TASHA’s Curtain Rises: Worship Reimagined with John Legend, Lecrae & More

She speaks softly—until the choir joins, and suddenly Church becomes a sacred storm, with John Legend’s voice weaving through hers as confession and call to worship.

Tasha Cobbs Leonard has lived in the live-recorded space of gospel tradition—until now. Tasha, her first-ever studio album due July 25, is a bold pivot: conceived with her husband-producer, it spans gospel, worship, hip-hop, 80s‑R&B and pop. It’s intimate yet electric. She says: “This album is the truest expression of who I am right now… vulnerable, honest, joyful.”

The launch single, The Hand That Keeps Holding, is gentle grace made anthem—a melody rooted in Psalm 34:18. Yet with Church, featuring John Legend, worship transforms. “God it’s just you and me now… Teach me how to have church on a Monday,” she sings, prompting listeners to reimagine devotion beyond Sunday pews. Legend adds his own lineage to the choir, and Tasha’s family appears in the music video—a communion of blood and voice.

Sound That Defies Expectation

Gone is the live-audience safety net. Here, she builds layered, cinematic gospel in studio stillness. The “Already Good (Tasha Slide)” track is a line-dance track clashing with sanctity: joyful, surprising, worship in motion. It’s already trending—not just in church halls but church parking lots.

The album’s roster reads like a spiritual summit: Kirk Franklin, Lecrae, Chandler Moore, and Mary Mary make appearances. When Tasha and Lecrae collaborated on Your Power, they said: “This conversation was much needed”—speaking on mental health, artistry, rejection, and faith. Those themes echo throughout Tasha, as songs like Broken Pieces and I Still Choose You offer testimony in melody.

Faith, Identity, Reinvention

For more than a decade Tasha built her career on live gospel energy. Now she navigates stillness with boldness, carving space for vulnerability in worship music. This album doesn’t erase her past—it reframes it, inviting listeners into both her struggles and her joy.

The Whole & Free tour this fall furthers the vision—a multi-city mission merging performance, healing, and presence. Guests Naomi Raine, Dr. Jackie Greene, and Kobe Campbell join her in what promises to be a spiritual tapestry, not just a concert.

Just as Church asks: can worship live beyond the sanctuary? Tasha whispers: can faith dance, grieve, sing and still stay true? And when Sunday ends—where does the music continue?