'The banjo is a very funky instrument,' says KeithUrban, who's been 'playing it since 1995.' He recalls the time he found a six string banjo, saying 'I was like 'No way!' So I went over and picked it up... Daddy's home'
2020! To quote the other song that’s just so good,” he laughs . “Pull me forward, pull me out of this! I’m drowning in this… Show me tomorrow, somebody, please.”
Urban is actually in Australia at the moment, even though 6 million-plus American viewers just saw him hosting the Academy of Country Music Awards from Nashville on Sept. 16. He beat a hasty retreat from Music City to his and Nicole Kidman’s homeland to be together while she’s shooting a film there , though Tennessee remains their primary home.
His father comes up again in the context of talking about one of the new album’s songs, “Say Something.” It’s an inspirational track that originally arrived on his doorstep as a song of pure social consciousness, but when he joined onto it as a co-writer, he tailored the second verse to be about the need to speak up about emotional issues behind closed doors, finding a way to link the two.
Urban also talks about the album’s leadoff track, “Out the Cage,” a collaboration with Rodgers and Breland that is also partly about the unrest in the world in 2020 and partly more universal than that. This fusion isn’t a new development for him. “I’m interested in sounds that go together – not just genres. I don’t really think in terms of genre. I think in terms of sonics that I’m interested in, seeing if they can find a way to blend together and create something that I really like. And I like energy coming right out of the gate.
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