“Elvis” Alive In North Hollywood
The king made his appearance in front of a semi packed crowd as part of the North Hollywood Summer Concert Series on July 14, 2018 beginning at 7 p.m. Raymond Michael, who has been performing at a number of different venues including at Knott’s Berry Farm, rocked the park with an hour and a half concert where he engaged with nearly everyone in the park in some way, whether by handing out the iconic Elvis Scarf or just singing directly to them. The complete video is below for viewing pleasure.
To open up the concert, a young man named Ryder Green who is known for playing a combination of original works including, blues, rockabilly and funk. Listen to the short video below.
The next concert will be Paddy’s Pig which features traditional Irish and Celtic music. For the complete list of upcoming concerts, visit NoHo Summer Nights, here. The Concert series is an extention of the Valley Cultural Center located on the West side of the San Fernando Valley.
Country Takes Over Warner Center
As part of the Concerts on the Green out at Warner Center Park, residents enjoyed a tribute to country greats as the Highwaymen Live rocked the house for a two hour concert. The opening act was an emerging artist named Katie Dix from Bakersfield, Calif, who played orginals as well as covers by past female artists including Martina McBride and Reba McEntire.
The concerts are free courtesy of the Valley Culture Center and begin every Sunday evening at 5:30 p.m. For a complete list of concerts, visit their website here.
And enjoy a sample of music from Both Dix and the Highwaymen below.
Summer Concert Series in North Hollywood
As summer kicks off, various cities around the San Fernando Valley begin hosting their annual concert series at local parks. This year, the Valley Cultural Center put together a special line up for the residents in and around the city of North Hollywood and hundreds of residents showed up to kick off the first of the concerts by paying tribute to the legendary Queen.
Queen Nation, for the first time, performed at the park located on Magnolia Blvd and Tujunga, in walking distance to the Metro Orange line. The concert kicked off at 7 p.m. with an opening act, a woman born in Russia who has been performing around the world for years, Marina V.
Later, Queen Nation, rocked the park with a 90-minute concert playing iconic songs including Bohemian Rhapsody and We Will Rock You to close out the show.
The next concert will be Saturday June 23 with Billy Mitchell and his circle of friends performing at 7 p.m. All concerts are free with donations made to the Valley Cultural Center. For a complete list of concerts, visit the No Ho Summer Nights page.
KLove Fan Awards in Nashville TN
Presented at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville TN, Matthew West and Mandisa hosted the first ever televised KLove Fan awards. The awards were filmed on Sunday night and aired at 8 eastern on Trinity Broadcast Networks on Thursday, May 31, 2018.
The first award handed out of the night as to Mercy Me who took group/duo of the year as well as Song and Artist of the Year. In addition the movie inspired by their number one song I Can Only Imagine took the award for Film/TV impact of the year.
In addition to the awards, Matthew West performed his song, All In/ Just As I Am as special tribute to one of the greatest/well known evangelists who past away earlier this year at 99, Billy Graham.
All the awards given out are below chosen by fans nationwide and tallied prior to the ceremony.
- group/duo of the year- MercyMe
- breakout single award- Cory Ashbury- Reckless Love
- Male Artist of the Year- TobyMac
- Female Artist of the Year- Lauren Daigle
- Film/TV Impact- “I can Only Imagine”
- Worship Song Of The Year- Reckless Love- Cory Asbury
- Song of the year- Even If- MercyMe
- Artist of the year- MercyMe
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Winter Concert in Santa Clarita Valley
On November 6, 2016, the Santa Clarita Philharmonic held their annual winter concert and invited the public to an afternoon of music free at the Hart High School auditorium. As previously reported, the nonprofit organization has been performing for four years now and play a variety of classical selections throughout the year including Copland, Hovhaness and debuting at this concert a piece composed by concert master, Sarah Walin Huff. Listen below for the complete concert highlights.