Render Sisters to perform at awards show
Pop-country duo Render Sisters from Pine Bluff will perform for the Arkansas Country Music Awards on June 7 at the Reynolds Performance Hall at the University of Central Arkansas at Conway.
The sisters, Mary-Keaton and Stella Render, were announced as performers Tuesday along with Jabe Burgess, according to a news release.
They join previously announced main stage performers Billy Dean, Amy Helm, David Adam Byrnes, Maybe April, Grace Stormont, Mae Estes, Spillwater Drive and TRIPPP.
Additionally, the sister duo is up for honors in two categories; Young Artist of the Year and Video of the Year for “Lost Boy,” which was directed by country musician Pam Tillis.
The Render Sisters are daughters of Chad and Dawn Render, who were the 2020 Southeast District Farm Family of the Year and the Jefferson County Farm Family of the Year.
The young duo was influenced to become songwriters by their grandmother, a music teacher.
“Having graced many small town stages since elementary school, throughout their home state of Arkansas, these harmonious teenage southern songstresses are now ready for bigger stages,” according to the news release.
“Their debut songs ‘Lost Boy,’ and ‘Count On Me Count On You’ premiered in 2020, with the songs’ videos featured on The Heartland Network, The Country Network, and WGN-TV. They’ve also made national TV appearances on RFD-TV’s Market Day Report and the Emmy award winning TV show, Teen Kid News. In 2021 they are set to release an emotional cover of ‘Love Hurts,’ along with several more original songs which showcase their harmonious God-given talents.
“Even prominent Music Row Magazine journalist Robert K. Oermann summarized in his weekly column, ‘Their talent is way beyond their years,’” according to the release.
More performers will be announced soon for the Arkansas Country Music Awards show. A limited number of tickets are available at www.arkansasmusic. org.