The host and performers for Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration, which will air live from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Sunday, May 15 at 6 p.m. ET on CMT, have been announced. At 10 p.m. ET, there will be a repeat performance.
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The ceremony will be hosted by CMT’s Carly Pearce and Cody Alan, as well as ABC’s Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts. Brandi Carlile, the Gaithers, Emmylou Harris, Little Big Town, Ashley McBryde, and Allison Russell are among the performers.
Ashley and Wynonna Judd, Judd’s children, will speak at the event, which will also feature tributes from Bono, Morgan Freeman, Salma Hayek, Martina McBride, and Oprah Winfrey.
In memory of his wife Naomi, Larry Strickland will also attend.
Margaret Comeaux and Leslie Fram of CMT, as well as Jason Owen of Sandbox Entertainment and Patrizia DiMaria of Ladypants Productions, will executive produce the event.
The Judds’ final performance of their hallmark hit “Love Can Build a Bridge” appeared on the 2022 CMT Music Awards only weeks before Naomi Judd’s death on April 30 at the age of 76.
Sisters Wynonna and Ashley Judd were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on May 1, one day after their mother passed away.
