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Thursday, April 26, 2007
Music stars turn out for Recording Academy Honors
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For country superstar Garth Brooks, it was a break from the constant scavenger hunt that is finding the kids’ soccer uniforms. For Antwan “Big Boi” Patton of rap duo OutKast, it was just the right place to pull up in his burgundy Rolls-Royce Phantom. And for fellow rapper-actor Ludacris, “Hey, it’s one of the biggest nights of my life! ” It was the benefit ceremony formerly known as the Heroes Awards — now called the Recording Academy Honors — Thursday night at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel.
Photos: Stars at the presentation ceremony
Brooks was there to support wife and honoree, country singer Trisha Yearwood. Ludacris — along with production trio Organized Noize and the late co-owner of Southern Tracks Recording, Mike Clark — rounded out the list of recipients from the Atlanta Chapter of the Recording Academy, which puts on the prestigious Grammy Awards.
And Patton was there to honor Organized’s Rico Wade, Pat “Sleepy” Brown and Ray Murray; as well as take up for hip-hop while the cameras and microphones were pointed in his direction. When asked about recent attacks on the genre for its language, Patton replied: “What about the movies? What about Martin Scorsese? What about [his movie] ‘Goodfellas’? Nobody’s getting on the movies. They just call it art, right? Leave the brothers alone.”
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Dove Awards stun Duluth musician Shust
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The first time that Aaron Shust heard his name announced as a Dove Award winner Wednesday night in Nashville, he had a little panic attack walking up to accept his award — he feared that he’d misheard the winner of songwriter of the year, and that it wasn’t actually him. (Click here to see photos from the Dove Awards.)
But then the Duluth musician heard his name called again at the Christian music awards show, as the man behind the song of the year, “My Savior My God.” And then again, as the Doves named him the year’s best new artist.
In the end, in his first year as a Dove nominee, Shust walked away with three trophies.
When he phoned Buzz Central yesterday, he was just heading back to Georgia with his wife and baby. Where were the awards?
“They are wrapped up in the baby’s blanket,” he said, “behind the driver’s seat.”
Shust celebrated the wins with an afterparty. And then, he said, “I took a wonderful seven-hour nap, and then we celebrated this morning with the Pancake Pantry here in Nashville.”
Shust’s success is all the more remarkable given that he’s on a secular record label, the Atlanta-based Brash.
Brash founder and CEO Mike McQuary told us yesterday that his company will also release Shust’s follow-up album in June. Golly, we thought, what convenient timing.
“We may appear somewhat mystified on the surface,” McQuary said, “but there’s a lot of smart thinking and hard work going on behind the scenes.”
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