It was one of those gray November days in Fargo, with a cold wind whipping through the Red River Valley and whistling through our city on the prairie. Warming things up was Rosanne Cash, daughter of one of my favorite musical legends, Johnny Cash, is in town tonight and I missed her concert at the historic Fargo Theater. I was too late calling for tickets and the place was sold out. That's understandable. It's not a very large venue but, of course, that would make seeing and hearing her all the better.
Her concert was a real treat for Fargo--am anxious to see the review in the paper tomorrow. She performed last week at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. In fact, it was backstage there, on November 17 (2011), that she sat for a live webcast interview with Krista Tippett, who you may know as host of the program called Being on National Public Radio. The interview is not a short one, runs about a half-hour. But it's excellent and worth listening to in its entirety. I've never heard Ms. Cash in this kind of conversation before. What I especially enjoyed and was inspired by was her description of how she writes songs; I love insights into the creative "process" by artists of any kind, whether they're in music or are writers, filmmakers, or whatever. How art is created has always intrigued me.
If you'd like to see and hear the interview click on the link below; but first I'll mention that the first part of the interview is very candid. Technicians are setting up mikes; Rosanne and Krista exchange views on a number of subjects as Rosanne sips some kind of flavored water or tea. The audio is very low at the outset, but, when the actual interview starts, the audio comes up. If you're willing to hang in there, I'm sure you'll be captivated, as I was, with Rosanne Cash in the skillful hands of excellent interviewer. I suggest you click on the video to bring it up to full-screen on your computer. Here's the link: Rosanne Cash interviewed by Krista Tippett. The interview is also currently available on the Being website.
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