“I didn’t know all that much about Blake Shelton when I met him back around 2002 or so. I was working at Dave and Busters in Nashville and got to wait on him one night. I didn’t get to talk to him all that much, but he was really down to earth and took the time to make me feel like he was genuinely interested in me...
“The first time I heard Stevie Nicks was when I was in elementary school and my mom played ‘The Dance’ DVD. I remember I would always ask her to play ‘Gold Dust Woman’, my favorite song. Stevie’s songs brought me comfort in chaos growing up. When everything went bad I would put her music on and it was like...
“I’m here with my fiance’ to see The Band Perry live for the first time. I like their new sound better than the country music they were known for before. It’s just more my style of music. And I think the songs are better because they are being true to themselves. I feel like I can relate to them in that way...
“A couple of years ago there was a huge wildfire where I live and my family had to evacuate. It was almost a week before we could come back home. All we could do was worry and wonder if there’d be anything left when we went back home, if all of our memories had been destroyed. Or somehow something, or even everything had...
Her- “We are both musicians so I think we might connect to music and think about it in a different way than a lot of people. Blake has been an artist that’s inspired me since I was a kid. I grew up listening to his music and he’s still, obviously very much relevant today. When I think of his songs it takes me back to my...
“Growing up, they never fought or argued, and never let on that there was anything wrong. So when my parents sat my brothers and me down to tell us that they were getting a divorce, it was like they were speaking to me in foreign language. I was shocked, so surprised. I was angry, sad, I just couldn’t believe it. For 18 years...
“There are so many people who have inspired me throughout my career. I’ve been able to work with many of my heroes like Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell and Merle Haggard to name a few. But I’d have to say that what made me try to do this music thing was my dad and his friends, playing all kinds of music, right in my own...
“I’ve liked Lord Huron’s Music for a while. I think I was originally drawn to it because of the way they blend folk and alt. rock to create a unique sound. I also like the themes of adventure and journey incorporated into the songs, and their approach of telling a story throughout the album. But it was just before the...
“When I heard Angels and Airwaves’ first single, “The Adventure” from their debut album in 2006 I was instantly hooked. The music was soaring and majestic, the lyrics were positive, heartfelt and full of hope. When Tom Delonge’s former band, Blink 182 went on hiatus he gathered extremely talented musicians...
I love Tool because you can feel their music in your gut. I turn to their songs when I need something to let out all the negativity I’m bombarded with everyday. The unwanted drama, hurtful conflicts, political news, social media bullshit and toxic relationships. I tend to internalize all these experiences. Listening to Tool allows...