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Cee Josephs – from tragedy to triumph The versatile gospel singer/songwriter, nutrition guru, on how family life and church taught her to sing, and how tragedy propelled her into the recording business. Her Nina Simone inspired voice, and fluid singing styles have captured the heart, if not yet the pocket books of churchgoers, and those who just want to be blessed – everywhere. Caribbean inflected cuts such as “Peace Within Me” and ‘Thank You Father’ from her first album have become her signature. “My ultimate joy is singing to people, and being in the studio creating songs’ says the Jamaican contralto. How did you learn to sing? I remember at the age of 4, or 5 being on stage at a church concert, reciting poetry, with my father as the prompter. I couldn’t remember the lines, so I started singing instead. At six years I was the youngest member of the choir, and in subsequent years, it seems I was always the youngest member of any choir or group that I sang with. And they w...