Published: November 11, 2009 08:50 am      

Gospel artist to give free concert at Daystar studio

ASHLAND — Daystar Television Studio will be the site of a free, live concert by Southern Gospel recording artist Ivan Parker.

Parker will present the show, which will be video taped, at 7 p.m. Nov. 19. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

Parker has been featured on the Bill Gaither Homecoming Video and Concert series and has more than 13 solo recordings. He has traveled with Southern Gospel quartet and Gold City and was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1993. He has received more than 20 Soloist and Male Vocalist of the Year Awards from a variety of leading fan and trade publications, including the 2009 Fan Award for Favorite Soloist of the Year by subscribers of The Singing News Magazine, Southern Gospel Music’s leading fan and trade publication.

Parker began a solo career in 1994 and had his first Number One hit in 2007 with the ballad “I Choose.”

For the past decade, he has been regularly featured on the Bill Gaither Homecoming Video and Concert Series, and in May last year the Gaither Gospel Series released “The Best Of Ivan Parker Collection” in DVD and CD format.

The studio is at 3100 Bath Ave. For more information, call (606) 329-2700 or visiting ivanparker.com.



Popular multi-award winning male vocalist, Ivan Parker will be featured at the Daystar Television Studio in Ashland for the taping of a live concert Nov. 19. The event is free.