With “How Your Live” connecting at country radio, the ladies of Point of Grace are making a big splash in a new market. Denise, Shelley and Leigh discuss their recent Dove win, the group’s experience at the ACMs and more… CMP: What was your reaction to your recent Dove win? Does it feel odd to be nominated and win in the country category? Denise Jones: We were soooo excited. Winning a Dove Award is always an honor. And, let’s face it, it has been a few years since we’ve been up for a Dove Award. So when we found out we were nominated in five categories, that was HUGE for us. As far as winning the country category, I don’t think it was weird at all. Country radio seems to be embracing this particular song, and we’ve had quite a bit of success with it. Cindy Morgan wrote a wonderful song about life. I think that country music is full of “life songs.” I’m excited about it reaching a new market of people who may not be aware of the Christian music that is in the marketplace.
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So far, so good. Many of them are aware of who we are already. So that has been helpful. Just as the Christian market has embraced songs from Martina McBride and Carrie Underwood, I think that the country market is accepting our music. So much of country music through the years has been rooted in faith, so I think that this could be a very natural fit for us.
CMP: What types of country media have you been involved with? Denise: We have been a part of the ACMs and CRS [Country Radio Seminar]. Meeting many of the country radio promotions teams has been a blessing. GAC has been playing our video on their show. We will be taking part in Fan Fair coming up in June.
CMP: What was your experience like at the ACMs?Denise: It was a lot of fun. In many ways it’s similar to GMA Week. We spent a lot of time going around and meeting radio personalities. We also met several artists like Phil Stacey, Little Big Town, Rascal Flatts, James Otto and Kellie Pickler. They were all very nice. All of the country radio people were really kind and accepting of who we are. It is funny to hear people call us a “new” group. That was a little hard to get used to, but that’s OK. Some of them have no idea we’ve sung together for 15 years until they sit down to talk to us. We will see what happens next.
Shelley Breen: The ACMs were awesome! We did tons of radio interviews back to back and saw lots of stars! That’s always fun. Oh, and have you explored the restaurant scene in Vegas lately? AWESOME food to choose from! You know we’re all about that!
