LOS ANGELES (Hidden Beach Records) - Starbucks Coffee Company, gospel music legend BeBe Winans and Hidden Beach Recordings are celebrating the My Christmas Prayer CD with Winans appearances at select Starbucks stores across the U.S. The CD is available exclusively at Starbucks retail locations throughout North
America during the holiday season.
As part of his holiday tour, BeBe Winans has performed on 'Oprah's Favorite Things 2004' and at concerts in Chicago and Los Angeles. Future concerts will take place in some of the nation's largest churches in Detroit, Dallas, Houston, Nashville and New York. In select cities, BeBe will also appear at Starbucks locations to sign CDs and meet fans. For more information on specific locations, visit www.bebewinans.net.
'Starbucks is committed to continually enhancing the Starbucks Experience for our customers, and we have leveraged our expertise and heritage in music to do so,' said Ken Lombard, president, Starbucks Entertainment. 'With Bebe's help, we've taken this a step further to provide an even more personal experience by bringing the artist right to our customers.' With the millions of customers visiting Starbucks locations each week, we look forward to both Bebe's in-store appearances and the reception of My Christmas Prayer.
'I look forward to visiting these cities and sharing the joy and power of this album with as many people as possible,' said Winans. 'With it being the start of the holiday season, this is the perfect time to go out and spread a message of hope and inspiration.'
The disc, a collection of Yuletide classics destined to be a holiday treasure for years to come, features a spirited duet between Winans and Matchbox 20's Rob Thomas on the album's title track 'My Christmas Prayer.' Winans was inspired to write the song while visiting U.S. troops stationed in the Middle East, to offer hope and encouragement to the soldiers' families. The CD is also includes favorites such as 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,' 'Silent Night,' 'Oh Come All Yee Faithful,' and 'Joy to the World.'
My Christmas Prayer, a joint release from Winans' The Movement Group label and the Hidden Beach Celebrations Series is available exclusively during the holiday season at North American Starbucks locations for $12.98 U.S./$15.98 CAN. Also, select tracks from the CD are available for download on MSN Music (https://music.msn.com/) as part of their special Christmas offering.
The CD, produced by Winans and multi-talented Nashville-based musician Tom Hemby, paves the way for the talented singer's next studio release, Dream, which will be released in early 2005.
About BeBe Winans
BeBe Winans hails from one of the music industry's most respected and accomplished recording families. The groundbreaking inspirational, R&B, and Gospel vocalist, writer, and producer, has won four Grammy Awards, ten Dove Awards, six Stellar Awards, two NAACP Awards and a Soul Train Award.
A multi-talented artist, Winans not only has a successful recording career, but also recently launched a syndicated BeBe Winans Radio Show and returned to acting in both film and theater. Based in Nashville, his The Movement Group (TMG) label is dedicated to presenting up-and-coming as well as seasoned inspirational artists, along with providing a home for Winans' own projects.
About Hidden Beach Recordings
Founded by music veteran Steve McKeever, Hidden Beach Recordings is an independent record label based in Santa Monica, CA.
Along with introducing music sensation Jill Scott and saxophonist Mike Phillips, Hidden Beach is also home to vocalist Darius Rucker, trombonist Jeff Bradshaw, husband and wife-led group Kindred the Family Soul, gospel legend BeBe Winans, songstress Lina, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Peter Black, and the cutting edge Unwrapped series, among others. The Hidden Beach Celebration Series (HBSC) is a new unit of the company dedicated to releasing specialty projects hailing from a variety of areas.
Epic Records Group, a division of Sony Music, serves as Hidden Beach's worldwide distributor and marketing partner.
