Nancy Wilson
Q. Do you have a special diet?
A. “No. We all eat as well as we can. But on the road that’s next to impossible! We’re at the mercy of where we play and the catering that we get wherever we go, or the hotel. When we’re on longer tours, we have our buses with panini makers, and we take our crock pots and we make our own food on the bus a lot so that we can get good food.”
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Studio NEWS!
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock ‘n’ roll sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart have been making music together for more than 30 years, but they have rarely shared the vocal spotlight.
Ann did most of the singing, while guitarist Nancy occasionally contributed backing vocals. The formula served them well, producing such classic-rock chestnuts as “Barracuda” and “Crazy on You.”
But things will be a little different for the group’s next album, on which they are currently working. Nancy will take a greater share of the vocal duties as the sisters experiment more with harmonies.
“It’s just a way of reinventing, and having more fun, and taking some of the pressure off of Ann as a singer,” her younger sister said in a recent interview with Reuters.
“As you probably can imagine, her voice is really a gift from above. It’s an instrument like few others. To couch a vocal style together more would be something fresh and new and more fun. Harmony singing is my favorite thing to do in music!”
Wilson described her vocal style as “more limited,” although she has sung lead on a handful of tunes including the 1985 chart-topping power ballad “These Dreams.” The sisters also notably traded off each other on their cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Battle of Evermore.”
“I love singing, and whenever I can sing some more vocal leads I always covet the chance. But it’s always got to be the perfect fit for a voice like mine,” she said.
LABEL WOES
The Wilsons are taking their time with the album, but hope it will come out in the summer of 2010. The last Heart album, “Jupiters Darling,” was released independently in 2004 after the band ended a lengthy stint at Capitol, and quickly disappeared from rock music.
“There was no clout and there was no real thrust behind it (the record) after we’d worked so hard,” Wilson said. “We’re just really looking skeptically at all the (label) options right now.”
So far, they have recorded about eight songs, and will return to the studio in a few weeks with producer Ben Mink, who is best known as k.d. lang’s collaborator.
Wilson described the songs so far as “very personal, very honest, vital … not always super-serious either. But quite romantic. Leaning toward poetic as hard as we can!”
Perhaps like many other musicians, it’s hard for the Wilsons to escape the nagging feeling that all the hard work in the studio might be for naught given that few people seem to buy albums anymore. In moments of self-doubt, Wilson has to remind herself of the therapeutic benefits of music.
“I’ve been through a lot of heartache in my day, and you turn to music to prop yourself up. It’s a healing thing, and it’s a powerful, powerful, beautiful thing. I like my job. I’ll work my butt off to do something well.”
To that end, the Wilsons and their four-person band maintain a vigorous touring schedule. A co-headlining tour with Journey is scheduled to begin in July.
Summer!
Journey and Heart will be playing at the California Mid-State Fair on July 23rd! According to San Luis Obispo.com that is. Heart management has confirmed the date. Journey and Heart will be part of the California Mid-State Fair’s 2009 Budweiser Concert Series and be performing in the Main Grandstand Arena at 7:30p.
Tickets for the show will be $57, $47 and $41, and go on sale Thursday, April 23, 2009, at 10:00a. Tickets will be available at the California Mid-State Fair box office, on-line at www.midstatefair.com, any Vallitix outlet, or charge by phone at 1-800-909-FAIR.
The Indiana State Fair is promoting Journey with Heart on it’s website for August 16 at 7pm (not confirmed!)
October 17th 7.30 PM Los Angeles California The Greek Theatre
(not confirmed by management at the moment!)
Added March 15th: Another date with Journey has popped up: the IOWA STATE FAIR in Des Moines on August 23rd. This one is confirmed
Added March 18th: Looks like another State Fair gets lucky: Kansas State Fair on September 19th. confirmed!
Added March 19th: Milwaukee Summerfest! An unconfirmed June 29th Heart tourdate!
Added March 27th: Stir Summer Concert Series, Council Bluffs, no longer June 11th but September 17th confirmed!
Hope & Glory
Heart management just released the wonderful news that, although the recording proces has been paused until October 2009 due to the tour, the producer of the new Heart studio album will be Ben Mink. Ben Mink is the producer of Ann Wilson’s solo effort of 2007: Hope & Glory. Ben Mink is best known for his work with kd lang.
Ann Wilson, Elton John and Ben Mink
These two dates were published on the official Heart website yesterday. Heart will be performing at the Northern Lights Theater at the Potawatomi Casino.
The Heartmonger Blog is reporting an August 21st date at the Kentucky State Fair reuniting the band with Journey. That date is not 100% confirmed. But Heart will be doing some shows with Journey, according to management.
Horseshoe!
Added on March 13th: A new date for May 12th has been published on the official website. It’s the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in Elizabeth.
Also added on March 13th: Knoxville May 22nd, Council Bluffs June 11th, Columbus June 13th, Livermore June 18th and Saratoga June 19th and 20th.
Ann Wilson in Phoenix
Click on the pic for more. Thanx to Heartmonger145!
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