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Jaci Velasquez will perform on Music City Keep On Playin’: A Benefit for Flood Relief – Broadcast LIVE on GAC from the Ryman Auditorium on Sunday, May16th from 7pm-10pm CT. Jaci will join Sheryl Crow, Keith Urban, Martina McBride, Keb’ Mo’, Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Kellie Pickler, Rodney Atkins, CeCe Winans, Randy Montana and Will Hoge. The show will be hosted by actor James Denton (Desperate Housewives) and actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley (According to Jim, Father of the Bride). The show will re-air on May 16th at 10pm and 1am CT. All money raised through the event will be donated to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. Celebrities also will staff phone banks during the sold-out show. People wanting to help also can donate by texting “GAC” to 501501, and $10 will go directly to the CFMT.
Everlife, Manic Drive, Paige Armstrong and Jasmine join Michael W. Smith for Dove Awards performance
Everlife, Manic Drive, Paige Armstrong and Jasmine joined Michael W. Smith and an all-star cast of vocalists for the finale performance of “Come Together Now” on the 41st Annual Dove Awards, taped April 21st at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. The show will air on the Gospel Music Channel at 8pm ET/PT on Sunday, April 25th.
MR. DEL, a former member of the multi-platinum hardcore rap group Three 6 Mafia, will be featured on The 700 Club tomorrow – Thursday, April 22nd! The show airs weekdays on TBN at 3pm ET and on ABC Family at 10am, 11pm and 3am ET.
Multi-platinum award-winning country artist Collin Raye, a Dove Award nominee this year for Country Album of the Year for Never Going Back (Time Life), will perform his latest single “She’s With Me” during the pre-show ceremony of the 41st Annual Dove Awards, to be held April 21st at the Acuff Theatre, part of the Grand Ole Opry Entertainment Complex in Nashville, Tennessee.
Jaci Velasquez and her husband Nic Gonzales, frontman for Salvador, will host the pre-show ceremony of the 41st Annual Dove Awards, to be held April 21st at the Acuff Theatre, part of the Grand Ole Opry Entertainment Complex in Nashville, Tennessee.
Nashville Publicity Group’s 8th annual Dove Awards Week showcase event – The Dog & Pony Show – will be held on Tuesday, April 20th from 7pm-11pm at the Historic Berger Building (162 Rosa L. Parks Blvd) in downtown Nashville. Sponsored by Letters to God: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the concert event will feature rare, intimate performances from a few new artists as well as some of the top names in Pop, Christian and Country Music! This year’s event will feature performances from Eliot Sloan, frontman for the multi-platinum rock/pop group Blessid Union of Souls, multi-platinum country superstar Collin Raye and 2010 GRAMMY winner Jason Crabb. Also scheduled to perform are hitmaker Regie Hamm, Miley Cyrus tourmates Everlife, Rachael Lampa, Callann Lane, Brad Mackeson, Chuck Tocco and Lainey Wright with special guest Paul Colman. And hosting this special event will be Master Illusionist Harris III! For more information, visit http://tinyurl.com/dogandpony2010.
Next Week is Dove Awards Week in Nashville, and Nashville Publicity Group will be hosting a Media Suite in Ryman 3 at the Hilton Nashville Downtown (121 Fourth Avenue South). The suite will be open daily April 19-21 by appointment only. The following artists will be available for media interviews: Aaron Barnhart, After Edmund, Ann Marie Boskovich (“Letters to God” soundtrack), Chuck Tocco, Collin Raye, Everlife, Jaci Velasquez, Jason Eaton, Kevin LeVar, Kylie Jean, Manic Drive, Master Illusionist Harris III, Mission Six, Paige Armstrong, Regie Hamm, Salvador, The Rubyz, The Warren Brothers and Yancy. To schedule interviews, contact Brian Mayes at brian@nashvillepublicity.com.
Blessid Union of Souls frontman Eliot Sloan will join Luna Halo’s Cary Barlowe, Matthew West, Shenandoah vocalist Marty Raybon and Brian White – all coming together for an intimate performance on Wednesday, March 31st at The Listening Room Café (209 10th Avenue South) in Nashville. The show starts at 9pm, and the cover charge is $10 at the door. The concert event is part of this year’s Tin Pan South – NSAI’s 18th annual songwriters festival.
iShine LIVE!, a unique faith-based concert tour designed specifically for the tween (ages 8-14) market, will head back out on the road this spring, hitting more than 20 cities nationwide in April and May. The spring tour will feature performances from Paige Armstrong, The Rubyz, Mission Six, Jamie Grace, and iShine newcomers Chelsea Musick, Siloam and Kylie Jean, whose debut album hits stores via iShine Records on May 3rd.