The Grammy Awards pretty much elected to ignore veteran artists this year with anything more than a token nod or two — with one very happily glaring exception. In a year otherwise dedicated largely…
It’s been 26 years since Tucker was nominated for a Grammy at all, and 47 years since she first contended. As disinterested as the
’s voice or the ability to tell a story like Tanya Tucker. … And this [the nominations] is such a game changer for her.”Tucker doesn’t see these four nods — the most for any country artist, and most for any artist over 40 — as any kind of culmination of her journey of ups and downs. “When Tanya started talking about why she hadn’t made a record in 17 years, it’s because when she lost her mom and dad, she wasn’t who she wanted to be,” Carlile says. “There were things in her life that were keeping her from being as close to them as she could be, and music brought them so much joy. Any time she did music or got an accolade, it really brought her closer to her parents. And when they died, she just couldn’t do it anymore.
Besides Carlile and Jennings, Tucker credited her new label, Fantasy, new management, Paradigm, and new PR, Adkins Publicity, for helping her reach this point.
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