Faith Hill Digs Zac Brown
Faith Hill is playing at a vineyard in the Sierra Foothills in California tonight (July 23), so she chatted with the local paper about the show, her family and this and that. But here's what I loved the most. She said that right now, her favorite artists are Zac Brown Band and Miranda Lambert. She cites the Zac Brown Band because "they can play the hell out of a song" and praises Lambert as "an honest singer with a spitfire attitude." I couldn't agree more. She also talks a little bit about how technology has changed things for her, for the good and the bad. But if you're wondering if she'll follow in Lambert's social-networking footsteps, I'm guessing no. In this story she comes right out and says, "I don't tweet....Read the rest of the story |
Interview with Dierks Bentley
If courtesy sold records, Dierks Bentley would be a multi-platinum artist. In the midst of a long string of phone interviews and personal appearances, Bentley began this interview apologizing profusely for being just a few minutes late.
It’s no surprise that he’s fielding so many interview requests, though; Up On The Ridge Bentley’s new album, is his often-requested, long-awaited bluegrass album. Just calling it “bluegrass” is a little misleading, though, as a typical bluegrass album wouldn’t feature Bentley, Del McCoury and the Punch Brothers playing U2’s “Pride (In The Name of Love).” It’s best to let him describe how the initial idea of two separate albums turned into one love letter to acoustic/roots music, due for release on June 8...Read the rest
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