{"id":63082,"date":"2015-03-19T10:56:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T15:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=63082"},"modified":"2015-03-19T10:56:43","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T15:56:43","slug":"songwriter-showcase-comes-to-the-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2015\/03\/songwriter-showcase-comes-to-the-delta\/","title":{"rendered":"Songwriter showcase comes to the Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join some of the music industry\u2019s best songwriters on March 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bologna Performing Arts Center. \u201cThe Heart Behind the Music\u201d singer-songwriter showcase will feature performances and a behind-the-scenes look at some of the greatest music ever written.<\/p>\n<p>The tour will include Deana Carter, whose career spans from her first GRAMMY-nominated big hit, \u201cStrawberry Wine,\u201d to 2012\u2019s GRAMMY and CMA nominated song of the year, \u201cYou and Tequila\u201d, co-written by Carter and recorded by Kenny Chesney. Carter is joined by two-time GRAMMY award winner Kim Carnes, known for \u201cBette Davis Eyes\u201d and the numerous hits she has written for Barbra Streisand, Kenny Rogers, Tim McGra, and many other well-known singers.<\/p>\n<p>Also along for the ride is John Ford Coley, half the GRAMMY nominated duo England Dan &amp; John Ford Coley, and best known for the hit \u201cI\u2019d Really Love to See You Tonight.\u201d Also taking the stage\u00a0is Richie McDonald, lead singer of the hit country group Lonestar. McDonald is the voice behind songs like \u201cAmazed,\u201d \u201cSmile\u201d and \u201cNo News,\u201d as well as the pen behind songs like \u201cMy Front Porch Looking In\u201d and \u201cLet Them Be Little.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Special guest Greg Barnhill is also joining the tour. Barnhill has penned such hits as \u201cHouse of Love\u201d for Amy Grant and Vince Gill as well as \u201cWalkaway Joe,\u201d a duet by Trisha Yearwood and Don Henley.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets start at $25 and are available online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bolognapac.com\">www.bolognapac.com<\/a> or at the BPAC Ticket Office, 662-846-4626.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join some of the music industry\u2019s best songwriters on March 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bologna Performing Arts Center. \u201cThe Heart Behind the Music\u201d singer-songwriter showcase will feature performances&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":63083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,418],"tags":[1417,1430,125,1175],"class_list":["post-63082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bologna-performing-arts-center","category-community-3","tag-bologna-performing-arts-center","tag-grammy","tag-music","tag-singer-songwriter"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63082"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63090,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63082\/revisions\/63090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}