Carrie Underwood will bring her new album, My Savior, to life with a special global livestream concert taking place on Easter Sunday (April 4).
The seven-time GRAMMY winner and three-time ACM Entertainer of the Year will take the stage at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium for My Savior: Live From The Ryman, performing gospel hymns she grew up singing. The free show can be viewed exclusively on Underwood’s Facebook page for 48 hours.
Joining Underwood at the “Mother Church of Country Music” will be CeCe Winans, the 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 on 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 played on the album, will also appear with the superstar.
Throughout the livestream and the 48 hours that follow, fans will be able to donate to Save the Children, which works in over 100 countries to ensure that children grow up healthy, educated and safe. In the U.S., Save the Children reaches children through early education, literacy and child hunger programs, helps prepare children for emergencies and responds when disaster strikes.
“This is an album I have always wanted to record and I’m thrilled to be able to bring these uplifting, inspirational songs to life in this special way,” 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 and to be able to raise much-needed funds and awareness for the incredible work of Save the Children as we celebrate the importance of family.”
Available on CD and digital beginning March 26, 2021, My Savior features 13 tracks.
“This is an album I have always wanted to record. When I set out to choose these songs, I wanted to include the beautiful, familiar hymns I grew up singing in church,” Underwood previously shared. “There are several songs I have performed in the past, like ‘Softly And Tenderly,’ ‘How Great Thou Art’ and ‘Amazing Grace’ that mean so much to me and I knew immediately we needed to record for the album. This music shaped who I am as a person and is the foundation of my career as a recording artist. I feel so blessed to get to share these songs with generations of people who love them as I do, as well as others who might be experiencing them for the first time.”
The album is co-produced and arranged by Underwood and GRAMMY® Award winner David Garcia and follows the release of Underwood’s chart-topping Christmas album, My Gift.
