A Bold, Hope-Filled Soundtrack for Change
Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter, music educator, and church music director Danah-Lee announces the launch of Social Justice, a powerful new album blending pop-inflected songwriting with faith-rooted, LGBTQ2S+-affirming themes. Now available on all global platforms, the record invites listeners to reflect and take heart, pairing anthemic choruses with lyrics that champion belonging, compassion, and courageous love.
The album opens with haunting pedal steel, bell-like piano, and the signature picking of Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Famer Jon Park Wheeler. Then come Danah-Lee’s honeyed, crystal-clear vocals:
In the shadow lands where hope feels thin
I pray Your name like oxygen
Steady on
Every scar is a sacred map
It points me where you had my back
Steady on
The theme is simple but powerful: “Steady On.” The act of pushing forward in faith as a queer Christian is one Danah-Lee knows intimately, having wrestled with her own identity in the context of faith.
“I wrote Social Justice for anyone who’s ever felt on the margins — of church, of community, or of their own story,” she says. “These songs are honest struggles of faith. They are prayers. You can dance to some, others you can sing as protest anthems, and all of them are reminders that our best worship sounds like justice, kindness, and joy.”
Recorded at More Than A Song Studios and crafted with Danah-Lee’s signature attention to melody and message, Social Justice channels the energy of modern pop while staying grounded in the intimacy of singer-songwriter storytelling. The album’s sonic palette blends piano-driven hooks, luminous harmonies, heart-wrenching pedal steel and shimmering guitars, supporting narratives of faith, reconciliation, radical welcome and everyday hope.
The first single, Even Angels, has already spent four weeks in the Top 10 of Pride Radio Canada’s The New Queer Canada Music Chart and is currently holding strong at #3 nationally.
Find more details at danahleemusic.com.
