Ep. 141 - At the Dove Awards: with Crowder, CeCe Winans, Anne Wilson, Francesca Battistelli, Miel San Marcos and The Sound

On this Easter spend some time with Victoria Henley and Backstage Pass as she chats with Christian music superstars at the Dove Awards.

Episode Transcript

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Now. This is the FCB podcastNetwork. This is Backstage Pass with Victoria
Henley. Christian music superstar Francesca Battistellichats with backstage Pass at the GMA dovel

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Words about her poignant chart topping hitGod Is Good and the inspiration behind the
lyrics. Hi, how are yougood? Are you good good? Could
you tell me the inspiration behind GodIs Good? What does that mean to
you? Yeah? You know.We wrote this song for our friend who
was dealing with a tragedy, andthe idea is to recall, in the

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midst of suffering, in the midstof life not going the way you planned,
that God is always good and everythinghe does is for our ultimate good
in his glory, and so thissong to me is just a declaration of
that truth and reminds me and encouragesmy heart when you know, walking my
faith can be tough sometimes, sothank you, You're welcome. One of

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the most internationally recognized and noteworthy Latinbands of their time, Miell Send Marcos,
took home Spanish Album of the Yearfor their record breaking album Como in
el Cielo or As It Is inHeaven. Miel Send Marcos chats with Backstage
pass about their historic win and theirbest advice for upcoming artists radio, how

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are you hi, great Victoria?Thanks? So what would your main advice
be for other Hispanic artists breaking intothe gospel music industry? So in Spanish
or she asked what advice for Hispanicartists breaking into the music? In Spanish,
we have a saying that works reallywell for this buena somb okay.

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So that means whoever gets close toa big tree will have great shade.
So it's a very famous phrase inSpanish. So I would say to young
musicians, get close to someone withexperience, get close to someone who can
mentor you, and get close tosomeone who can teach you and walk along
with you and help you along.Take you by the hand. There's lots

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of us who've been at it fora long long time, and we love
taking young people by the hand andwalking them into their destiny and their purpose
for the Kingdom of God. Wouldmy advice and be faithful. God only
promotes faithful people. If when God'slooking to promote someone, he looks among

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the faithful, So be faithful inthe small and He'll give you great things.
Awesome, Thank you guys, GoodNight featured numerous times on backstage paths
with Victoria. The Sound is adynamic family trio comprised of the father and
son team of Rob Levi and JacobMills. Their latest trailblazing album, God
Is Real, incorporates elements of Nashvillecountry poppa worship, earning the group their

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first ever Dove Award win for CountryAlbum of the Year. Good. Good
to see you guys. All right, how are you right? Good?
How are you good? It's goodto see you. Yes, So,
I've been following you for some timenow. You've been nominated for several Dove
Awards, but this is your firstwin tonight. Tell me, how does
it feel? It feels? Itfeels wonderful. I mean, this is

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the fifth nomination we've had in thelast I mean since twenty and twenty.
And it was it was one ofthose things where there was a lot of
I mean in this category and inthe song category as well, just some
absolutely amazing artists. And it wasone of those things where, um,
we we kind of expected, wekind of expected not to have to go

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up on stage. But I'm Tony, we are so so blessed and so
thankful that the Gospel Music Association throughsome votes our way and and made this
possible. So well deserved, sohappy for you. Thank you so much,
thank you. Contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist, and
author Crowder speaks with Backstage Pass onwhy his wife inspires him most as an

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artist. Hi, who do yousay as your biggest inspiration as an artist?
Oh? For hands down, easyanswer is my wife. She is
wonderful. She does like design,interior design and architecture stuff. If there's
one of us that's good at theirjob is definitely her. And so I
in fact, everybody's like, man, you just like you look put together.
I'm like, I just do whatshe says? Man, where was

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she does? Nowhere? These arethe shoes she picked out in the jack
as she paid. So yeah,she's running the whole deal. Love it.
Tony is your name? Yeah?Do what you tell? That's it.
Fall in line. The Christian musicindustry's brightest new star, Anne Wilson
chats with Backstage Pass about her ThrillingDove Awards debut, her inaugural wins for

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both Best New Artist and Pop ContemporaryRecorded Song, as well as the haunting
inspire ration behind her chart topping singleMy Jesus, how are you? I'm
good? How are you? Yes, I'm doing great. Well. Congratulations
your Devil Words debut and you didamazing. You talked on stage about how
your brother Jacob and heaven inspires youto do what you do. Explain how

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he keeps you motivated. I startedmusic right after my brother passed away in
twenty seventeen, and the loss ofmy brother was kind of the catalyst for
my music career and what started everything. And so every time I get on
stage, every time I'm writing asong, I have my brother's memory in
my heart, and I remember justwho he was to me and the incredible
brother he was, and he inspireseverything I do. Ye Iconic gospel and

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Christian music superstar cc winans the bestselling female gospel artist of all time,
chats with backstage pass at the fiftythird annual GMA douvil words about her historic
award, wins, legendary career,and her most defining professional moments. Your
career in gospel has been so legendary. What would you say has been one
defining moment so far in your career? One defining moment in my career?

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Oh? It's been so many definingmoments, but I would have to go
way back to the beginning. Likeyou said, we've been out here now
for over forty years, but Ihave to go way back when BB and
I first started and I think Idon't know if it was our first single
on the radio, but I wasvery young, what was I maybe twenty

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at the time, And I remembergetting a letter from a young lady who
heard our music on the radio,and she was contemplating suicide and when she
heard our song, she decided togive life another try. I will never
forget that because in that moment,I realized that with this platform comes an
awesome responsibility. Lives are actually dependingon you to do with Thus saith the

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Lord, and I never forgot thatit was a blessing. But at the
same time, it was a hugeawakening that this is not about entertainment,
but this is a spiritual warfare,and if we just continue to be the
light, then we will win overdarkness every single time. Thank you,
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