Ashley Cleveland: Before the Daylight's Shot

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In a culture teeming with young performers, carefully manicured good looks and equally primped-up pop music, mature singers like Ashley Cleveland are hardly commonplace. And this is the secular world we're talking about. In the realm of Christian music, where the earthy singer has carved out a sizeable niche, Cleveland's unapologetic adult rock is very nearly without peer: "Wrestle with the devil, that's a losing game/ Baby, run for the blessing now/ He'll come back to you by a different name/ Run for the blessing now."