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‘A Love Letter to Country Music’: How Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Songblazers’ Highlights Country’s Decades-Spanning Influence
UMG Nashville chair/CEO Cindy Mabe and artist Sam Williams discuss the Cirque du Soleil production Songblazers.
Country music has always had a flair for the theatrical, from performers decked out in bedazzled suits or attention-commanding gowns, and wielding glittering guitars, to the genre’s exquisitely detailed story songs. “Carnival Heart” centers on discovering renewed confidence, strength and uniqueness within oneself, despite external and internal struggles, depicted in lyrics such as “I found the magic was hidden in me/ There beneath all the sadness, somewhere in the deep and the dark.” The new release features, in addition to several original songs, Williams pairing with fellow country artist Carter Faith for a sultry rendition of the Tammy Wynette classic “’Til I Can Make It on My Own.”
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