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.
Everlife premiered their new music video “What’s Beautiful” today at RANSOM.tv. The song – a call to challenge culturally accepted concepts of beauty – is a perfect fit for RANSOM.tv, an online portal with thought-provoking music, videos, interviews and other pieces to appeal to young adults seeking meaning and purpose. The video, shot mostly in Nashville, was produced by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). Parts of the video were also shot at BGEA’s studio in Charlotte, NC.
Bonded Records and Universal Music Christian Group have partnered for the March 30th release of Letters to God: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – a 2-disc, 23-song collection which includes songs from chart-topping country music group The Warren Brothers, as well as Matthew West, Jeremy Camp, Sanctus Real, Between the Trees, Addison Road, Paul Colman, Wintley Phipps and more. Letters to God, from one of the producers of Fireproof and Facing the Giants, opens in theaters nationwide on April 9th via Possibility Pictures and Vivendi Entertainment. Visit the official website at www.letterstogodthemovie.com.
Country superstar Collin Raye will be appearing on the hit FOX News show Huckabee this Saturday, March 6th at 8pm (7pm CT)! Collin will be performing his single “She’s With Me” from his latest album Never Going Back (Time Life) and talking about his grandaughter Hailey and her disability which inspired the song.
Singer/Actress Katelyn Tarver returns to Nickelodeon’s Big Time Rush on Friday, March 5th. The show airs Friday’s at 8:30pm ET / 7:30pm CT!
NPG president Brian Mayes and longtime girlfriend Jessica Lewis were married on February 20th in a private ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee. NPG clients past & present played a big part in the celebration, with Joanne Cash, Everlife and The Imperials performing during the ceremony. At a reception held at Cannery Ballroom, Bryan Duncan & the Nehosoul Band served as the house band, Kevin Max performed his “On & On” for the bride & groom’s first dance, former Earth Wind & Fire vocalist Sheldon Reynolds performed a few of the band’s hits, and Rachael Lampa, Vail Johnson, Kevin LeVar and Jontez were all spotted on stage throughout the evening. The happy couple are honeymooning in the Caribbean.
Congratulations to our Dove Award nominees: COLLIN RAYE – Country Album of the Year for “Never Going Back” (Time Life); MR DEL – Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year for “Thrilla” (Dedicated Music Group/Universal); and “iSHINE JAMZ, VOL. 1 (iSHINE Records) – Children’s Album of the Year. The 41st annual Dove Awards will take place at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010, and they will air on Gospel Music Channel.
Congrats to Jasmine, whose debut single “Make a Movie” is #10 this week on Radio Disney’s Top 10, alongside such popular artists as Selena Gomez & The Scene, Justin Bieber, Nick Jonas & The Administration and Taylor Swift.