for KING & COUNTRY & Tye Tribbett – Love And Respect…Amplified

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For Tribbett, he sees the evening as an opportunity to both magnify the Lord and God’s people as, “Kingdom citizens,” as he states. “The Bible says, ‘If my people…” not all people, but if my people. ‘If the Kingdom citizens who are called by My name will humble themselves,’ we have instructions that will cause healing to our land. I think the Dove Awards is making a huge stride toward that.”

We sit down with Joel and Tye to dig a little deeper into the meaning of Love. Amplified., and their spiritual aspirations for this year’s Dove Awards.

CCM Magazine: Have either of you ever hosted a show like this before?
Tye Tribbett: Yes, I’ve hosted The Stellar Awards before and a pre-GRAMMY show, as well. What’s exciting about this one is that I’m actually a fan—of course, I’m a fan of both of those other shows—but I’m really a big fan of my co-hosts, actually! I love for KING & COUNTRY, man! I’m very, very excited about sharing that platform with them, and getting connected with them.

For me, it’s being part of such a great musical night. The Dove Awards have always expressed a wide range of musical presentations. I’ve always loved that as a musician. To be part of this night as a co-host is something very special for me.

Luke Smallbone: Man, I have never hosted an awards show! Obviously, we’ve done some introductions at events and so forth, but as far as hosting—being part of the attraction for a night—I have never done that before. We thought, “All right, this is not in our normal way of doing things, let’s see what this looks like!” That was one of the reasons I was so excited to be a part of hosting the Dove Awards. Secondly, having never done anything like this, we thought it was pretty bold [of the Gospel Music Association] to ask, and that was the initial attraction in it, for me.

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