It’s Not Just Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll: CDs From Artists in Recovery are Gaining Attention

Published February 16, 2011

Nashville, TN (PRWEB) May 10, 2006

Sunlight of the Spirit Music (http://www.sunlightofthespiritmusic.com) arrived on the Internet in 2006 as the only music store on the planet offering CDs solely from artists in recovery. Now, four months after its launch, twenty-seven artists with CDs in the store are gaining attention both inside and outside the recovery community.

SunlightOfTheSpiritMusic.com is the brainchild of Nashville songwriter, author, and music publicist Gracie Hollombe Vandiver. Vandiver combined her passion for music and her love of living a clean and sober lifestyle, creating the online boutique as a way to lend support for talented artists in recovery.

“These artists are putting a positive face on recovery” says Vandiver. “Many of the artists with CDs for sale on the site are recognizable from being in the spotlight in a former lifetime. I grew up listening to their music as the soundtrack to my youth. They’re still around and they’re creating great music, only now they don’t need drugs or alcohol.”

She hopes Sunlight of the Spirit Music will have a positive influence on newly-clean and sober musicians who may be facing the same fear she faced during her first year of sobriety, over fourteen years ago. “I had been carrying around a lot of fear about not being able to create music without the aid of drugs or alcohol. Then, I went to hear a sober friend perform at a club in L.A. There was this one moment — my friend was on stage and I thought to myself, wow, if she can do it, I can do it.”

In addition to featuring CDs in all the usual genres, SunlightOfTheSpiritMusic.com also has the largest selection of twelve-step and recovery music available for dealing with alcoholism and addiction in all its forms.

Sunlight of the Spirit Music offers a blog for keeping up with the latest news at http://www.sunlightofthespiritmusic.com/blog/ or visit the website at http://www.sunlightofthespiritmusic.com.

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