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Carrie Underwood Announces Special Easter Sunday Virtual Concert

Carrie Underwood is set to perform a special virtual concert featuring songs from her forthcoming gospel album, My Savior, live from The Ryman on Easter Sunday, April 4th at 12PM ET.
Carrie Underwood's 'My Savior: Live From The Ryman' is set for Easter Sunday, April 4th

Carrie Underwood’s ‘My Savior: Live From The Ryman’ is set for Easter Sunday, April 4th

What better way to celebrate Easter Sunday than with a gospel concert live from the Mother Church of Country music? Carrie Underwood is doing just that, announcing a unique way to experience her new album, My Savior with a global livestream on Sunday, April 4th.

My Savior, the companion project to last year’s Christmas album, My Gift, features covers of traditional hymns with special guests including gospel legend, CeCe Winans, NEEDTOBREATHE frontman, Bear Rinehart, and legendary musicians Buddy Greene and McAnally. All four will join Underwood during the broadcast from the iconic Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville.

The event is free to stream, but donations collected during the viewing will go to Save the Children, a leading global humanitarian organization working to improve education, economic, and healthcare opportunities for children around the world.

My Savior is co-arranged and produced by award-winning producer, David Garcia and Underwood herself, a partnership that has continued since Underwood’s 2018 studio album, Cry Pretty. “This is an album I have always wanted to record,” says Underwood. “It means so much to be able to bring this event to people in their homes on a day that holds so much meaning for us spiritually.”

My Savior is available everywhere this Friday, March 26th. “My Savior: Live from the Ryman” will stream on Underwood’s official Facebook page at 11am CT/12PM ET on Sunday, April 4th and remain exclusively on the platform for 48 hours. Fans can RSVP via Facebook here.

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Carrie Underwood Christmas Special to Debut December 3rd on HBO Max

“My Gift: A Christmas Special From Carrie Underwood” is set to debut December 3rd on HBO Max highlighting songs from her first-ever holiday album as well as traditional favorites.

Carrie Underwood Christmas Special

“My Gift: A Christmas Special From Carrie Underwood” to Debut December 3 on HBO Max

Announced earlier this fall, HBO Max revealed an exclusive holiday special starring seven-time GRAMMY Award winner, Carrie Underwood. Set to appear with her band along with a live orchestra and choir, Underwood will perform a combination of beloved traditional favorites celebrating the spiritual nature of the holiday season, as well as new original material from her first-ever Christmas album, My Gift

The special will feature many heartfelt moments and performances, including a duet with John Legend, singing “Hallelujah,” as well as some behind the scenes of Underwood recording “Little Drummer Boy” with her five-year-old son, Isaiah.

The Max Original special is executive produced by Gary Goetzman and Tom Hanks for Playtone, along with Underwood and her manager, Ann Edelblute.

“I’m thrilled to be collaborating with Playtone and HBO Max to bring My Gift to life,” said Underwood in a recent press release. “Just like the album, I hope this special will help bring some much-needed joy and become part of the soundtrack to people’s holiday festivities this year as it streams throughout the season and beyond.”

My Gift: A Christmas Special From Carrie Underwood” will be available to stream starting Thursday, Dec. 3 on HBO Max.

In addition to the exciting holiday special, it was also recently revealed that Carrie Underwood and John Legend’s new Christmas duet “Hallelujah” will sync up with the 2020 Empire State Building light show in New York City beginning December 19 through Christmas Day for their Annual Holiday Light Show. Learn more here.

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My Gift is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music‘ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

 

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Carrie Underwood’s ‘Hallelujah’ To Be Featured in Empire State Building Holiday Light Show

Carrie Underwood and John Legend’s new Christmas duet “Hallelujah” will sync up with the 2020 Empire State Building light show in New York City.

Carrie Underwood "Hallelujah" John Legend

Christmas came early for Carrie Underwood fans when she dropped her highly anticipated holiday album My Gift earlier this fall. And now the festivities continue with a special announcement from the historic Empire State Building in New York City. One of the original songs from the project will sync with the annual light show playing on the famous downtown Manhattan landmark, providing fans near and far with a new way to experience the track. 

“Hallelujah”, written by John Legend and Toby Gad, is a fan favorite from the album and is sure to get people in the holiday spirit. The song will broadcast on iHeartRadio’s Z100 and LiteFM at 8PM ET every night from Saturday, December 19 through Christmas Day. The accompanying light show was choreographed by world-renowned lighting designer Marc Brickman. 

“I’m honored to be able to join the Empire State Building for this wonderful tradition,” said Underwood in a press release earlier this week. “More than ever, it’s a time to embrace the hopefulness and joy of the holiday season, and to share that magic with people around the globe.”

Fans outside New York City can watch the spectacle live online via Earthcam hereAfter the debut performance on December 19, the entire show will also be uploaded to the Empire State Building’s YouTube channel, here.

“Hallelujah” and My Gift are available now everywhere you stream music.

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Carrie Underwood’s Christmas Album ‘My Gift’ is Here

Carrie Underwood’s Christmas Album is finally here and although it’s only September, it seems the holidays have come early. The country superstar has recorded multiple holiday tracks since winning American Idol in 2005, but today’s release titled My Gift is the first full-length Christmas album of her 15+ year career. 

Carrie Underwood My Gift

With a mix of Christmas classics like “O Holy Night”, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, “Mary Did You Know”, and “O Come All Ye Faithful”, plus original songs sure to become holiday favorites such as “Let There Be Peace”, “Sweet Baby Jesus”, and “Hallelujah”, the album truly has something for everyone. There are even special guests including John Legend and a very unique ‘Little Drummer Boy’, Underwood’s 5-year-old son, Isaiah Fisher. 

The record is full of gospel and soul and showcases two of Carrie Underwoods’ most notable qualities; her killer pipes and her religious devotion. The album has plenty of powerful registers known around the world, but fans will also see a softer side of Underwood’s voice throughout the project as she lends gentler vocals to the spiritual lyrics. The singer-songwriter (plus lifestyle brand entrepreneur and most recently best-selling author) has always put her faith front and center in her career and this project is no different. Even the name of the album, “My Gift” came from a place of worship. 

“I tried to think about the songs that were in it and one of my favorites is “Little Drummer Boy” because the sentiment behind it is so honest,” Underwood said in a teaser video for the project earlier this year. “They’re bringing gifts to baby Jesus and he doesn’t have anything, he’s poor. So he says ‘I’m gonna play my drum for him, that’s what I have’. And to me, that is a gift that was given to him by God. I love music. I love singing. That is my personal gift that I have that I am blessed to do and I want to use that gift and give it back to Jesus”. 

The timing may have finally been right for the songstress to release a holiday project, but the coronavirus pandemic provided a unique challenge when it came to finishing the album. Thanks to technology, however, producer Greg Wells was able to be with Underwood in the studio via Zoom. Behind the scenes, video from the sessions show studio musicians and choral singers socially distant and wearing masks. 

Fans will get a chance to experience the album another way this winter when HBO Max airs an exclusive holiday special. Underwood will appear with a live orchestra and choir, performing both traditional and original songs from the album. An air date for the special hasn’t been announced yet.

“Now more than ever we all need to focus on what Christmas is about,” says Underwood.  “Even though it has been a tough year, sometimes I feel like the greatest realizations can come in the worst times or in the most stressful times and it makes you more thankful for the things that you do have.”  Right now, we’re thankful for the new Carrie Underwood music!

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My Gift is now available everywhere you buy or stream music. Check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music‘ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

A Carrie Underwood Christmas Special is Coming to HBO Max

A Carrie Underwood Christmas special is coming to HBO Max highlighting songs from her forthcoming holiday album, My Gift.

Carrie Underwood My Gift

Announced earlier today, (Sept. 24th), HBO Max revealed an exclusive holiday special starring seven-time GRAMMY Award winner, Carrie Underwood. The show will focus on her first-ever Christmas album, My Gift, which is due out tomorrow, September 25th.

Country Queen and 2020 Co-ACM Entertainer of the Year, Carrie Underwood will appear with a live orchestra and choir, performing a combination of beloved traditional favorites celebrating the spiritual nature of the holiday, as well as new original material from the highly anticipated album.

“The journey of writing and recording this album started last year when I finished my tour and we could have never anticipated the circumstances we would be in this year,” said Carrie Underwood in a recent press release. “Creating this album has been good for my heart, and I’m thrilled to get to share it with the world and to bring it to life with Playtone and HBO Max.”

The Max Original special will be executive produced by Gary Goetzman and Tom Hanks for Playtone, along with Underwood and her manager, Ann Edelblute. The holiday event is set to shoot this fall.

No air-date has been revealed just yet, but fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news about the upcoming Carrie Underwood release.

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My Gift will be available everywhere you buy or stream music tomorrow, Friday, September 24th. Check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music‘ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

 

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Carrie Underwood Previews “Let There Be Peace” from Holiday Album

In a time of protests, riots and social injustice, country superstar and ACM Entertainer of the Year nominee, Carrie Underwood voices her one wish in the newly released, uplifting anthem, “Let There Be Peace”. The beautiful track is the first taste of her upcoming Christmas album, My Gift, dropping next month on September 25th.

Although Underwood mentions Christmas in the second verse, the references to prayer, Jesus, and the backing gospel choir in the song make it more closely resemble a Christian song at its core. Underwood states that if she had one wish this Christmas, it wouldn’t be for presents under the tree, it would be to stop the crying and fighting in every nation.

“Let there be peace / Peace to every nation / Let there be hope / For all the world to see / Let there be love and joy to all the children / Let there be peace on earth for you and me”

Underwood has put out Christmas songs in the past including “Do You Hear What I Hear?” “The First Noel,” “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,” “What Child Is This?” and “O Holy Night.” My Gift will feature eleven songs, including “Let There Be Peace,” “O Holy Night,” and nine other classic Christmas songs. John Legend will join Underwood for a rendition of “Hallelujah,” and her son, Isaiah will be featured on the fourth track, “Little Drummer Boy.”

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“Let There Be Peace” is now available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music‘ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

 

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