Amy Grant, long referred to as “the queen of Christian pop,” performed a new song on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” and spoke about her recent collaboration with musician Jason Halbert, who is Clarkson’s music director.
The song Grant performed was “Home (Lyana’s Song),” which is featured on Halbert’s audiobook, “Caretaker.”
The novel, which was written by Jason Halbert and his wife Rhonda, is about Ian and Lyana Keane, who “are ready to leave Boston behind and move with their two kids—Ariel (15) and Zach (12)—to the sleepy New Hampshire town of Littleton.”
“But as time goes on, strange things begin to happen with the house and the family living within its walls,” the book’s description reads. “They see recurring symbols, experience realistic hallucinations, uncover mysteries they can’t explain.”
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In the audiobook, Grant voices Lyana Keane. The cast of the audiobook also includes Erick Avari (“Mr. Deeds,” “Stargate,” “The Chosen”), Brandon Engman, Charles Esten (“Nashville,” “Outer Banks”), Hayley Orrantia (“The Goldbergs”), Michael Shanks (“Stargate SG-1”), and Kelly Clarkson.
In a discussion that followed Grant’s musical performance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” Jason Halbert credited Grant with helping him land his role as Clarkson’s music director, recounting that he and Clarkson forged a personal connection from their shared admiration of Grant.
Clarkson told Grant, “You have one of those careers, and those songs, and those moments for a lot of us that are so nostalgic, and pivotal moments in different parts of our lives.”
“And it’s like, even though you don’t know everybody personally, we feel like we know you for that reason,” Clarkson added.
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Speaking about recording for “Caretaker,” Grant said, “I love storytelling, and I love the fact that nobody could see [me].”
