Nanci on BBC 2 Radio with Bob Harris!
During the whirlwind Americana Music Conference last week, Nanci stopped by BBC Radio’s temporary studio on Music Row to visit with Bob Harris and sing a few songs from The Loving Kind.
Check out the performance HERE. Note that Nanci’s segment appears about 1:15:30 into the audio stream.
And check out pic below of AMA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Jim Rooney, Nanci and Bob backstage at the Ryman after the awards show.
Nanci on the cover of Maverick magazine!
Check out the September cover story by Peter Palmer on Nanci in the UK’s Maverick magazine.
More on the issue and where to buy HERE.
Nanci’s CNN Interview
Nanci Griffith finds her voice again
Nanci Griffith’s new album is “The Loving Kind”
Grammy-winning singer with crystalline voice had long dry stretch in ’00s
Election of Obama, better health has her in upbeat mood
By Quinn Brown
(CNN) — Nanci Griffith wanted to look on the bright side.
And who could blame her? In the past decade, Griffith — perhaps best known for her Grammy-winning 1993 album, “Other Voices, Other Rooms” — had faced a political climate she didn’t agree with, as well as recovery from thyroid and breast cancer, which she was diagnosed with in the late ’90s.
Songwriting had become a struggle for the singer with the gentle, crystalline voice…
Check out the full interview HERE.
Nanci Griffith tours to support “The Loving Kind”
Nanci Griffith will hit the road in support of her new disc, The Loving Kind.
The CD is Griffith’s 19th album and first studio album of original and contemporary material since 2005’s “Hearts In Mind.” Featuring 13 new songs, Griffith takes a political bent. It was produced by Pat McInerney and Thomm Jutz and features McInerney on drums and percussion, Jutz on guitar, Matt McKenzie on bass, Barry Walsh on keyboards, Shad Cobb on fiddle and Fats Kaplin on pedal steel guitar, mandolin and fiddle.
Tour dates are:
Aug. 2 Paramount Arts Center – Ashland, KY
Aug. 14 Egyptian Theatre – Boise, ID
Aug. 15 Aladdin Theatre – Portland, OR
Aug. 16 Woodland Park Zoo Amphitheatre – Seattle, WA
Aug. 22 The Morton Arboretum – Lisle, IL
Sept. 10 The Handlebar – Greenville, SC
Sept. 11 Riley Center for the Performing Arts – Meridian, MS
Sept. 12 Delta Fair & Music Festival – Memphis, TN
Oct. 2 Door Community Auditorium – Fish Creek, WI
Oct. 7 Ram’s Head On Stage – Annapolis, MD
Oct. 8 & 9 The Birchmere – Alexandria, VA
Oct. 17 Cedarburg Performing Arts Center – Cedarburg, WI
Oct. 23 Town Hall – New York, NY
Oct. 24 Calvin Theater & PAC – Northampton, MA
Oct. 25 Stone Mountain Arts Center – Brownfield, ME
Nov. 13 Newberry Opera House – Newberry, SC
Nov. 14 Thomas Wolfe Auditorium – Asheville, NC
Dec. 15 Old Town School of Folk Music – Chicago, IL
Media Alert: Nanci on XM/Sirius’ The Village August 18th
Check this out:
XM Satellite Radio channel “The Village” will be airing a Nanci Griffith radio special
on August 18 at noon ET and again Saturday Aug 22 at midnight ET.
People can also listen with their iPhone, or on line www.xmradio.com/villageoffer.
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