts, and creative sciences.

The Kuumba design team is now focussed on developing an innovative model for transitional and transformational communities as they age. For concerts or Sunday Devotionals these musicians and singers bring a lot to the music. We are doing what WE came to do!