June 7, 2026 • 42 mins
Interviews at CMA Fest from artists Tenille Arts, Karen Waldrup, Savannah Dean Reeves, Erin Kinsey, Alex Lambert, Dani-elle Kleha, and Maddie Lenhart.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
Ladies and gentlemen. The period is the list and the
other stations are tuning in too. Oh yeah. Broadcasting live
from the Josey Network Studios in downtown ma Dinah, Tennessee.
(00:37):
It's that time of week again. It's time for the
Josie Shoe, bringing you the most exciting music, moves and
guests from around the world right here on the Jersey Show.
Please make walking beautiful. It's Hannity, Hello, Baddy, America's Business
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Josie Assent.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Hey over here, all right, I'm just passing you boone
at the Josie Show. We're here at CMA Fest twenty
twenty six with Cinio Arts.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Hello, thank you so much for joining me. Oh my pleasure.
So I'm really really stuked to talk to you. So
you have a meet and greet today at I believe
it's one o'clock.
Speaker 5 (01:29):
One o'clock with Creative Bots.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Wonderful. So are you looking forward to that meeting the
fans greeting everybody? It's are you pumped?
Speaker 5 (01:36):
Oh, I'm so excited. That's like my favorite part about
cmafest I just love that we get to, you know,
actually see all these people from all over the place.
That's the thing, Like people really travel from everywhere to
be here, and so you never know who you're gonna meet.
Lots of people from Canada coming down and they're like,
oh my gosh, you know, so it's great to yeah,
just be here and see all the faces.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Absolutely, I've seen someone already from Australia. I'm like, yes,
this is what I'm talking about. Brings country music fans
all over the place. It's wonderful. So I wanted to
talk a little bit about your latest single if somebody
told me you were dying, which I love. It's so beautiful.
Can you share the story behind this one?
Speaker 5 (02:12):
Yeah? So a friend had actually texted me like the
lyrics are really what happened? A friend texted me and
was like, have you seen so and so? And I
was like, no, thank goodness. It was my ex, Like
I didn't want to see them. And the more I've
thought about it, I was like, you know, I don't
even think I would ever want to put myself even
close to that situation again. And that's kind of where
I know it's a little dark, but it was just
kind of like that thought of if somebody told me
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they were dying, like, I don't think I would make
it to the funeral. I don't think i'd want to
see that person again. And so it was kind of
like reading my diary a little bit to write that song.
And what was so cool about releasing that song was
that a lot of people were commenting saying like, this
is the perfect no contact song, like if you're no
contact with a you know, your parents, or a sibling
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or a friend, whoever, that it really resonated with them.
And that's really cool when you write something for yourself
and then it becomes something else for other people. I
love that.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
That is so so special. So the fan reaction has
obviously been so good, and I love that you're getting
the opportunity to hear stories from your fans, which you
have such a great dedicated fan base. It's so lovely
to see. But speaking on the topic of your new
single if Somebody told Me you were dying, you have
a music video out for this one, but you also
have a one take video which is very personal, very vulnerable.
(03:29):
Can you tell us a little bit about filming this
one take video?
Speaker 5 (03:32):
Yeah, I mean that was kind of like unexpected. That
wasn't part of the plan that day. But we had
filmed all this stuff and everybody had kind of left
and it was just me and the the producer, and
he was like, can can we, you know, maybe just
like grab one take, just just us, like any emotions
that you might have, just let them come up. And
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I had kind of told him a little bit more
about the song and where it all had come from,
and so I just sat there and literally just sang
the entire song, just all the way through, and we
were both crying by the end, and he was just like,
oh my gosh, I don't know what we can do
with this, but we got to put it out. And
so that's how the one take happened. And that's just yeah,
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no cuts, that's what.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Happened, insane. I mean, you had the whole crowd crying.
Let me just tell you, I was. It was just
so beautiful because it's just so relatable, like you said,
to so many out there, and I wanted to talk
about this. This is really interesting. So I've read that
your label, DreamCatcher Artists recently entered into an exciting joint
venture with one RPM to help market and promote your
(04:38):
next album. Is there anything you can tell us about
that yet, any little teaser or what can you tell us?
Speaker 5 (04:43):
Well, we're going to be putting out a lot of
music leading up to the album, so I'm really excited
about that. And one RPM has been a great partner.
I've loved working with them, and so we've released a
song called Don't Ruin Flowers if Somebody told Me you
were dying, and we've got another song coming June twelfth,
Lonely Weekend. So as we kind of just go into
this like full album cycle, you're just gonna be hearing
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a lot more from me, which I'm very excited about.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
So are we? So are we? I am so so
thrilled about that door and Flowers is just so gorgeous
as well. So I hope everyone checks out because there's
also a music video and all of your songs really
are available on all streaming platforms today, so I hope
everyone checks you out. And Lonely Weekend, can you tell
us little bit about the story behind that one, because
you did send you a little teaser recently.
Speaker 5 (05:30):
Yeah, so yeah, this is kind of getting into the
more of the sassy side of the breakup. I know
the other two were like full blown break up. This
is a little bit more fun and just we actually
shot a music video for it yesterday, so it's very funny.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
I'll just leave that.
Speaker 5 (05:45):
And yeah, I love singing and I'm gonna play it
here at cmafes for the first time full band never
played it before, so I'm a little nervous, but yeah,
I'm excited for people to hear it.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
Do not be nervous. You are gonna be amazing. I
am so so excited for you and to see what
is next coming up in your career, and I hope
our listeners are able to connect with you. So can
you please give out your social networking sites and also
your website for us?
Speaker 5 (06:08):
Yeah, just toan Neil arts dot com and then just
at tan Neil Arts mostly on Instagram and TikTok probably,
but I'm everywhere, so if you if you prefer a platform,
I'll be there too.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
I love that. Thank you so much, And real quick,
I just have one little fun question I love to
ask my special guests before we let you go, So,
have you ever had any embarrassing on stage moments or
an on stage mishap that you can recall? And share
with us today.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
Oh my gosh, I feel like I've had so many
but one thing about performing outside that always freaks me
out are bugs. And I was literally performing just me
and my guitar, and a spider was crawling like up
the microphone towards my face. I hate spiders. That is
like one thing that I just can't deal with. And yeah,
I had to literally stop the show. I've never stopped
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show in my life, but the spider crawling up the
microphone was like, that was it for me, that.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
Was it that would stop us?
Speaker 5 (07:01):
All okay, Like a guy ran up on stage and
got it off the microphone and then we continued on.
Speaker 6 (07:06):
But yeah, I was very freaked out rightfully.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
So oh, thank you so much to Neil for taking
time out of your day and enjoy the rest of
your cma FT. Thank you the beautiful Savannah Dean Reeves. Hello, Hi,
how are you doing wonderful? Are you having a great
CMA Fest experience?
Speaker 5 (07:24):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Yeah, it's been a great experience.
Speaker 7 (07:26):
I say every year is a complete different experience in
a lot of different ways, but that's what makes it
so much fun and a.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Great absolutely And you're getting the chance to meet so
many wonderful people from all around the world. I've seen
someone from Australia that was here.
Speaker 7 (07:38):
It's crazy, right, No, that's also the great part about it.
You never know who you're gonna meet, and people travel
all over just to come. And that's why I love
doing the meet and greets for fanfare X, because it's
amazing to get to meet people from around the country.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Absolutely, and now I need to know what is going
on in your world? Do you have any new music?
Tell me, tell me everything.
Speaker 7 (07:57):
Yes, So I will be putting going into the studio
at the end of this month. And I don't really
know which one I'm gonna pick yet, but if I
had to pick right now, it would be oh My.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
It's called oh My.
Speaker 7 (08:10):
It's kind of like a nostalgic song of like time going,
but maybe you're not moving with time. You're kind of
stuck in your own thoughts and it's kind of like
just not caring, just putting yourself out there and consequences
don't matter.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Let's just say that. Absolutely. That is such an interesting concepts.
I'm really looking forward to hearing that. And that'll be
available on all streaming platforms.
Speaker 7 (08:30):
Yes, it'll be available and then also, I have some
sassy ones that I might decide to go with instead.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
I'm like, I'll just pick when I get there. Well,
I wanted to ask you any chance maybe like an
EP or album down the road.
Speaker 6 (08:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (08:42):
So I've had this big plan for a while and
I only have a couple more songs to finish to
put on it.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
I'm already have it all titled everything. I was like,
every I have all.
Speaker 7 (08:52):
The titles, and if you listen to it from start
to the end, it tells a story.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
I love that kind of thing, you know, when it
tells a full story, and you're so great at storytelling,
and I just I want to ask you, you know,
what is your process like when it comes to songwriting,
because I know for everybody it's a little bit different. Yeah,
so it kind of varies with me.
Speaker 7 (09:12):
Sometimes I will go from a melody that I write
on the guitar first, but then I'm kind of leaning
into more of doing my lyrics first now because I'm like,
I don't want to get stuck into the same patterns,
and unfortunately I get stuck in the same pattern Sometimes
I'm like, you know what, We're just gonna try it
this way, So then I'll just humme it and I'll
try to be like, this is how I want it
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to go. This is how it's gonna go. If I
can't figure out, my guitar player can figure it out.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Relatable. I love that so much. That's amazing. And for
those out there that want to check you out, see
your social media website. Can you give those out for us?
Speaker 7 (09:49):
Yeah, so you guys can find me Savannah Dean on
a Svana Dean Music on Instagram, Savannah Dean Reeves music
on Facebook pretty much, Savannah Dean Reeves across the board
and then but also on my website, Savannahdean Music dot com.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Check her out everybody. You won't regret it. She is incredible.
And we've had the opportunity to check you out of
course with just music Awards, and you're just such a
phenomenal artist.
Speaker 7 (10:13):
Yes, thank you guys so much. You guys are amazing.
Thanks for all that you guys do.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
You are literally the sweetest. I'm telling you. Please make
sure you check out Savannah Dean Reeves everywhere, and thank
you so much for taking time out of your day
to chat with me. Yeah, thanks for talking with me.
Speaker 7 (10:25):
I will be putting on a music video very soon,
so you guys can see that.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
I'm so excited. Look out for that music video. You
will not want to miss it. Thank you. We are
here at CMA Fess with Maddie went On.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Hi, Hi, thanks so much for having me.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
Oh it's such a pleasure. I am really really looking
forward to talking to you. That this is the second
consecutive year being at CMA Fest. Is that true?
Speaker 4 (10:45):
Yes, it is.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
Wow, that's amazing. And you performed yesterday on the Tractor
Supply Spotlight stage inside Fan for ax Hobeco.
Speaker 4 (10:53):
It was perfect.
Speaker 8 (10:55):
I had the best time ever. All my friends came
out to support me. The crowd was awesome, was like
no notes. I couldn't have had a better time.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
Oh good. I'm so happy to hear that. And I
wanted to know a little bit more about Newton Newton's
first law. Tell us a little bit about this single
and your inspiration behind it.
Speaker 8 (11:10):
So I am very much a stay busy instead of
working through my problems kind of person. If something's hard,
I've I'm known to run from it instead of just
work through it.
Speaker 4 (11:22):
And that's kind of what started the idea for this song.
Speaker 8 (11:24):
I just thought about how it's ironic that Newton's first
law is objects that are emotions, say emotion, and I've
kind of realized, I'm I tend to apply that to
my life. If I just keep going, I'll keep going.
But if I stop, I'll I'll stop. And so that's
what it's about. And I wrote it with two my
favorite co writers, Minon Hargrove and Dakota Striplin.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
So can you tell me a little bit about your
songwriting process? Sure?
Speaker 8 (11:49):
So, like I said, I had the idea and then
I knew it was kind of a weird like title,
and so I brought it to two people I really trusted,
and we, you know, started kind of work backwards. I
knew what I wanted the subject to be, and we
kind of went back and forth on if we should
ever actually say Newton's first law or just call it
Newton's first law, and ultimately we decided if we said
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motion enough, which we said motion a ton, that people
would kind of get it. And so that was the
process for that song. I think all songs for me
usually start with an idea, something I want to say,
or a hook or something, and then an acoustic guitar
and kind of just spitballing melodies until something clicks.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
And I wanted to ask you, is there an artist
that you would love to collaborate with that you have
not had the opportunity yet.
Speaker 8 (12:39):
My dream collaborator of all time would be Casey Musgraves.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
Another would be Steven Wilson Junior Lacey K. Booth. Those
would be my top three.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
Any more music coming out? Maybe an EP down the
line tell us everything?
Speaker 8 (12:54):
Yeah, So Newton's First Law was the first of many
songs coming out this year. I have another song called
Room coming out on July tenth, and I have some
more songs up my sleeve for the rest of the
year coming to I'm.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
So excited to hear that performing live. Is there a
song of yours that really gets a crowd going, like
a really good upbeat song that people just really have
loved and requested the most?
Speaker 4 (13:20):
Well, ironically Noon's First Law.
Speaker 8 (13:22):
I've been playing that with my band for about two years,
and everyone, mostly people who personally know me, but all
my friends and family have been asking for that song,
and some of my local music fans who come to
shows have been asking for that one. And so, yeah,
I took a minute, but I finally got it recorded,
and I would say that's probably the crowd favorite at
my shows.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
And for all of our listeners out there that want
to check you out on social media in your website,
can you please give out all of those for us?
Speaker 4 (13:51):
Yeah, so most of my social media's, actually all of
them are m A, D.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
D E.
Speaker 4 (13:57):
L zero U.
Speaker 8 (13:58):
I grew up being called Mattie lou so that's my
Instagram handle, and then all streaming platforms, I'm Mattie Lindhart.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
When you are on you know, free time, downtime, what
do you like to do when it's not when you're
not working on music?
Speaker 4 (14:11):
Be with my animals. I have two dogs.
Speaker 8 (14:14):
Eventually, when I'm more financially stable my life allows for it,
I want to have a whole farm, but animals are
my like biggest cup filler, and my two puppies are
my world.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
I love that. Oh my goodness, that's amazing. And I
have some fun questions for you if you don't mind,
all right, I love some fun questions. So have you
ever had any embarrassing on stage moments or on stage
mishap that you could recall?
Speaker 4 (14:37):
This is like a funny one.
Speaker 8 (14:39):
In high school, I was in the musical Hairspray, and
we had like eight showings of it, and on one
of the shows, I completely forgot the words to one
of them.
Speaker 4 (14:48):
I just like blacked out.
Speaker 8 (14:50):
And I just made up words that like rhymed with
the actual words, so instead of it was like my
head is feeling or something, and I said, my snet
is sneeling. It works, Yeah, right, But I would say
that was my most embarrassing moment.
Speaker 4 (15:04):
I've got it out of the I got it out
of the way when I was like fifteen.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
You know what. I like that perfect. It's all about
how you recover, you know what I mean. That's very professional.
I love that. And then the next fun question for you,
is there anywhere around the world that you would love
to perform that you have not had the opportunity yet
a specific stage.
Speaker 8 (15:22):
I would say my dream venue that I hope happens
in my life would be Red Rocks.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
You know what, a lot of people have said Red
Rocks and it's just such a gorgeous venue. So how
about this when you perform, I'll be there as a
fan screaming for you. Okay, that sounds perfect. Great, great.
And then the last fun question that I have for
you before we go. So this is this is kind
of an interesting one. How do you warm up? It
could be you know, maybe the craziest way that you
warm up may sound crazy to other people, but it
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works every single time.
Speaker 8 (15:51):
You know what, I have a super niche answer. My
friend McKenna Hartland. She's an independent artist who's kind of
more she's not country out. I don't know if she
would maybe identify as like in the pop world, but
she has like the most insane vocals of anyone I know.
And I literally listen to her music and sing to
it because there's such a range that I'll put on
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her song, She's a song called La and I put
it on and I try to hit the notes and
that's kind of how I warm up.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Wow, that's actually that's brilliant. I love that, And everyone
please make sure you check out Maddy Lenhart. And thank
you so much for taking time out of your day
to chat with me during CMA Fest.
Speaker 4 (16:26):
Absolutely thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
Pleasures all mine. All right, I am here at CMA
Fest with the wonderful Karen Waldrop.
Speaker 4 (16:35):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
Hi, nice to see you, So happy to be here.
Speaker 9 (16:38):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (16:39):
Oh my pleasure. I'm so so excited to talk to
you about music and so so much more so, tell
me a little bit about what is going on CMA
Fest wise, what are you gonna be a part of you?
Speaker 9 (16:48):
You're gonna be busy, Yeah, I think CMA Fest is
really busy for a lot of artists, and that's a
great thing I am. I try to not complain because
my schedule is pretty demanding and general. Some weeks are
crazier than others. But I try not to complain because
I just remember, it's like, you know, you did this,
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like you created this, you wanted this, so you know.
I try not to complain. I try to keep a
positive attitude. I find myself to be a general generally
optimistic person in general, so that's nice. So when you're
like being pulled in a million different directions. I have
a song I just released called Keeping the Faith, and
it's like keeping the Faith, Keeping the Faith, It's gonna
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be great, it's gonna be fine, everything's gonna be fine,
it's gonna work out. It's like so easy to get
carried away, but it's also fun to just go with
the flow.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Absolutely, it's such a fun ride. And you are on
this ride and you are doing so so much. Keeping
the Faith is probably the most personal and inspiring song
that I've heard. I'm not gonna lie. The first time
I heard it, I cried. So tell me a little
bit about the story behind this one.
Speaker 9 (17:52):
Thank you so much, you know, Keeping the Faith is
it is a very personal song. I recorded this Specife
song in the vocal booth in the middle of my
divorce I was going through literally, I think I like
tracked the vocal and like was in the law office
the next day, like it was in the middle of
the heartbreak, and that was really tough. But listening to
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it now, I can hear that heartbreak, I can hear that.
It's almost like I was singing it to myself to
keep the faith, you know. So that's why we release
it as the first song on the record, because it
just felt so pure and so honest and so genuine,
and so I wanted the album to start with that
sentiment and then all the songs are very positive as
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we move forward with the rest of the record. But
I really wanted to make sure that I was setting
the tone for the the vision of the record, which
is optimism, and so Keeping the Faith just really felt
like a good front runner for the album to kind
of say, like what the album is. And I think
it's also about when you get through something really hard,
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you end up stronger than you ever knew.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
Oh Well said, it's so true, and you know, it's
relating with so much and resonating with so many people
out there that have gone through the same exact thing.
And then for you it was also therapeutic, so it
was really kind of a win win situation totally.
Speaker 9 (19:10):
And singing it on stage is a win win too
because it is therapeutic, you know, it really is. It
makes me. It gives me a lot of different tones too,
because I get to praise God, I get to inspire
someone to believe that things will be okay, and I
get to heal myself all at the same time. So
thrett things happening at the same time.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
I love that. That is so amazing. And I want
to talk a little bit about So I see on
Facebook that I was doing a little bit of a
deep dive here and you were talking about a possible
music video coming out for Keeping the Faith. Anything you
could tell us about that yet.
Speaker 9 (19:47):
Yes, we did a whole music video. I am I've
been so busy that I haven't had a chance to
edit it. I've got to go back and get it edited.
But once we get it edited, then that'll be the
next thing. We will be releasing a music video. And
we did it in a church, Whitman Baptist Church, and
we filmed it inside the church as well as outside
the church with a drone shot of the church. So
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it is a it is a faithful song, and it
is a faithful song. It is a faith driven song.
I mean it's not a Christian song. It's still a
country because it's got the country instrumentation, but in general,
it is a faith song.
Speaker 3 (20:25):
Oh it really is. And it's so beautiful and I
love how open you are about your faith. And so
many people are just going to definitely resonate with with
this one. And I wanted to also talk about this
because I've seen a new song is a common A
good guy. Tell me a little bit about the story
behind this one. I am so excited for this.
Speaker 8 (20:44):
Thank you.
Speaker 9 (20:44):
It's this one is one of my favorite songs to
sing live, really really fun. It is to my girls
out there that are looking for love. It is about
believing that there are good guys. I know they're rare.
I know that they're hard to come by, but same
the whole record has that same tone of optimism. It's
like believing, like there is a good guy and he's
out there and if we pray, we'll find him eventually.
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So anyway, so good Guy is It's a fun, uplifting
song in my favorite bridge I've ever been a part of,
ever and my favorite bridge on this record is the
bridge of good Guy, and it says I need a
good guy who I can be a good girl too.
Speaker 3 (21:22):
And it's like so simple.
Speaker 9 (21:23):
It's like so simple but yet so true and so
impactful at the same time. So this one's really fun.
It's gonna be good for summer. It's going to be
very light, feel good bright.
Speaker 6 (21:34):
The energy is.
Speaker 9 (21:35):
Very bright of this song. I did not write it.
I wish I could say I did, But I had
a lot of great songs pitched to me after I
came off the Voice, and good Guy was one of them,
and I snatched that baby up.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
Yes as you should, my friend, I am glad you did.
I'm telling you and all of your fans i'm sure
are going to be super stoked for this to release,
and it'll be on all streaming platforms here shortly, I'm sure,
But I'm what I love is you are so so
sociable on social media and on your website. Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 9 (22:05):
Well, I always say the same thing. You know, I
believe that people should go to the artist's website first.
You know, Karen Waldrop dot com is my website, and
I love that because when they go there, they can
click directly to all the social media links. They don't
have to worry about the impersonators. So I'm hardcore on that.
I'm an advocate for people being really careful online. You know,
I personally have a lot of impersonators, and I think
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a lot of people have a lot of the artists
here at CMA Fest have a lot of impersonators. So
I say, you know, start at Miranda Lambert dot com,
Start at Karenwalder dot com, start at Keith Urban dot com.
You know, and then you know you're clicking on the
right T shirt. You're not going to get scammed, you know.
So so I always tell people to do that, or
the ticket link, I mean the show ticket link, the
VIP links like everything, you know. So it is scary,
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it is a it is a buyer beware environment right
now on the web. So Karenwaldrip dot com, you're safe.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
You're safe. Make sure you go to the website Karenwaldrip
dot com. You heard that here first, and it'll direct
you to all of your socials, So please make sure
you go and check that out and see a show
you here. Were just an incredible performer. I wanted to
ask you, you know, while performing on stage, have you
ever had a moment on stage, an embarrassing moment that
you can recall where something kind of just maybe didn't
(23:18):
go as planned? Oh my gosh. Yes.
Speaker 9 (23:21):
When I was in college, I was playing in this
satin dress that I had stick on boobs and they
stuck on while I was sweating and they fell off.
Speaker 3 (23:34):
Oh yes, ma'am, Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 9 (23:38):
And I went running off of stage looking for duct
tapes so fast. And it would have been fine, except
the girl I was playing with at the time, she
hollers on the microphone, where.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
Are you going, Karen, where are you going?
Speaker 9 (23:49):
And I'm like, oh my god, stress, that is so
so funny. Yeah, so that was bad.
Speaker 3 (24:02):
Yeah, I love it. That's the one Uh, That's the
one thing about you is you are definitely going to
make a bad situation into a funny one. You know,
now looking back, it's so funny, how how things it
can happen.
Speaker 9 (24:13):
We're human, for sure, human and I should not wear
those ever.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
Ever, I get Yeah, that is so funny. And of
course people know and love you from the voice. So
how do you feel that that? Yeah, So how do
you feel that experience has really helped you in your
career right now?
Speaker 9 (24:34):
Which you say, mainly the stuff that I learned from
the voice, you know, being on the show. You know,
when you go to do something like the Voice, you
kind of in your head think, oh, I'm gonna advance
my career. I'm gonna you know, grow my band and
my music. But the thing you don't realize is how
your chops grow like my singing, my breathing, my timing,
(24:57):
my emotional ability to connect with the person when I'm singing.
So I think timing. I pay a lot more attention
to timing. I pay a lot more attention to the
details of music than before the Voice. Before the Voice,
I was like.
Speaker 3 (25:12):
Whoa, my Pardian, this is great? A love this.
Speaker 9 (25:15):
Now I'm very much more careful in my rehearsals. I'm
very mindful of my breathing. Like I mark my breaths.
I breathe better, my timing is better. So I have
a lot of room to grow.
Speaker 4 (25:29):
I always do.
Speaker 9 (25:30):
I always have a lot of girl, everybody has a
lot of room to grow.
Speaker 6 (25:32):
If you think you've arrived.
Speaker 9 (25:34):
Musically, then that's that doesn't exist.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
No, we're all learning. We really are. Always. Anything that
you're in, you're constantly learning. And before we go real quick,
your music is all on all of the streaming platforms.
So what would you like to tell the fans out
there today about your music and about you?
Speaker 9 (25:54):
Yes, I would just say, you know, if you guys
could add one of my songs to one of your playlists,
think that would be really special and awesome. And uh,
give me a little gift for the new record, No
Way Back, you know, added to a playlist, Share it
with a friend, share it on your social media, Spread
the word.
Speaker 3 (26:12):
Spread the word. Thank you so much, Karen Faith, keep
the faith. We're here at cmafest with the wonderful Aaron Kinsey. Hello, why,
thank you so so much for joining me?
Speaker 6 (26:24):
Oh well, thank you for having me my pleasure.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
So I'm really really excited to talk to you because
you performed yesterday at the Doctor Pepper amp stage. Yes,
and you're saying I'm wrong. Do have partner made a
special appearance tell us about that?
Speaker 6 (26:36):
Yes, I know, I'm so glad. We uh so we
really say I'm wrong.
Speaker 10 (26:39):
Just a couple of weeks ago, me and Dila Marlow
and I texted him. I knew he had Riverfront at
like two twenty, but I went on at like four
fifteen at Doctor Prepper and I.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
Was like, hey, can you swing it over?
Speaker 6 (26:50):
And he made it happen. He showed up, rolled in,
walked on stage. It was great.
Speaker 10 (26:53):
It was awesome, and the stage was capped out, so
we had five thousand people there.
Speaker 6 (26:58):
It was our first time performing.
Speaker 10 (26:59):
The song live, so for five thousand people was definitely
a jump.
Speaker 6 (27:02):
Off the deep end. But it went great.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
Oh I'm so happy to hear that. That is so
so sweet. And how has it been working How has
it been like working with Dylan Marlow?
Speaker 6 (27:11):
Oh it's been great.
Speaker 10 (27:12):
I'm good friends with his wife, Natalie, So it's funny
because I've actually gotten to know Dylan a little bit more.
Speaker 6 (27:17):
Now and usually just hang out with Natalie. But he's
great and their family is awesome.
Speaker 10 (27:22):
And it's made it really fun to have like a
genuine connection and have an authentic relationship with.
Speaker 6 (27:29):
That and and not just be like a blind day
like hopefully you get along. I actually like have love
for their family. So it's been really fun.
Speaker 3 (27:36):
Oh that's wonderful. And it was this your first duet release.
Speaker 10 (27:40):
It was my first duet release with a male that
he sang on my song. I did a duet with
a girl group named Truesdale at the end of twenty
twenty four and I sang on a Restless Road song.
So I've been a part of a couple partnerships, but
this is my first like official duet.
Speaker 6 (27:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (27:59):
That is a amazing, amazing And what is next for
you musically? I mean an EP album, down the road
tell us everything?
Speaker 4 (28:05):
What do you think?
Speaker 6 (28:05):
Well, I haven't announced everything yet, but over the next.
Speaker 10 (28:08):
Couple of weeks, I'll be rolling out a lot of
things over on socials, so definitely stay tuned for that.
Speaker 6 (28:13):
But this year is definitely a big one.
Speaker 10 (28:16):
I'm working on something I've never done before, a bigger
body of art, and just really really excited for it.
Speaker 4 (28:22):
I was at a.
Speaker 10 (28:22):
Label for three years and loved it. It was awesome,
but that deal kind of wrapped up and I decided
to stay independent for a little while, just while I
kind of got my own footing. I'd signed that deal
when I was twenty one, and as any girl knows,
between twenty one and twenty four.
Speaker 6 (28:36):
You change a whole lot.
Speaker 10 (28:38):
So it's been really fun to create music and create
a world that I want to dive into independently and
where I can really only blame myself. So I'm really
really proud of what I've created. We're actually getting all
the final masters for everything back this week, and I'm
just looking at it and I'm the only person to
blame for absolutely everything on it.
Speaker 4 (29:00):
It was great, It'll be great.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
I am so excited. I know it's gonna be great.
You are an incredible storyteller, I have to say, a
songwriter artist. I mean, you were just so incredible. And
I want to talk about this because you've had songs
cut from artists like Dally Parton, Rita Wilson, Jordan Sparkser Evans,
just to name a few. What that must be the
highest compliment for a songwriter that you can get. What
were those experiences like for you?
Speaker 10 (29:23):
I mean, yeah, it's surreal to think that somebody would
want to sing something that you created when everyone knows.
Speaker 6 (29:30):
How to write the songs.
Speaker 10 (29:31):
These days, I feel like a lot of artists write
their own music, so it feels like the bar for
someone to go and sing something that somebody else wrote.
Speaker 6 (29:38):
It's such an honor. But even with that, I did
my first.
Speaker 10 (29:42):
Outside cut on my last project, and it was such
an honor to get to be the voice for songwriters
that weren't going to I mean, the song would have
never seen the lat of day if someone didn't take
a chance on it because the.
Speaker 6 (29:53):
Three people who wrote on it were artists.
Speaker 3 (29:55):
So it's been fun to get to see.
Speaker 10 (29:57):
Both sides of that and get to play both sides
of that coin while also writing a lot of my
own stuff too. So it's a really sweet family and
community that Nashville has with the creation of songs and
the voices and the writers.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
It's awesome. That's wonderful. And is there a song out
there that was a real game changer for you that
artists are fans still come up to you and request
during shows, you know what?
Speaker 10 (30:19):
Of course, the first song that really changed my life
was one called Just Drive, and that's always a fun one.
But honestly, this say I'm wrong duet that we just released.
Speaker 6 (30:28):
It was a song that I posted.
Speaker 10 (30:29):
On social media like three four years ago, and I
didn't release it at the time. I didn't have like,
I didn't know how you even got a duet partner
on something. I didn't know how any of that worked.
But I just posted a part of the song that
I liked, and it's something that people hit me up
about all of the time, Like every.
Speaker 6 (30:47):
Day I would get dms about it.
Speaker 10 (30:48):
The video would still get views and likes and comments
from years ago. So for that to finally be out
in the world, I kind of feel like, Okay, it's
finally yours.
Speaker 6 (30:55):
It's finally yours.
Speaker 3 (30:57):
Actually a long time coming. And I think you actually
did like a trial on the Grand Ole Opry stage
with that song.
Speaker 10 (31:03):
Yes, yeah, right before it came out. I got to
play it on the Opry. It was incredible, super magical,
always is.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
Yes, stepping in that legendary circle never I'm sure gets old. Yes,
And I have some fun questions for you if you
don't mind perfect perfect So, if you ever had any
embarrassing on stage moments that you can recall her and
on stage mishap they could share, Oh for sure.
Speaker 10 (31:26):
This last year, I was doing my first headlining tour
and I learned that I can't.
Speaker 6 (31:30):
Wear a strapless shirt on stage.
Speaker 10 (31:33):
The entire time, I was like, oh my gosh, everybody's
gonna get way more of a show than anybody asked for.
Speaker 6 (31:38):
Luckily, everything was fine.
Speaker 4 (31:39):
But I was stressed.
Speaker 3 (31:40):
The stress is palpable, I hear you. Yeah, all of
that is too too funny. On the next one question,
is there an artist that you'd love to collaborate with
that you have not had the opportunity yet.
Speaker 10 (31:50):
Honestly, a ton of people. I kind of got the
bug after working with Dylan. It's just fun to do
it not alone, like to partner up with other people
and get to put more ultiple voices on things.
Speaker 6 (32:01):
But I mean some that I think would be really fun.
Speaker 10 (32:03):
Off the top of my head, huge Keith Urban fan
obviously love him. But then a lot of the women
of country music right now, like even the girls on
their rise, like Emilyann Roberts or may Estes or any
of these girls, it would be fun to just like
partner up and do something.
Speaker 6 (32:18):
I don't even know what it would be. I mean,
Alana Springsteen and I are going on tour and fall,
so maybe her and I should do something.
Speaker 3 (32:24):
Okay as a fan, yes, make it happen. I will
be there, perfect, perfect. I love that. It's amazing. And
for people out there who want to check you out
on social media, also your website, can you give those
out for us? Yeah?
Speaker 6 (32:38):
My website is just my name Aaronkinsey dot com. And
then my socials are Aaronkinsey.
Speaker 10 (32:42):
I put t X at the end because I'm from
Texas And are you even from Texas?
Speaker 6 (32:46):
If you don't tell everyone? So at Aaron Kinsey TX.
Speaker 10 (32:50):
And uh yeah, I'm on every social if you're there,
I'm thereagly.
Speaker 3 (32:55):
There you go. You know where to find her. Oh,
thank you so much for taking time to chat with me,
of course, thanks for having Oh she's beautiful, Aaron can
see everybody. I am so excited I have the opportunity
here at cmafest to talk to Danielle Khalia.
Speaker 11 (33:08):
Yes, oh my god, it's been it's been a long
time since you've interviewed me. I feel like this is
this is so fun.
Speaker 3 (33:14):
Yeah, I'm so excited. I think I was like thirteen
or fourteen or something. We've known each other for quite
some time.
Speaker 11 (33:18):
A long time ago.
Speaker 3 (33:19):
Yeah, I'm sure you've been having so much fun. Meet
and greet how that goes?
Speaker 11 (33:22):
It went fantastic. I've been having so much fun. Honestly,
all the interviews today I went great. The meet and
greet was so much fun, and I just got to
talk to so many fans and we got to see
I was interestingly enough. I was asking them how long
they've been coming to CMA Fest. Thirty years was like
the top longest one. I was like, Oh my gosh,
that's incredible.
Speaker 3 (33:43):
That's insane.
Speaker 11 (33:43):
I was like, wow, you have told her. She was
like this building was not built when I was going
to CMA Fest.
Speaker 4 (33:50):
That's amazing.
Speaker 11 (33:50):
And I love it.
Speaker 3 (33:51):
I love that she wins, and that's what I said.
Speaker 11 (33:54):
I was like, I don't think anybody's gonna beat you
in the half hour that I'm here, So you.
Speaker 3 (33:58):
Win exactly exactly. So I want to talk about this
wonderful tour that you always do. It's so inspirational. Can
you tell us a little bit more about it?
Speaker 11 (34:05):
Yeah, the Positive Youth Tour. So that's something that's very
near and dear to my heart. It's something that we
created a few years ago, and I dealt with bullying
growing up as many of us have, unfortunately and still
deal with it today too. Write social media sometimes it's
a I love social media, but it could be a
rough world out there too. So basically what we do
(34:25):
is go into middle schools, high schools and we talk
about I share my stories with bullying, and I share
my stories just of like self worth and the importance
of following your dreams, it being true to who you are.
And then the full band comes out. We do a
full blown concert for them, and it's honestly one of
the coolest things that I get to do. It's really
really cool.
Speaker 3 (34:44):
Yes, that's amazing, and I'm sure everybody loves it, and
it's just so inspiring how open you are about bullying.
You know that I've also experienced the same thing, So
I think it's just so wonderful that we're able to
use our platforms and our voices to do that.
Speaker 11 (34:58):
It is yeah, and I mean music is so powerful
too that it's really incredible. It's heartbreaking and incredible to
get some of the messages afterwards when we play these
shows of like we're giving kids the courage to go
and say like it's okay to not be okay, like
reach out for help. There's other people who have been
here before and we've gotten past it, and you can too.
Speaker 3 (35:17):
Absolutely amen. I love that, and I just I just
adore you. And you're gonna get married very.
Speaker 11 (35:24):
Soon, like my website, Yeah, I'm getting married this year.
So it's it's it's a really big year. We just
moved to Nashville, I mean, getting married, and we're gonna
be releasing new music and so it's like, yeah, it's
it's a lot all at once, but.
Speaker 3 (35:36):
Okay, hold the phone. I heard new music. A sister
heard a sister heard new music. So tell me a
little bit about what you can tell me, of course,
a little.
Speaker 11 (35:45):
Bit about what's going on. I've been writing a lot.
I've been co writing a lot. We're gonna be heading
into the studio over the summer and then hopefully we'll
have stuff out, you know, by the end of summer
going into the fall, so you know, full speed ahead.
That's that's the way we do things.
Speaker 3 (35:57):
That is the way you're always I feel like you're
the type of person like me that's always thinking about
the next thing, the next adventure.
Speaker 11 (36:03):
One hundred percent. You always have to be like five
steps ahead. Sometimes it's a good thing. Sometimes it gets
to be a lot exactly.
Speaker 3 (36:11):
Exactly and for my audience, so they can check out
where they can, you know, find you can you give
out your social American sights and your website if you.
Speaker 11 (36:16):
Could, absolutely so. You can go to Danny Eelsings dot
com and of course Facebook, Instagram, TikTok all of that.
You could find me at Danny Sings and I'm always
on Instagram. I'm always sharing stories. That's where the party's at,
So come on over.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
Come on over. And also we have to give props
where props are due in flowers. She was amazing at
Country for a cause. I'm so glad I was there
to support And I felt like, I told you, it's
so funny. I told her. I was like, I felt
like a proud mama.
Speaker 4 (36:44):
I was like, that's my girl.
Speaker 11 (36:46):
It was such an amazing night, wasn't it. And I
mean for such an incredible cause too, like so many
amazing artists up there, and yeah, and I'm so glad
you guys got to be there.
Speaker 3 (36:55):
Oh my pleasure. I wouldn't miss it for the world.
Danielle cleeverybody check her out. We just love you too.
All right, we're here at CMA Fest. It's the Josie
Show and I am here with Alex Lambard.
Speaker 4 (37:05):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (37:06):
How you doing all so well?
Speaker 3 (37:07):
Thank you so much for joining me. Of course, So
I've been looking forward to this because I absolutely love
your new single, lay Down in a Pickup Truck. Very romantic,
I must say, can you tell us a little bit
about this song?
Speaker 1 (37:19):
So the song is a it's a little country, a
little soul, a little R and B, a little sexy.
You know, it's a vibe.
Speaker 3 (37:27):
It is a vibe, it really is. And there's a
visualizer out as well. What was it like filming this visualizer?
Speaker 1 (37:33):
It was amazing. We went out to Santa Fe, New Mexico,
and we were staying on a ranch. They took care
of us. We were doing cowboys stuff, roping, riding horses,
hanging out in vintage trucks. It was great, gorgeous.
Speaker 3 (37:45):
Oh my goodness, I figured because I just loved the scenic,
the scenic way that it was, and it's it's such
a great video and everyone can of course check that
out on YouTube. But I also want to talk a
little bit about CMA Fest because you played on the
Good Molecules Reverb stage. How did it go?
Speaker 1 (38:00):
It was epic, It was a great set, great crowd electric,
was it?
Speaker 3 (38:04):
Oh? I'm so glad that the crowds for CMA fes
are just unreal. I mean, the love that there is
for country music.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
Yeah, it's just it's infectious. All the people here to
see live music. It's that's what it's about.
Speaker 3 (38:17):
That's what it's about. It really is. And I have
to say I have to show my compliments here. Your
voice is just incredible. You're very welcome. Was there a
moment I always wonder this, Was there ever a moment
where you were maybe what age, or maybe a moment
in time where someone you realize, wow, I can actually sing,
(38:37):
like I could actually hold a tune. When was that?
Speaker 1 (38:40):
So? I'm so thankful and blessed. My papa, my granddad,
when I was a little boy, he told me. He said,
I was probably ten years old and he said, Alex,
when you get older, you're going to be a great singer.
I can hear it, and like he always just would
encourage me. So that's that was one of the things
that always gave me confidence. And then I started in
songs in high school and singing and stuff, and so
(39:02):
I've always loved it.
Speaker 3 (39:04):
It's amazing. It shows you are an incredible vocalist. And
I hope everyone checks out all of your music available streaming, right,
that's right, Hey, check them out, everybody, please do. And
I want to talk a little bit about this because
what is next. I believe you're gonna be on the
road with Billy Carrington and Kit Moore. Tell us about that.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
So we got the call to go hang out with
Kip and Billy and uh, we're gonna support them and
it's going to be incredible. And then I'm working on another,
hopefully another headline tour in the fall, and then also
working on a new album.
Speaker 3 (39:34):
Okay, pause, hold on, we are so excited. So new album?
Anything you can tell us tease us.
Speaker 1 (39:40):
I don't think I can say much except you're gonna
probably do another couple of singles, but it's not announced yet,
but we're in the it's in the works.
Speaker 3 (39:48):
Perfect, it's in the works. And can you please give
out your website and also social media where people can
find out this news because I'm sure you'll keep everybody
up to date.
Speaker 1 (39:55):
Yeah, it's just my socialist Alex Lambert Music and my
website is just Alex Slambert and go buy all my merch.
Speaker 3 (40:03):
Yes, please do support the artist. I'm really big on that.
Please make sure you support the artists. Check them out everybody.
You won't regret it. And I want to talk a
little bit about this because you were signed to Big
Loud Texas by Miranda Lambert and John Randall, Little Alex.
Would he have even thought that those words would be
a full sentence? Did you think that that would be
even a possibility.
Speaker 1 (40:24):
I don't know. I don't think so. You know, I'm
just thankful to be doing this thing. It's it's incredible.
I'll have a great team and the label has just
been incredible to work with.
Speaker 3 (40:33):
Oh that's so wonderful you No, yes, absolutely, that's so great.
And I have a fun a couple of fun questions
for you if you don't mind. So, have you ever
had an embarrassing on stage moments or an on stage
mishap that you could tell us about?
Speaker 1 (40:49):
I will get into I have a lot of mishaps,
but I'll have these mishaps where I'll say my songs
are sounding good, but I will just have no banter
and I will just I had a show recently where
I was just rambling on because I was so tired,
and then I was like, oh my god, I've been
talking for like minutes.
Speaker 3 (41:09):
That is so funny.
Speaker 1 (41:10):
And so my band's like, dude, play the song.
Speaker 3 (41:14):
Let's get to it. We want to hear the music.
Oh no, that is so funny. I love that. I mean,
the crowds are just incredible country fans in general, and
I just love the mix that you have. So what
kind of influences musical influences were you You know that
you listened and grew up on.
Speaker 1 (41:30):
So I grew up on a lot of blues music.
So I grew up on Stevie, Ray, Vaughn, bb King,
Buddy Guy, stuff artists like that. But I also had
a lot of country influences. My granddad as would play
Hank Senior and Conway Twitty and Willie and Whalen and
stuff is old as Hank Snow and so. But as
I got older, I started finding my own vibe and
(41:51):
I started really enjoying listening to soul music, R and
B artists like John Legend and I went down a
rabbit hole. Lay to otis Redding and Sam Cook and
Marvin Gaye and stuff. So I just I like all
kinds of stuff.
Speaker 3 (42:03):
Yes you do. And you've listened all of my favorites today.
That's amazing. And before we go, can you just once
again tell everybody where they can find you on social media?
Speaker 1 (42:15):
Find me at Alex Lambert Music on all socials, go
stream my songs.
Speaker 3 (42:20):
It's lit, lit do it, everybody deal right now? Thank
you so much for joining me.
Speaker 12 (42:25):
Thank you hello everyone, and thank you for tuning in
to this special edition live at CMA Fest. These were
such fun interviews that I had the opportunity to conduct
live here in Nashville. And stay tuned because we have
even more interviews coming right at you.
Speaker 3 (42:45):
So we are so so thrilled for y'all to hear
all of those.
Speaker 12 (42:49):
And until next time, I hope you guys have a blessed, beautiful,
wonderful rest of your weekend and see y'all soon.
Speaker 3 (42:57):
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
Ladies and gentlemen. The period is the list and the
other stations are tuning in too. Oh yeah. Broadcasting live
from the Josey Network Studios in downtown ma Dinah, Tennessee.
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It's that time of week again. It's time for the
Josie Shoe, bringing you the most exciting music, moves and
guests from around the world right here on the Jersey Show.
Please make walking beautiful. It's Hannity, Hello, Baddy, America's Business
(01:04):
Josie Assent.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Hey over here, all right, I'm just passing you boone
at the Josie Show. We're here at CMA Fest twenty
twenty six with Cinio Arts.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Hello, thank you so much for joining me. Oh my pleasure.
So I'm really really stuked to talk to you. So
you have a meet and greet today at I believe
it's one o'clock.
Speaker 5 (01:29):
One o'clock with Creative Bots.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Wonderful. So are you looking forward to that meeting the
fans greeting everybody? It's are you pumped?
Speaker 5 (01:36):
Oh, I'm so excited. That's like my favorite part about
cmafest I just love that we get to, you know,
actually see all these people from all over the place.
That's the thing, Like people really travel from everywhere to
be here, and so you never know who you're gonna meet.
Lots of people from Canada coming down and they're like,
oh my gosh, you know, so it's great to yeah,
just be here and see all the faces.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Absolutely, I've seen someone already from Australia. I'm like, yes,
this is what I'm talking about. Brings country music fans
all over the place. It's wonderful. So I wanted to
talk a little bit about your latest single if somebody
told me you were dying, which I love. It's so beautiful.
Can you share the story behind this one?
Speaker 5 (02:12):
Yeah? So a friend had actually texted me like the
lyrics are really what happened? A friend texted me and
was like, have you seen so and so? And I
was like, no, thank goodness. It was my ex, Like
I didn't want to see them. And the more I've
thought about it, I was like, you know, I don't
even think I would ever want to put myself even
close to that situation again. And that's kind of where
I know it's a little dark, but it was just
kind of like that thought of if somebody told me
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they were dying, like, I don't think I would make
it to the funeral. I don't think i'd want to
see that person again. And so it was kind of
like reading my diary a little bit to write that song.
And what was so cool about releasing that song was
that a lot of people were commenting saying like, this
is the perfect no contact song, like if you're no
contact with a you know, your parents, or a sibling
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or a friend, whoever, that it really resonated with them.
And that's really cool when you write something for yourself
and then it becomes something else for other people. I
love that.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
That is so so special. So the fan reaction has
obviously been so good, and I love that you're getting
the opportunity to hear stories from your fans, which you
have such a great dedicated fan base. It's so lovely
to see. But speaking on the topic of your new
single if Somebody told Me you were dying, you have
a music video out for this one, but you also
have a one take video which is very personal, very vulnerable.
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Can you tell us a little bit about filming this
one take video?
Speaker 5 (03:32):
Yeah, I mean that was kind of like unexpected. That
wasn't part of the plan that day. But we had
filmed all this stuff and everybody had kind of left
and it was just me and the the producer, and
he was like, can can we, you know, maybe just
like grab one take, just just us, like any emotions
that you might have, just let them come up. And
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I had kind of told him a little bit more
about the song and where it all had come from,
and so I just sat there and literally just sang
the entire song, just all the way through, and we
were both crying by the end, and he was just like,
oh my gosh, I don't know what we can do
with this, but we got to put it out. And
so that's how the one take happened. And that's just yeah,
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no cuts, that's what.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Happened, insane. I mean, you had the whole crowd crying.
Let me just tell you, I was. It was just
so beautiful because it's just so relatable, like you said,
to so many out there, and I wanted to talk
about this. This is really interesting. So I've read that
your label, DreamCatcher Artists recently entered into an exciting joint
venture with one RPM to help market and promote your
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next album. Is there anything you can tell us about
that yet, any little teaser or what can you tell us?
Speaker 5 (04:43):
Well, we're going to be putting out a lot of
music leading up to the album, so I'm really excited
about that. And one RPM has been a great partner.
I've loved working with them, and so we've released a
song called Don't Ruin Flowers if Somebody told Me you
were dying, and we've got another song coming June twelfth,
Lonely Weekend. So as we kind of just go into
this like full album cycle, you're just gonna be hearing
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a lot more from me, which I'm very excited about.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
So are we? So are we? I am so so
thrilled about that door and Flowers is just so gorgeous
as well. So I hope everyone checks out because there's
also a music video and all of your songs really
are available on all streaming platforms today, so I hope
everyone checks you out. And Lonely Weekend, can you tell
us little bit about the story behind that one, because
you did send you a little teaser recently.
Speaker 5 (05:30):
Yeah, so yeah, this is kind of getting into the
more of the sassy side of the breakup. I know
the other two were like full blown break up. This
is a little bit more fun and just we actually
shot a music video for it yesterday, so it's very funny.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
I'll just leave that.
Speaker 5 (05:45):
And yeah, I love singing and I'm gonna play it
here at cmafes for the first time full band never
played it before, so I'm a little nervous, but yeah,
I'm excited for people to hear it.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
Do not be nervous. You are gonna be amazing. I
am so so excited for you and to see what
is next coming up in your career, and I hope
our listeners are able to connect with you. So can
you please give out your social networking sites and also
your website for us?
Speaker 5 (06:08):
Yeah, just toan Neil arts dot com and then just
at tan Neil Arts mostly on Instagram and TikTok probably,
but I'm everywhere, so if you if you prefer a platform,
I'll be there too.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
I love that. Thank you so much, And real quick,
I just have one little fun question I love to
ask my special guests before we let you go, So,
have you ever had any embarrassing on stage moments or
an on stage mishap that you can recall? And share
with us today.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
Oh my gosh, I feel like I've had so many
but one thing about performing outside that always freaks me
out are bugs. And I was literally performing just me
and my guitar, and a spider was crawling like up
the microphone towards my face. I hate spiders. That is
like one thing that I just can't deal with. And yeah,
I had to literally stop the show. I've never stopped
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show in my life, but the spider crawling up the
microphone was like, that was it for me, that.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
Was it that would stop us?
Speaker 5 (07:01):
All okay, Like a guy ran up on stage and
got it off the microphone and then we continued on.
Speaker 6 (07:06):
But yeah, I was very freaked out rightfully.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
So oh, thank you so much to Neil for taking
time out of your day and enjoy the rest of
your cma FT. Thank you the beautiful Savannah Dean Reeves. Hello, Hi,
how are you doing wonderful? Are you having a great
CMA Fest experience?
Speaker 5 (07:24):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Yeah, it's been a great experience.
Speaker 7 (07:26):
I say every year is a complete different experience in
a lot of different ways, but that's what makes it
so much fun and a.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Great absolutely And you're getting the chance to meet so
many wonderful people from all around the world. I've seen
someone from Australia that was here.
Speaker 7 (07:38):
It's crazy, right, No, that's also the great part about it.
You never know who you're gonna meet, and people travel
all over just to come. And that's why I love
doing the meet and greets for fanfare X, because it's
amazing to get to meet people from around the country.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Absolutely, and now I need to know what is going
on in your world? Do you have any new music?
Tell me, tell me everything.
Speaker 7 (07:57):
Yes, So I will be putting going into the studio
at the end of this month. And I don't really
know which one I'm gonna pick yet, but if I
had to pick right now, it would be oh My.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
It's called oh My.
Speaker 7 (08:10):
It's kind of like a nostalgic song of like time going,
but maybe you're not moving with time. You're kind of
stuck in your own thoughts and it's kind of like
just not caring, just putting yourself out there and consequences
don't matter.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Let's just say that. Absolutely. That is such an interesting concepts.
I'm really looking forward to hearing that. And that'll be
available on all streaming platforms.
Speaker 7 (08:30):
Yes, it'll be available and then also, I have some
sassy ones that I might decide to go with instead.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
I'm like, I'll just pick when I get there. Well,
I wanted to ask you any chance maybe like an
EP or album down the road.
Speaker 6 (08:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (08:42):
So I've had this big plan for a while and
I only have a couple more songs to finish to
put on it.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
I'm already have it all titled everything. I was like,
every I have all.
Speaker 7 (08:52):
The titles, and if you listen to it from start
to the end, it tells a story.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
I love that kind of thing, you know, when it
tells a full story, and you're so great at storytelling,
and I just I want to ask you, you know,
what is your process like when it comes to songwriting,
because I know for everybody it's a little bit different. Yeah,
so it kind of varies with me.
Speaker 7 (09:12):
Sometimes I will go from a melody that I write
on the guitar first, but then I'm kind of leaning
into more of doing my lyrics first now because I'm like,
I don't want to get stuck into the same patterns,
and unfortunately I get stuck in the same pattern Sometimes
I'm like, you know what, We're just gonna try it
this way, So then I'll just humme it and I'll
try to be like, this is how I want it
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to go. This is how it's gonna go. If I
can't figure out, my guitar player can figure it out.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Relatable. I love that so much. That's amazing. And for
those out there that want to check you out, see
your social media website. Can you give those out for us?
Speaker 7 (09:49):
Yeah, so you guys can find me Savannah Dean on
a Svana Dean Music on Instagram, Savannah Dean Reeves music
on Facebook pretty much, Savannah Dean Reeves across the board
and then but also on my website, Savannahdean Music dot com.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Check her out everybody. You won't regret it. She is incredible.
And we've had the opportunity to check you out of
course with just music Awards, and you're just such a
phenomenal artist.
Speaker 7 (10:13):
Yes, thank you guys so much. You guys are amazing.
Thanks for all that you guys do.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
You are literally the sweetest. I'm telling you. Please make
sure you check out Savannah Dean Reeves everywhere, and thank
you so much for taking time out of your day
to chat with me. Yeah, thanks for talking with me.
Speaker 7 (10:25):
I will be putting on a music video very soon,
so you guys can see that.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
I'm so excited. Look out for that music video. You
will not want to miss it. Thank you. We are
here at CMA Fess with Maddie went On.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Hi, Hi, thanks so much for having me.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
Oh it's such a pleasure. I am really really looking
forward to talking to you. That this is the second
consecutive year being at CMA Fest. Is that true?
Speaker 4 (10:45):
Yes, it is.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
Wow, that's amazing. And you performed yesterday on the Tractor
Supply Spotlight stage inside Fan for ax Hobeco.
Speaker 4 (10:53):
It was perfect.
Speaker 8 (10:55):
I had the best time ever. All my friends came
out to support me. The crowd was awesome, was like
no notes. I couldn't have had a better time.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
Oh good. I'm so happy to hear that. And I
wanted to know a little bit more about Newton Newton's
first law. Tell us a little bit about this single
and your inspiration behind it.
Speaker 8 (11:10):
So I am very much a stay busy instead of
working through my problems kind of person. If something's hard,
I've I'm known to run from it instead of just
work through it.
Speaker 4 (11:22):
And that's kind of what started the idea for this song.
Speaker 8 (11:24):
I just thought about how it's ironic that Newton's first
law is objects that are emotions, say emotion, and I've
kind of realized, I'm I tend to apply that to
my life. If I just keep going, I'll keep going.
But if I stop, I'll I'll stop. And so that's
what it's about. And I wrote it with two my
favorite co writers, Minon Hargrove and Dakota Striplin.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
So can you tell me a little bit about your
songwriting process? Sure?
Speaker 8 (11:49):
So, like I said, I had the idea and then
I knew it was kind of a weird like title,
and so I brought it to two people I really trusted,
and we, you know, started kind of work backwards. I
knew what I wanted the subject to be, and we
kind of went back and forth on if we should
ever actually say Newton's first law or just call it
Newton's first law, and ultimately we decided if we said
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motion enough, which we said motion a ton, that people
would kind of get it. And so that was the
process for that song. I think all songs for me
usually start with an idea, something I want to say,
or a hook or something, and then an acoustic guitar
and kind of just spitballing melodies until something clicks.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
And I wanted to ask you, is there an artist
that you would love to collaborate with that you have
not had the opportunity yet.
Speaker 8 (12:39):
My dream collaborator of all time would be Casey Musgraves.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
Another would be Steven Wilson Junior Lacey K. Booth. Those
would be my top three.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
Any more music coming out? Maybe an EP down the
line tell us everything?
Speaker 8 (12:54):
Yeah, So Newton's First Law was the first of many
songs coming out this year. I have another song called
Room coming out on July tenth, and I have some
more songs up my sleeve for the rest of the
year coming to I'm.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
So excited to hear that performing live. Is there a
song of yours that really gets a crowd going, like
a really good upbeat song that people just really have
loved and requested the most?
Speaker 4 (13:20):
Well, ironically Noon's First Law.
Speaker 8 (13:22):
I've been playing that with my band for about two years,
and everyone, mostly people who personally know me, but all
my friends and family have been asking for that song,
and some of my local music fans who come to
shows have been asking for that one. And so, yeah,
I took a minute, but I finally got it recorded,
and I would say that's probably the crowd favorite at
my shows.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
And for all of our listeners out there that want
to check you out on social media in your website,
can you please give out all of those for us?
Speaker 4 (13:51):
Yeah, so most of my social media's, actually all of
them are m A, D.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
D E.
Speaker 4 (13:57):
L zero U.
Speaker 8 (13:58):
I grew up being called Mattie lou so that's my
Instagram handle, and then all streaming platforms, I'm Mattie Lindhart.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
When you are on you know, free time, downtime, what
do you like to do when it's not when you're
not working on music?
Speaker 4 (14:11):
Be with my animals. I have two dogs.
Speaker 8 (14:14):
Eventually, when I'm more financially stable my life allows for it,
I want to have a whole farm, but animals are
my like biggest cup filler, and my two puppies are
my world.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
I love that. Oh my goodness, that's amazing. And I
have some fun questions for you if you don't mind,
all right, I love some fun questions. So have you
ever had any embarrassing on stage moments or on stage
mishap that you could recall?
Speaker 4 (14:37):
This is like a funny one.
Speaker 8 (14:39):
In high school, I was in the musical Hairspray, and
we had like eight showings of it, and on one
of the shows, I completely forgot the words to one
of them.
Speaker 4 (14:48):
I just like blacked out.
Speaker 8 (14:50):
And I just made up words that like rhymed with
the actual words, so instead of it was like my
head is feeling or something, and I said, my snet
is sneeling. It works, Yeah, right, But I would say
that was my most embarrassing moment.
Speaker 4 (15:04):
I've got it out of the I got it out
of the way when I was like fifteen.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
You know what. I like that perfect. It's all about
how you recover, you know what I mean. That's very professional.
I love that. And then the next fun question for you,
is there anywhere around the world that you would love
to perform that you have not had the opportunity yet
a specific stage.
Speaker 8 (15:22):
I would say my dream venue that I hope happens
in my life would be Red Rocks.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
You know what, a lot of people have said Red
Rocks and it's just such a gorgeous venue. So how
about this when you perform, I'll be there as a
fan screaming for you. Okay, that sounds perfect. Great, great.
And then the last fun question that I have for
you before we go. So this is this is kind
of an interesting one. How do you warm up? It
could be you know, maybe the craziest way that you
warm up may sound crazy to other people, but it
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works every single time.
Speaker 8 (15:51):
You know what, I have a super niche answer. My
friend McKenna Hartland. She's an independent artist who's kind of
more she's not country out. I don't know if she
would maybe identify as like in the pop world, but
she has like the most insane vocals of anyone I know.
And I literally listen to her music and sing to
it because there's such a range that I'll put on
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her song, She's a song called La and I put
it on and I try to hit the notes and
that's kind of how I warm up.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Wow, that's actually that's brilliant. I love that, And everyone
please make sure you check out Maddy Lenhart. And thank
you so much for taking time out of your day
to chat with me during CMA Fest.
Speaker 4 (16:26):
Absolutely thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
Pleasures all mine. All right, I am here at CMA
Fest with the wonderful Karen Waldrop.
Speaker 4 (16:35):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
Hi, nice to see you, So happy to be here.
Speaker 9 (16:38):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (16:39):
Oh my pleasure. I'm so so excited to talk to
you about music and so so much more so, tell
me a little bit about what is going on CMA
Fest wise, what are you gonna be a part of you?
Speaker 9 (16:48):
You're gonna be busy, Yeah, I think CMA Fest is
really busy for a lot of artists, and that's a
great thing I am. I try to not complain because
my schedule is pretty demanding and general. Some weeks are
crazier than others. But I try not to complain because
I just remember, it's like, you know, you did this,
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like you created this, you wanted this, so you know.
I try not to complain. I try to keep a
positive attitude. I find myself to be a general generally
optimistic person in general, so that's nice. So when you're
like being pulled in a million different directions. I have
a song I just released called Keeping the Faith, and
it's like keeping the Faith, Keeping the Faith, It's gonna
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be great, it's gonna be fine, everything's gonna be fine,
it's gonna work out. It's like so easy to get
carried away, but it's also fun to just go with
the flow.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Absolutely, it's such a fun ride. And you are on
this ride and you are doing so so much. Keeping
the Faith is probably the most personal and inspiring song
that I've heard. I'm not gonna lie. The first time
I heard it, I cried. So tell me a little
bit about the story behind this one.
Speaker 9 (17:52):
Thank you so much, you know, Keeping the Faith is
it is a very personal song. I recorded this Specife
song in the vocal booth in the middle of my
divorce I was going through literally, I think I like
tracked the vocal and like was in the law office
the next day, like it was in the middle of
the heartbreak, and that was really tough. But listening to
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it now, I can hear that heartbreak, I can hear that.
It's almost like I was singing it to myself to
keep the faith, you know. So that's why we release
it as the first song on the record, because it
just felt so pure and so honest and so genuine,
and so I wanted the album to start with that
sentiment and then all the songs are very positive as
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we move forward with the rest of the record. But
I really wanted to make sure that I was setting
the tone for the the vision of the record, which
is optimism, and so Keeping the Faith just really felt
like a good front runner for the album to kind
of say, like what the album is. And I think
it's also about when you get through something really hard,
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you end up stronger than you ever knew.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
Oh Well said, it's so true, and you know, it's
relating with so much and resonating with so many people
out there that have gone through the same exact thing.
And then for you it was also therapeutic, so it
was really kind of a win win situation totally.
Speaker 9 (19:10):
And singing it on stage is a win win too
because it is therapeutic, you know, it really is. It
makes me. It gives me a lot of different tones too,
because I get to praise God, I get to inspire
someone to believe that things will be okay, and I
get to heal myself all at the same time. So
thrett things happening at the same time.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
I love that. That is so amazing. And I want
to talk a little bit about So I see on
Facebook that I was doing a little bit of a
deep dive here and you were talking about a possible
music video coming out for Keeping the Faith. Anything you
could tell us about that yet.
Speaker 9 (19:47):
Yes, we did a whole music video. I am I've
been so busy that I haven't had a chance to
edit it. I've got to go back and get it edited.
But once we get it edited, then that'll be the
next thing. We will be releasing a music video. And
we did it in a church, Whitman Baptist Church, and
we filmed it inside the church as well as outside
the church with a drone shot of the church. So
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it is a it is a faithful song, and it
is a faithful song. It is a faith driven song.
I mean it's not a Christian song. It's still a
country because it's got the country instrumentation, but in general,
it is a faith song.
Speaker 3 (20:25):
Oh it really is. And it's so beautiful and I
love how open you are about your faith. And so
many people are just going to definitely resonate with with
this one. And I wanted to also talk about this
because I've seen a new song is a common A
good guy. Tell me a little bit about the story
behind this one. I am so excited for this.
Speaker 8 (20:44):
Thank you.
Speaker 9 (20:44):
It's this one is one of my favorite songs to
sing live, really really fun. It is to my girls
out there that are looking for love. It is about
believing that there are good guys. I know they're rare.
I know that they're hard to come by, but same
the whole record has that same tone of optimism. It's
like believing, like there is a good guy and he's
out there and if we pray, we'll find him eventually.
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So anyway, so good Guy is It's a fun, uplifting
song in my favorite bridge I've ever been a part of,
ever and my favorite bridge on this record is the
bridge of good Guy, and it says I need a
good guy who I can be a good girl too.
Speaker 3 (21:22):
And it's like so simple.
Speaker 9 (21:23):
It's like so simple but yet so true and so
impactful at the same time. So this one's really fun.
It's gonna be good for summer. It's going to be
very light, feel good bright.
Speaker 6 (21:34):
The energy is.
Speaker 9 (21:35):
Very bright of this song. I did not write it.
I wish I could say I did, But I had
a lot of great songs pitched to me after I
came off the Voice, and good Guy was one of them,
and I snatched that baby up.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
Yes as you should, my friend, I am glad you did.
I'm telling you and all of your fans i'm sure
are going to be super stoked for this to release,
and it'll be on all streaming platforms here shortly, I'm sure,
But I'm what I love is you are so so
sociable on social media and on your website. Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 9 (22:05):
Well, I always say the same thing. You know, I
believe that people should go to the artist's website first.
You know, Karen Waldrop dot com is my website, and
I love that because when they go there, they can
click directly to all the social media links. They don't
have to worry about the impersonators. So I'm hardcore on that.
I'm an advocate for people being really careful online. You know,
I personally have a lot of impersonators, and I think
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a lot of people have a lot of the artists
here at CMA Fest have a lot of impersonators. So
I say, you know, start at Miranda Lambert dot com,
Start at Karenwalder dot com, start at Keith Urban dot com.
You know, and then you know you're clicking on the
right T shirt. You're not going to get scammed, you know.
So so I always tell people to do that, or
the ticket link, I mean the show ticket link, the
VIP links like everything, you know. So it is scary,
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it is a it is a buyer beware environment right
now on the web. So Karenwaldrip dot com, you're safe.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
You're safe. Make sure you go to the website Karenwaldrip
dot com. You heard that here first, and it'll direct
you to all of your socials, So please make sure
you go and check that out and see a show
you here. Were just an incredible performer. I wanted to
ask you, you know, while performing on stage, have you
ever had a moment on stage, an embarrassing moment that
you can recall where something kind of just maybe didn't
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go as planned? Oh my gosh. Yes.
Speaker 9 (23:21):
When I was in college, I was playing in this
satin dress that I had stick on boobs and they
stuck on while I was sweating and they fell off.
Speaker 3 (23:34):
Oh yes, ma'am, Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 9 (23:38):
And I went running off of stage looking for duct
tapes so fast. And it would have been fine, except
the girl I was playing with at the time, she
hollers on the microphone, where.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
Are you going, Karen, where are you going?
Speaker 9 (23:49):
And I'm like, oh my god, stress, that is so
so funny. Yeah, so that was bad.
Speaker 3 (24:02):
Yeah, I love it. That's the one Uh, That's the
one thing about you is you are definitely going to
make a bad situation into a funny one. You know,
now looking back, it's so funny, how how things it
can happen.
Speaker 9 (24:13):
We're human, for sure, human and I should not wear
those ever.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
Ever, I get Yeah, that is so funny. And of
course people know and love you from the voice. So
how do you feel that that? Yeah, So how do
you feel that experience has really helped you in your
career right now?
Speaker 9 (24:34):
Which you say, mainly the stuff that I learned from
the voice, you know, being on the show. You know,
when you go to do something like the Voice, you
kind of in your head think, oh, I'm gonna advance
my career. I'm gonna you know, grow my band and
my music. But the thing you don't realize is how
your chops grow like my singing, my breathing, my timing,
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my emotional ability to connect with the person when I'm singing.
So I think timing. I pay a lot more attention
to timing. I pay a lot more attention to the
details of music than before the Voice. Before the Voice,
I was like.
Speaker 3 (25:12):
Whoa, my Pardian, this is great? A love this.
Speaker 9 (25:15):
Now I'm very much more careful in my rehearsals. I'm
very mindful of my breathing. Like I mark my breaths.
I breathe better, my timing is better. So I have
a lot of room to grow.
Speaker 4 (25:29):
I always do.
Speaker 9 (25:30):
I always have a lot of girl, everybody has a
lot of room to grow.
Speaker 6 (25:32):
If you think you've arrived.
Speaker 9 (25:34):
Musically, then that's that doesn't exist.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
No, we're all learning. We really are. Always. Anything that
you're in, you're constantly learning. And before we go real quick,
your music is all on all of the streaming platforms.
So what would you like to tell the fans out
there today about your music and about you?
Speaker 9 (25:54):
Yes, I would just say, you know, if you guys
could add one of my songs to one of your playlists,
think that would be really special and awesome. And uh,
give me a little gift for the new record, No
Way Back, you know, added to a playlist, Share it
with a friend, share it on your social media, Spread
the word.
Speaker 3 (26:12):
Spread the word. Thank you so much, Karen Faith, keep
the faith. We're here at cmafest with the wonderful Aaron Kinsey. Hello, why,
thank you so so much for joining me?
Speaker 6 (26:24):
Oh well, thank you for having me my pleasure.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
So I'm really really excited to talk to you because
you performed yesterday at the Doctor Pepper amp stage. Yes,
and you're saying I'm wrong. Do have partner made a
special appearance tell us about that?
Speaker 6 (26:36):
Yes, I know, I'm so glad. We uh so we
really say I'm wrong.
Speaker 10 (26:39):
Just a couple of weeks ago, me and Dila Marlow
and I texted him. I knew he had Riverfront at
like two twenty, but I went on at like four
fifteen at Doctor Prepper and I.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
Was like, hey, can you swing it over?
Speaker 6 (26:50):
And he made it happen. He showed up, rolled in,
walked on stage. It was great.
Speaker 10 (26:53):
It was awesome, and the stage was capped out, so
we had five thousand people there.
Speaker 6 (26:58):
It was our first time performing.
Speaker 10 (26:59):
The song live, so for five thousand people was definitely
a jump.
Speaker 6 (27:02):
Off the deep end. But it went great.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
Oh I'm so happy to hear that. That is so
so sweet. And how has it been working How has
it been like working with Dylan Marlow?
Speaker 6 (27:11):
Oh it's been great.
Speaker 10 (27:12):
I'm good friends with his wife, Natalie, So it's funny
because I've actually gotten to know Dylan a little bit more.
Speaker 6 (27:17):
Now and usually just hang out with Natalie. But he's
great and their family is awesome.
Speaker 10 (27:22):
And it's made it really fun to have like a
genuine connection and have an authentic relationship with.
Speaker 6 (27:29):
That and and not just be like a blind day
like hopefully you get along. I actually like have love
for their family. So it's been really fun.
Speaker 3 (27:36):
Oh that's wonderful. And it was this your first duet release.
Speaker 10 (27:40):
It was my first duet release with a male that
he sang on my song. I did a duet with
a girl group named Truesdale at the end of twenty
twenty four and I sang on a Restless Road song.
So I've been a part of a couple partnerships, but
this is my first like official duet.
Speaker 6 (27:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (27:59):
That is a amazing, amazing And what is next for
you musically? I mean an EP album, down the road
tell us everything?
Speaker 4 (28:05):
What do you think?
Speaker 6 (28:05):
Well, I haven't announced everything yet, but over the next.
Speaker 10 (28:08):
Couple of weeks, I'll be rolling out a lot of
things over on socials, so definitely stay tuned for that.
Speaker 6 (28:13):
But this year is definitely a big one.
Speaker 10 (28:16):
I'm working on something I've never done before, a bigger
body of art, and just really really excited for it.
Speaker 4 (28:22):
I was at a.
Speaker 10 (28:22):
Label for three years and loved it. It was awesome,
but that deal kind of wrapped up and I decided
to stay independent for a little while, just while I
kind of got my own footing. I'd signed that deal
when I was twenty one, and as any girl knows,
between twenty one and twenty four.
Speaker 6 (28:36):
You change a whole lot.
Speaker 10 (28:38):
So it's been really fun to create music and create
a world that I want to dive into independently and
where I can really only blame myself. So I'm really
really proud of what I've created. We're actually getting all
the final masters for everything back this week, and I'm
just looking at it and I'm the only person to
blame for absolutely everything on it.
Speaker 4 (29:00):
It was great, It'll be great.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
I am so excited. I know it's gonna be great.
You are an incredible storyteller, I have to say, a
songwriter artist. I mean, you were just so incredible. And
I want to talk about this because you've had songs
cut from artists like Dally Parton, Rita Wilson, Jordan Sparkser Evans,
just to name a few. What that must be the
highest compliment for a songwriter that you can get. What
were those experiences like for you?
Speaker 10 (29:23):
I mean, yeah, it's surreal to think that somebody would
want to sing something that you created when everyone knows.
Speaker 6 (29:30):
How to write the songs.
Speaker 10 (29:31):
These days, I feel like a lot of artists write
their own music, so it feels like the bar for
someone to go and sing something that somebody else wrote.
Speaker 6 (29:38):
It's such an honor. But even with that, I did
my first.
Speaker 10 (29:42):
Outside cut on my last project, and it was such
an honor to get to be the voice for songwriters
that weren't going to I mean, the song would have
never seen the lat of day if someone didn't take
a chance on it because the.
Speaker 6 (29:53):
Three people who wrote on it were artists.
Speaker 3 (29:55):
So it's been fun to get to see.
Speaker 10 (29:57):
Both sides of that and get to play both sides
of that coin while also writing a lot of my
own stuff too. So it's a really sweet family and
community that Nashville has with the creation of songs and
the voices and the writers.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
It's awesome. That's wonderful. And is there a song out
there that was a real game changer for you that
artists are fans still come up to you and request
during shows, you know what?
Speaker 10 (30:19):
Of course, the first song that really changed my life
was one called Just Drive, and that's always a fun one.
But honestly, this say I'm wrong duet that we just released.
Speaker 6 (30:28):
It was a song that I posted.
Speaker 10 (30:29):
On social media like three four years ago, and I
didn't release it at the time. I didn't have like,
I didn't know how you even got a duet partner
on something. I didn't know how any of that worked.
But I just posted a part of the song that
I liked, and it's something that people hit me up
about all of the time, Like every.
Speaker 6 (30:47):
Day I would get dms about it.
Speaker 10 (30:48):
The video would still get views and likes and comments
from years ago. So for that to finally be out
in the world, I kind of feel like, Okay, it's
finally yours.
Speaker 6 (30:55):
It's finally yours.
Speaker 3 (30:57):
Actually a long time coming. And I think you actually
did like a trial on the Grand Ole Opry stage
with that song.
Speaker 10 (31:03):
Yes, yeah, right before it came out. I got to
play it on the Opry. It was incredible, super magical,
always is.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
Yes, stepping in that legendary circle never I'm sure gets old. Yes,
And I have some fun questions for you if you
don't mind perfect perfect So, if you ever had any
embarrassing on stage moments that you can recall her and
on stage mishap they could share, Oh for sure.
Speaker 10 (31:26):
This last year, I was doing my first headlining tour
and I learned that I can't.
Speaker 6 (31:30):
Wear a strapless shirt on stage.
Speaker 10 (31:33):
The entire time, I was like, oh my gosh, everybody's
gonna get way more of a show than anybody asked for.
Speaker 6 (31:38):
Luckily, everything was fine.
Speaker 4 (31:39):
But I was stressed.
Speaker 3 (31:40):
The stress is palpable, I hear you. Yeah, all of
that is too too funny. On the next one question,
is there an artist that you'd love to collaborate with
that you have not had the opportunity yet.
Speaker 10 (31:50):
Honestly, a ton of people. I kind of got the
bug after working with Dylan. It's just fun to do
it not alone, like to partner up with other people
and get to put more ultiple voices on things.
Speaker 6 (32:01):
But I mean some that I think would be really fun.
Speaker 10 (32:03):
Off the top of my head, huge Keith Urban fan
obviously love him. But then a lot of the women
of country music right now, like even the girls on
their rise, like Emilyann Roberts or may Estes or any
of these girls, it would be fun to just like
partner up and do something.
Speaker 6 (32:18):
I don't even know what it would be. I mean,
Alana Springsteen and I are going on tour and fall,
so maybe her and I should do something.
Speaker 3 (32:24):
Okay as a fan, yes, make it happen. I will
be there, perfect, perfect. I love that. It's amazing. And
for people out there who want to check you out
on social media, also your website, can you give those
out for us? Yeah?
Speaker 6 (32:38):
My website is just my name Aaronkinsey dot com. And
then my socials are Aaronkinsey.
Speaker 10 (32:42):
I put t X at the end because I'm from
Texas And are you even from Texas?
Speaker 6 (32:46):
If you don't tell everyone? So at Aaron Kinsey TX.
Speaker 10 (32:50):
And uh yeah, I'm on every social if you're there,
I'm thereagly.
Speaker 3 (32:55):
There you go. You know where to find her. Oh,
thank you so much for taking time to chat with me,
of course, thanks for having Oh she's beautiful, Aaron can
see everybody. I am so excited I have the opportunity
here at cmafest to talk to Danielle Khalia.
Speaker 11 (33:08):
Yes, oh my god, it's been it's been a long
time since you've interviewed me. I feel like this is
this is so fun.
Speaker 3 (33:14):
Yeah, I'm so excited. I think I was like thirteen
or fourteen or something. We've known each other for quite
some time.
Speaker 11 (33:18):
A long time ago.
Speaker 3 (33:19):
Yeah, I'm sure you've been having so much fun. Meet
and greet how that goes?
Speaker 11 (33:22):
It went fantastic. I've been having so much fun. Honestly,
all the interviews today I went great. The meet and
greet was so much fun, and I just got to
talk to so many fans and we got to see
I was interestingly enough. I was asking them how long
they've been coming to CMA Fest. Thirty years was like
the top longest one. I was like, Oh my gosh,
that's incredible.
Speaker 3 (33:43):
That's insane.
Speaker 11 (33:43):
I was like, wow, you have told her. She was
like this building was not built when I was going
to CMA Fest.
Speaker 4 (33:50):
That's amazing.
Speaker 11 (33:50):
And I love it.
Speaker 3 (33:51):
I love that she wins, and that's what I said.
Speaker 11 (33:54):
I was like, I don't think anybody's gonna beat you
in the half hour that I'm here, So you.
Speaker 3 (33:58):
Win exactly exactly. So I want to talk about this
wonderful tour that you always do. It's so inspirational. Can
you tell us a little bit more about it?
Speaker 11 (34:05):
Yeah, the Positive Youth Tour. So that's something that's very
near and dear to my heart. It's something that we
created a few years ago, and I dealt with bullying
growing up as many of us have, unfortunately and still
deal with it today too. Write social media sometimes it's
a I love social media, but it could be a
rough world out there too. So basically what we do
(34:25):
is go into middle schools, high schools and we talk
about I share my stories with bullying, and I share
my stories just of like self worth and the importance
of following your dreams, it being true to who you are.
And then the full band comes out. We do a
full blown concert for them, and it's honestly one of
the coolest things that I get to do. It's really
really cool.
Speaker 3 (34:44):
Yes, that's amazing, and I'm sure everybody loves it, and
it's just so inspiring how open you are about bullying.
You know that I've also experienced the same thing, So
I think it's just so wonderful that we're able to
use our platforms and our voices to do that.
Speaker 11 (34:58):
It is yeah, and I mean music is so powerful
too that it's really incredible. It's heartbreaking and incredible to
get some of the messages afterwards when we play these
shows of like we're giving kids the courage to go
and say like it's okay to not be okay, like
reach out for help. There's other people who have been
here before and we've gotten past it, and you can too.
Speaker 3 (35:17):
Absolutely amen. I love that, and I just I just
adore you. And you're gonna get married very.
Speaker 11 (35:24):
Soon, like my website, Yeah, I'm getting married this year.
So it's it's it's a really big year. We just
moved to Nashville, I mean, getting married, and we're gonna
be releasing new music and so it's like, yeah, it's
it's a lot all at once, but.
Speaker 3 (35:36):
Okay, hold the phone. I heard new music. A sister
heard a sister heard new music. So tell me a
little bit about what you can tell me, of course,
a little.
Speaker 11 (35:45):
Bit about what's going on. I've been writing a lot.
I've been co writing a lot. We're gonna be heading
into the studio over the summer and then hopefully we'll
have stuff out, you know, by the end of summer
going into the fall, so you know, full speed ahead.
That's that's the way we do things.
Speaker 3 (35:57):
That is the way you're always I feel like you're
the type of person like me that's always thinking about
the next thing, the next adventure.
Speaker 11 (36:03):
One hundred percent. You always have to be like five
steps ahead. Sometimes it's a good thing. Sometimes it gets
to be a lot exactly.
Speaker 3 (36:11):
Exactly and for my audience, so they can check out
where they can, you know, find you can you give
out your social American sights and your website if you.
Speaker 11 (36:16):
Could, absolutely so. You can go to Danny Eelsings dot
com and of course Facebook, Instagram, TikTok all of that.
You could find me at Danny Sings and I'm always
on Instagram. I'm always sharing stories. That's where the party's at,
So come on over.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
Come on over. And also we have to give props
where props are due in flowers. She was amazing at
Country for a cause. I'm so glad I was there
to support And I felt like, I told you, it's
so funny. I told her. I was like, I felt
like a proud mama.
Speaker 4 (36:44):
I was like, that's my girl.
Speaker 11 (36:46):
It was such an amazing night, wasn't it. And I
mean for such an incredible cause too, like so many
amazing artists up there, and yeah, and I'm so glad
you guys got to be there.
Speaker 3 (36:55):
Oh my pleasure. I wouldn't miss it for the world.
Danielle cleeverybody check her out. We just love you too.
All right, we're here at CMA Fest. It's the Josie
Show and I am here with Alex Lambard.
Speaker 4 (37:05):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (37:06):
How you doing all so well?
Speaker 3 (37:07):
Thank you so much for joining me. Of course, So
I've been looking forward to this because I absolutely love
your new single, lay Down in a Pickup Truck. Very romantic,
I must say, can you tell us a little bit
about this song?
Speaker 1 (37:19):
So the song is a it's a little country, a
little soul, a little R and B, a little sexy.
You know, it's a vibe.
Speaker 3 (37:27):
It is a vibe, it really is. And there's a
visualizer out as well. What was it like filming this visualizer?
Speaker 1 (37:33):
It was amazing. We went out to Santa Fe, New Mexico,
and we were staying on a ranch. They took care
of us. We were doing cowboys stuff, roping, riding horses,
hanging out in vintage trucks. It was great, gorgeous.
Speaker 3 (37:45):
Oh my goodness, I figured because I just loved the scenic,
the scenic way that it was, and it's it's such
a great video and everyone can of course check that
out on YouTube. But I also want to talk a
little bit about CMA Fest because you played on the
Good Molecules Reverb stage. How did it go?
Speaker 1 (38:00):
It was epic, It was a great set, great crowd electric,
was it?
Speaker 3 (38:04):
Oh? I'm so glad that the crowds for CMA fes
are just unreal. I mean, the love that there is
for country music.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
Yeah, it's just it's infectious. All the people here to
see live music. It's that's what it's about.
Speaker 3 (38:17):
That's what it's about. It really is. And I have
to say I have to show my compliments here. Your
voice is just incredible. You're very welcome. Was there a
moment I always wonder this, Was there ever a moment
where you were maybe what age, or maybe a moment
in time where someone you realize, wow, I can actually sing,
(38:37):
like I could actually hold a tune. When was that?
Speaker 1 (38:40):
So? I'm so thankful and blessed. My papa, my granddad,
when I was a little boy, he told me. He said,
I was probably ten years old and he said, Alex,
when you get older, you're going to be a great singer.
I can hear it, and like he always just would
encourage me. So that's that was one of the things
that always gave me confidence. And then I started in
songs in high school and singing and stuff, and so
(39:02):
I've always loved it.
Speaker 3 (39:04):
It's amazing. It shows you are an incredible vocalist. And
I hope everyone checks out all of your music available streaming, right,
that's right, Hey, check them out, everybody, please do. And
I want to talk a little bit about this because
what is next. I believe you're gonna be on the
road with Billy Carrington and Kit Moore. Tell us about that.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
So we got the call to go hang out with
Kip and Billy and uh, we're gonna support them and
it's going to be incredible. And then I'm working on another,
hopefully another headline tour in the fall, and then also
working on a new album.
Speaker 3 (39:34):
Okay, pause, hold on, we are so excited. So new album?
Anything you can tell us tease us.
Speaker 1 (39:40):
I don't think I can say much except you're gonna
probably do another couple of singles, but it's not announced yet,
but we're in the it's in the works.
Speaker 3 (39:48):
Perfect, it's in the works. And can you please give
out your website and also social media where people can
find out this news because I'm sure you'll keep everybody
up to date.
Speaker 1 (39:55):
Yeah, it's just my socialist Alex Lambert Music and my
website is just Alex Slambert and go buy all my merch.
Speaker 3 (40:03):
Yes, please do support the artist. I'm really big on that.
Please make sure you support the artists. Check them out everybody.
You won't regret it. And I want to talk a
little bit about this because you were signed to Big
Loud Texas by Miranda Lambert and John Randall, Little Alex.
Would he have even thought that those words would be
a full sentence? Did you think that that would be
even a possibility.
Speaker 1 (40:24):
I don't know. I don't think so. You know, I'm
just thankful to be doing this thing. It's it's incredible.
I'll have a great team and the label has just
been incredible to work with.
Speaker 3 (40:33):
Oh that's so wonderful you No, yes, absolutely, that's so great.
And I have a fun a couple of fun questions
for you if you don't mind. So, have you ever
had an embarrassing on stage moments or an on stage
mishap that you could tell us about?
Speaker 1 (40:49):
I will get into I have a lot of mishaps,
but I'll have these mishaps where I'll say my songs
are sounding good, but I will just have no banter
and I will just I had a show recently where
I was just rambling on because I was so tired,
and then I was like, oh my god, I've been
talking for like minutes.
Speaker 3 (41:09):
That is so funny.
Speaker 1 (41:10):
And so my band's like, dude, play the song.
Speaker 3 (41:14):
Let's get to it. We want to hear the music.
Oh no, that is so funny. I love that. I mean,
the crowds are just incredible country fans in general, and
I just love the mix that you have. So what
kind of influences musical influences were you You know that
you listened and grew up on.
Speaker 1 (41:30):
So I grew up on a lot of blues music.
So I grew up on Stevie, Ray, Vaughn, bb King,
Buddy Guy, stuff artists like that. But I also had
a lot of country influences. My granddad as would play
Hank Senior and Conway Twitty and Willie and Whalen and
stuff is old as Hank Snow and so. But as
I got older, I started finding my own vibe and
(41:51):
I started really enjoying listening to soul music, R and
B artists like John Legend and I went down a
rabbit hole. Lay to otis Redding and Sam Cook and
Marvin Gaye and stuff. So I just I like all
kinds of stuff.
Speaker 3 (42:03):
Yes you do. And you've listened all of my favorites today.
That's amazing. And before we go, can you just once
again tell everybody where they can find you on social media?
Speaker 1 (42:15):
Find me at Alex Lambert Music on all socials, go
stream my songs.
Speaker 3 (42:20):
It's lit, lit do it, everybody deal right now? Thank
you so much for joining me.
Speaker 12 (42:25):
Thank you hello everyone, and thank you for tuning in
to this special edition live at CMA Fest. These were
such fun interviews that I had the opportunity to conduct
live here in Nashville. And stay tuned because we have
even more interviews coming right at you.
Speaker 3 (42:45):
So we are so so thrilled for y'all to hear
all of those.
Speaker 12 (42:49):
And until next time, I hope you guys have a blessed, beautiful,
wonderful rest of your weekend and see y'all soon.
Speaker 3 (42:57):
Boyebye
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