{"id":487,"date":"2009-01-19T09:24:40","date_gmt":"2009-01-19T09:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/01\/israel-houghton-and-other-gosp.html"},"modified":"2009-01-19T09:24:40","modified_gmt":"2009-01-19T09:24:40","slug":"israel-houghton-and-other-gosp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/01\/israel-houghton-and-other-gosp.html","title":{"rendered":"Israel Houghton and other Gospel artists tapped to perform at Obama Inauguration events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IsraelHoughton.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/118\/import\/IsraelHoughton.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>When President Elect Barak Obama takes the oath of office on Tuesday, several Gospel artists will be part of the inaugural celebration.<br \/>\nThe 2009 Heroes Red, White &amp; Blue Inaugural Ball, scheduled for Tuesday night at the Warner Theater in Washington, will include Gospel artists Israel Houghton, Robert Randolph, Donnie McClurkin, and Bebe and Cece Winans, as well as Josh Groban, Anita Baker, George Duke, Slash, Naz, CHIC, Gary Morris, Lillias White.<br \/>\nThe Heroes Ball is hosted by Citizens Helping Heroes, a charitable organization dedicated to helping miliarty families.<br \/>\nBilled as &#8220;Legends Past, Present and Future,&#8221; the concert brings together multi-generational music icons to honor wounded servicemen and women recently returned from Iraq and Afghanistan, their families, active-duty personnel serving overseas, military leaders and other honored guests. The event will also benefit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uso.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">USO<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taps.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">TAPS<\/a>, and will be broadcast in its entirety to military bases around the world via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pentagonchannel.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Pentagon Channel.<\/a> (I think you can watch the Pentagon Channel online.)<br \/>\nFor more information, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heroball.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heroes Red, White &amp; Blue Inaugural Ball website.<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>RELATED POSTS<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/11\/christian-music-artists-releas.html\" target=\"_blank\">Christian music artists release CompassionArt: Creating Freedom From Poverty<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/10\/tickets-for-chris-tomlins-hell.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Tomlin and Israel Houghton on Hello Love Tour<\/a><br \/>\n<em>What songs topped the Christian music charts for 2008? Check out this Gospel Soundcheck post, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/01\/radio-and-records-most-played.html\" target=\"_blank\">Radio and Record&#8217;s Most Played Christian Songs of 2008.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When President Elect Barak Obama takes the oath of office on Tuesday, several Gospel artists will be part of the inaugural celebration. 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