Posts Tagged ‘Parade Magazine’

Dierks Bentley Tells Parade Magazine He’ll “Stick” with What He’s Got

Parade Magazine recently caught up with Dierks Bentley to discuss his family, his music, The Grand Ole Opry, and his involvement with the Wounded Warrior Project. Here’s what he had to say.

Inspiration of the Wounded Warriors pre-parties.
“It came about through my new single ‘Home.’ The song is open to interpretation and certainly one way of hearing it is about the guys and girls making a sacrifice for our country.”

His personal connection to the service.
“My dad and grandpa were in the army and as a country singer you’re constantly playing at military bases all across the country and meeting soldiers and their families and hearing their stories. I think about it a lot and talk a lot about it onstage every night. I’m just so thankful to the 1% of the country that actually serves in the military. And then you have these guys who are coming back and are wounded. They are coming back to a country with some uncertainty. They have issues about their healthy and are trying to reconnect with their families, finds jobs in this economy. It’s time to actually act on your patriotism and do something about it. It’s a great project to get involved with and anybody can.”

On fatherhood.
“It changes your life and as a songwriter it feeds into your music, though I don’t try to write songs like that. Some songs are very specific, but other songs I try so that they can be heard and interpreted in different ways. There are songs on this record that I wrote with my daughter in mind, but they could be a love song, could be a spiritual song, all depends on how you listen to it.”

Trying for a boy?
“Well, I got two boys. I got Jake and George, my two dogs, and I’m good. We’re really happy with what we’ve got. My brother has three girls so I think I’ll stick with two, but you never know.”

Click here to read about Dierks’ new album out next year and his connection with the Grand Ole Opry.

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Check Out the Special Country Music Edition of Personality Parade!

 

In this Sunday’s issue of PARADE magazine, check out the special country music edition of their “Personality Parade” column where Brad Paisley,chats about how he and Carrie Underwood have become a comedy duo (she’s classy, he’s irreverent, Brad says!), the Nashville floods and more.

Plus, they talk to Martina McBride, Lady Antebellum, The Band Perry, Reba McEntire and some more of country’s hottest acts.

Country Girl wants you to be a Tattle Tale! Have you been to a country concert lately? Run into a country artist while out on the town? We want to hear all about your country music news and entertainment. Email me at countrygirl@countrymusictattletale.com

Taylor Swift’s “Mean” Available on iTunes

Taylor Swift is counting down the days til her October 25th release of Speak Now with a new release from iTunes. Call me crazy, but I’m more intrigued by the cover art for each of these songs…LOVE IT!

This weeks download, “Mean,” is getting a lot of speculation as to the story behind the song. Taylor recently told Parade magazine a little more about the song, and it stems from some harsh criticism about her voice. Click here to get your copy of “Mean” from iTunes.

“Some days I’m fine and I can just brush it off and go about my day, but some days it absolutely levels me. All I can do is continue to try to work hard every single day and feel everything. I think it’s important to feel things because I then write songs about that. The whole idea of being criticized and the fact that that entered my life made for a song that I’m very proud of on the record, called “Mean.’”

Also available on iTunes is “Back to December” and “Speak Now.”

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Taylor Swift Covers ‘Parade’ Magazine & Stalks her Fans

Taylor Swift graces the cover of the October 24th issue of Parade magazine. Inside, Taylor discusses growing-up, love, and new music.  It also turns out that Taylor is a big fan of her fans…stalker style.

On how she stalked a fan in Nashville one day.
“I was driving near the mall and I saw this girl with my tour T-shirt on. She was probably 11. I made a U-turn and tried to follow her—I really had to do some maneuvering. I found her in a video-game store and just kind of walked up to her and said, ‘Oh, hi. I wanted to meet you.’ She had no idea what to say for about three minutes. Then her mom walked over, burst into tears, and proceeded to tell me that they’d driven all the way from Austin, Texas, just to see where I was discovered.”

Click here to read more.

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Martina McBride Talks T.I./Kid Rock Collaboration with Parade Magazine

Martina McBride has dished to Parade.com about the touring life with 3 daughters, the future of country music, and inspiring Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift…She also gives some details about her recent collaboration with T.I. and Kid Rock for the song “Care” which is out November 16th.

“It’s a really uplifting song. It talks about how you can’t really change what’s going on in the world necessarily, but you can care about it and do what you can. Kid Rock came to me with the song and I’m just thrilled to be a part of it. I think it’s a great song and we’ve worked together in the past and it’s always a great thing to be able to work with him. I think Kid Rock is kind of a groundbreaker in that way, he kind of transcends all boundaries and loves all kinds of music and certainly loves country music, so we’ll see what happens with that.”

You can read the full article here.

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