{"id":2012,"date":"2012-02-23T05:31:16","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T10:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2012-02-23T05:31:16","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T10:31:16","slug":"nominees-announced-for-gma-dove-awards-john-tesh-celebrates-the-big-band-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/02\/nominees-announced-for-gma-dove-awards-john-tesh-celebrates-the-big-band-era.html","title":{"rendered":"Nominees announced for GMA Dove Awards + John Tesh celebrates the Big Band Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are today&#8217;s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Nominees for 2012 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards\u00a0 announced.<\/strong> The 43rd annual even will be held at the Fox Theatre\u00a0 in Atlanta on April 19, 2012. Least year&#8217;s event, which was hosted by The View&#8217;s Sherri Shepherd and aired on the Gospel Music Channel garnered 1.5 million viewers.\u00a0 This year&#8217;s nominees include:<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Male Vocalist of the Year <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chris August<\/p>\n<p>Chris Tomlin<\/p>\n<p>Jason Crabb<\/p>\n<p>Kirk Franklin<\/p>\n<p>Steven Curtis Chapman<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Female Vocalist of the Year:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Francesca Battistelli<\/p>\n<p>Kari Jobe<\/p>\n<p>Laura Story<\/p>\n<p>Mandisa<\/p>\n<p>Natalie Grant<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Group of the Year:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Casting Crowns<\/p>\n<p>David Crowder Band<\/p>\n<p>Gaither Vocal Band<\/p>\n<p>NEEDTOBREATHE<\/p>\n<p>The Isaacs<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>John Tesh swings.<\/strong> The positive musician and host of the syndicated radio show <em>Intelligence for Your Life<\/em> is celebrating the feel-good sound of the Big Band Era with the release of his new album straightforwardly-enough called <em>John Tesh: Big Band<\/em>, a similarly-themed PBS special and a Big Band-themed live tour scheduled for this spring and summer.\u00a0 He come a long way fro<em>m Entertainment Tonigh<\/em>t. For more info, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tesh.com\/\">Tesh.com<\/a>.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"John Tesh: Big Band - World War II Diary &amp; &quot;In The Mood&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rt7a2nzNe58?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>No blog tomorrow. See you Monday.<\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are today&#8217;s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Nominees for 2012 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards\u00a0 announced. The 43rd annual even will be held at the Fox Theatre\u00a0 in Atlanta on April 19, 2012. Least year&#8217;s event, which was hosted by The View&#8217;s Sherri Shepherd and aired on the Gospel&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,25,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-music","category-television"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nominees announced for GMA Dove Awards + John Tesh celebrates the Big Band Era<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/02\/nominees-announced-for-gma-dove-awards-john-tesh-celebrates-the-big-band-era.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nominees announced for GMA Dove Awards + John Tesh celebrates the Big Band Era\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here are today&#8217;s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Nominees for 2012 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards\u00a0 announced. The 43rd annual even will be held at the Fox Theatre\u00a0 in Atlanta on April 19, 2012. Least year&#8217;s event, which was hosted by The View&#8217;s Sherri Shepherd and aired on the Gospel&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/02\/nominees-announced-for-gma-dove-awards-john-tesh-celebrates-the-big-band-era.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Faith, Media &amp; Culture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-02-23T10:31:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John W. Kennedy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nominees announced for GMA Dove Awards + John Tesh celebrates the Big Band Era","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/02\/nominees-announced-for-gma-dove-awards-john-tesh-celebrates-the-big-band-era.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nominees announced for GMA Dove Awards + John Tesh celebrates the Big Band Era","og_description":"Here are today&#8217;s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Nominees for 2012 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards\u00a0 announced. The 43rd annual even will be held at the Fox Theatre\u00a0 in Atlanta on April 19, 2012. Least year&#8217;s event, which was hosted by The View&#8217;s Sherri Shepherd and aired on the Gospel&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/02\/nominees-announced-for-gma-dove-awards-john-tesh-celebrates-the-big-band-era.html","og_site_name":"Faith, Media &amp; Culture","article_published_time":"2012-02-23T10:31:16+00:00","author":"John W. Kennedy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/02\/nominees-announced-for-gma-dove-awards-john-tesh-celebrates-the-big-band-era.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/02\/nominees-announced-for-gma-dove-awards-john-tesh-celebrates-the-big-band-era.html","name":"Nominees announced for GMA Dove Awards + John Tesh celebrates the Big Band Era","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-02-23T10:31:16+00:00","dateModified":"2012-02-23T10:31:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/#\/schema\/person\/e5d5ef9caeb6b01bcbf08ca6de6591c2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/02\/nominees-announced-for-gma-dove-awards-john-tesh-celebrates-the-big-band-era.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/02\/nominees-announced-for-gma-dove-awards-john-tesh-celebrates-the-big-band-era.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/02\/nominees-announced-for-gma-dove-awards-john-tesh-celebrates-the-big-band-era.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nominees announced for GMA Dove Awards + John Tesh celebrates the Big Band Era"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/","name":"Faith, Media &amp; Culture","description":"Beliefnet Voices - John W. Kennedy","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/#\/schema\/person\/e5d5ef9caeb6b01bcbf08ca6de6591c2","name":"John W. Kennedy","description":"John W. Kennedy is the founder and Dir. of Development of The Creative Universe Entertainment\u2122, a media consultation and development company focusing on the creation, development and support of high-quality mainstream entertainment that upholds positive timeless values, including trust in God. Current projects include \"Bryant Park\" (an uplifting romantic-comedy) and \"Photo Finish\" (an award-winning sci-fi TV pilot). He has written over 100 children's novels based on episodes of the Cartoon Network series \"Ben 10\", \"Ben 10: Alien Force\", \"Ben 10: Ultimate Alien\", \"Ben 10: Omniverse\" and \"Generator Rex\" among others. He also writes Beliefnet\u2019s \"Faith, Media &amp; Culture\" blog. Previously, he has produced successful news and talk programming for CNN, Fox News, Pax TV and SiriusXM. Specialties: Script Writing, Movie\/TV Novelizations &amp; Adaptations, TV Content Creation and Development, Creative Consultation, Producing and Booking News and Talk shows. He can be reached for writing, producing and consulting services at 516-640-1182.","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/author\/jkennedy"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2016,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions\/2016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}