The debut release from EMI Gospel's Smokie Norful, I Need You Now, is proof positive. With a voice that both soothes and excites, and a songwriter's pen that runs the gamut of much of modern popular music, Smokie Norful arrives alive and on fire.

An incendiary live performer as well, Smokie has drawn great responses from both churched and unchurched audiences for music he terms urban/inspirational.