Seven-time GRAMMY Award winner and three-time ACM Entertainer of the Year Carrie Underwood will bring her new album, My Savior, to life with “My Savior: Live From The Ryman,” a virtual concert livestreamed from the iconic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, also known around the world as the “Mother Church of Country Music.” Underwood will perform the gospel hymns she grew up singing for this special concert, which will be livestreamed worldwide on her official Facebook page at 11:00 a.m. Central Time (5:00 p.m. BST) on Easter Sunday, April 4, with donations benefiting Save the Children. The free event will feature special appearances by CeCe Winansthe best-selling and most awarded female gospel artist of all time, who duets with Underwood on “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” and singer/songwriter Bear Rinehart, frontman of the rock band, NEEDTOBREATHE, who joins Underwood to sing another traditional hymn, “Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus.” Southern gospel and harmonica legend Buddy Greene and 10-time CMA Musician of the Year Mac McAnally, both of whom performed on the album, will also appear with Underwood.
My Savior features covers of some of Underwood’s favorite traditional gospel hymns in a unique pastiche of musical styles ranging from classic country to folk, bluegrass and gospel. The album will be released worldwide on CD and digital on March 26, 2021 and on vinyl on April 30. My Savior is co-produced and arranged by Underwood and GRAMMY Award winner David Garcia, with whom she co-produced her critically acclaimed 2018 album Cry Jolie, her seventh album to be certified Platinum or Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. Garcia is a four-time GRAMMY Award-winning multi-platinum record producer and songwriter.
“This is an album I’ve always wanted to record and I’m thrilled to be able to bring these uplifting and inspiring songs to life in this special way,” says Underwood. “It means so much to be able to bring this event to people’s homes on a day that means so much to us spiritually and to be able to raise much-needed funds and awareness for Save the Children’s incredible work as we celebrate the importance of family.”
Fans can RSVP via Facebook and “My Savior: Live From The Ryman” will remain exclusively on Facebook for 48 hours.
Donations accepted throughout the streaming event and for 48 hours afterwards will benefit Save the childrenwhich works in more than 100 countries to ensure that children grow up healthy, educated and safe. UNITED STATESSave the Children reaches children through early learning, literacy and child hunger programs, helps prepare children for emergencies and responds to disasters. To date, Save the Children has supported 30 million people affected by coronavirus worldwide, including nearly 12 million children, ensuring they have enough to eat, can access healthcare, can continue their education and are protected from violence. Before COVID-19, 1 in 7 children in the UNITED STATES faced food insecurity, which has now increased to 1 in 4. Since March 2020, Save the Children has delivered nearly 21 million meals to children in need across the UNITED STATES.
“When I decided to choose these songs, I wanted to include the beautiful, familiar hymns that I grew up singing in church,” says Underwood. “There are several songs that I’ve performed in the past, like ‘Softly And Tenderly,’ ‘How Great Thou Art,’ and ‘Amazing Grace,’ that mean so much to me and I knew right away that we had to record for the album. This music has shaped who I am as a person and is the foundation of my career as a recording artist. I feel so fortunate to be able to share these songs with generations of people who love them as much as I do, as well as others who might be experiencing them for the first time.”
Other tracks from My Savior include beloved hymns “Nothing But the Blood of Jesus,” “Blessed Assurance,” “Just as I Am,” “Victory In Jesus,” “O How I Love Jesus,” “Because He Lives,” “The Old Rugged Cross” and “I Surrender All,” all of which will be performed live by Underwood and his band and background vocalists on the legendary Ryman Stage. The event will also feature a string ensemble and gospel choir.
Pre-orders for the CD, vinyl and limited edition My Savior t-shirt/CD box set are now live. available. Pre-orders from physical retailers are available. Digital pre-orders are available.
Originally built as the Union Gospel Tabernacle in 1892 by Captain Tom G. Ryman, the iconic Ryman Auditorium is a National Historic Landmark, considered the “Mother Church of Country Music.” The former home of the Grand Ole Opry features stunning stained glass windows and century-old church pews that embrace the house’s spiritual roots, enhanced by cutting-edge technology.
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