Virgin Islands Native Wins Two University Music Awards

How do you put the story of your journey from freshman to graduating senior into a modern song that wins university awards? Kandis Gumbs, who is graduating Saturday from Greenville University in Greenville, Illinois after earning a bachelor's degree in commercial music, has won two awards this week for her original song "New Chapters." The song has won the 2019 Greenville University Music Awards for Best Female Vocalist and Best Original Song of The Year, according to a release issued Friday. "New Chapters" celebrates Kandis's unique and fresh neo-soul style. It blends the modern tones of jazz and uses her amazing and clever gift of story telling. Her song tells of her personal challenges with accepting the responsibilities of "adulthood" while showing her dependency on God to sustain her throughout her college years of living over 5,000 miles away from home, the release said. "I feel like I'm able to show my heart to others in a way where I'm being as vulnerable as...