Getting Tracy Chapman to perform 'Fast Car' with Luke Combs at the 2024 Grammys seemed like an impossible task; this is how producers pulled it off.
Q: The Interview - Tracy ChapmanRead the full-text online article and more details about "Q: The Interview - Tracy Chapman" by Thompson, Jonathan - The Independent on Sunday (London, England), February 23, 2003By ThompsonJonathanIndependent on Sunday...
Combs has said he never sought direct permission from Chapman to record "Fast Car" but says he wasn't required to. There appears to be no hard feelings as Chapman told Billboard in July 2023, "I never expected to find myself on the country charts, but I'm honored to be there." Cha...
While the lyrics of "Fast Car" feel incredibly personal -- and have inspired universal emotional reactions from its listeners -- Chapman admitted in a 1988 interview with Rolling Stone, shortly after the song's release, that not all of her songs are explicitly autobiographic...
In his first interview since the Grammy Awards, Kershenbaum talks about making the landmark album and seeing their classic song come to life again. (He and the reclusive Chapman have remained in touch through the decades: “She’s a dear friend,” he says. “And besides the wonderful ...
This is Tracy Chapman’s song, and everyone knows that. Luke Combs may be the unlikely vessel that accidentally forwarded “Fast Car” to a new generation. It was an album cut that became a cultural phenomenon. And rest assured, Luke Combs is just as flabbergasted as the rest of us that...
Luke Combs— who coveredTracy Chapman’s beloved "Fast Car" for hisGettin’ Oldalbum in 2023 — pitched the idea of sharing the 2024 GRAMMYs stage with Chapman to producers, not knowing whether it would actually happen. Spoiler alert: it did. ...
Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman, kd lang, and Yo Yo Ma’s cello… To listen to samples of Tracy’s work, please click here! TRACY’S CURRENT PANDEMIC PROJECTS: (Click here to read Margaret Bikman’s article in Whatcom Talk!) Love Doesn’t Care Who You Love is now a children’s book...
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In his first interview since the Grammy Awards, Kershenbaum talks about making the landmark album and seeing their classic song come to life again. (He and the reclusive Chapman have remained in touch through the decades: “She’s a dear friend,” he says. “And besides the w...