Jovonta Patton

Jovonta Patton is a Minneapolis-based chart-topping singer, composer, entrepreneur, radio program host, and founder/director of the 100-plus-member Deliverance for Youth choir and savvy backing band centered in the Twin Cities. Its members range in age from 14 to 21. Possessed of a reedy baritone reminiscent of Stevie Wonder's, Patton's singing voice, while firmly rooted in the modern gospel tradition, is readily accessible, offering an edifying approach he calls "pop-gospel" which proved successful on his self-released debut album, 2016's Finally Living -- topped the music in...