New comers India.Arie and Vanessa Carlton will join veteran, Stevie Wonder and Brian McKnight as performers at the Motown Christmas special. The label, home to Wonder, Arie and McKnight, will tape the holiday special on October 15th at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. A Motown Christmas will air on December 8th on the USA Network.

Both Carlton and Arie are in the midst of tours behind their latest release, Carlton for her debut Be Not Nobody and Arie for her second album, Voyage to India.

CHRISTINA SARACENO
(October 11, 2002)