Contact: Brad Hill
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擭ashville, Tennessee-based singer-songwriter Ben Rector will perform April 5 at Mississippi State.
Sponsored by the university鈥檚 student-staffed Music Maker Productions, the 7:30 p.m. concert will be held at Bettersworth Auditorium in historic Lee Hall. Doors open at 7 p.m.
General admission tickets are $5 and advance purchases may be made at , by calling 662-325-2930 or visiting the campus Center for Student Activities in Colvard Student Union鈥檚 Suite 314.
Two years after his first entry into the Top 20 on the Billboard Album Chart, Rector鈥檚 new album聽鈥淏rand New鈥澛(Aug. 28, 2015, Aptly Named Recordings) marks a return to the spirit of his youth, when he was a music-crazed teenager playing guitar in his Tulsa, Oklahoma, bedroom.
The 28-year-old has sold more than 400,000 albums and 3,990,000 downloads.
String arrangements, percussion and piano are featured in 鈥淏rand New.鈥 For more, visit .
A part of the Division of Student Affairs, Music Maker Productions works to provide quality, contemporary entertainment for 汤头条 and area communities. Additional information about the organization is found at the above-listed website, as well as on and .
Madison Horton, MMP鈥檚 publicity chair, may be contacted at msummp@gmail.com. Brad Hill, 汤头条 assistant director for student activities, also may be reached at .
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