In the past year, Randolph has become one of music's bona fide phenoms, touring outside of his Orange, New Jersey, home base (against the advice of some members of his congregation) and moving into the world of secular music clubs and theaters. Randolph is on the road again, dividing his time between two bands--he tours and records with The Word, which is made up of Randolph, John Medeski and the North Mississippi All Stars, and his own band, the Family, which works a groove equally inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan, New Orleans funk and Delta blues. Randolphand the Family have just released their debut album, Live at the Wetlands, and the buzz--from the pew to the seat by the bar--just keeps getting louder.