Every city produces video interviews from Idol tour press hour, but these vids from On Portland, conducted before yesterday’s Idols live show with Crystal Bowersox, Casey James, Aaron Kelly, Tim Urban and Didi Benami are worth posting. (Looks like interviews have been going up all afternoon. If more appear, I’ll post them here.)
Crystal’s interview, in particular has some interesting tidbits. She plans to release her album this fall or maybe this spring. (Really? Hard to imagine that Jive would wait that long.) She insists that she’ll be writing all the music that makes the cut on her album, and she’s very excited for opportunities to co-write with some of her heroes (names mentioned in the past are Michael Franti, Linda Perry and Melissa Etheridge)
But most interesting is what she said about her style. She says she’s having a hard time deciding where to go with her sound, because, “most of the songs I write would be really great country songs…but I don’t really feel they want to put me out there as a country artist.” But then she adds, “That’s fine…I’m just going to do what I do and hope people like it.” Crystal has said in prior interviews that she won’t begin recording until after tour.
Casey James discusses his Idol run (he’s so gracious when asked about Kara Dioguardi and the cougar nonsense) and recording his upcoming album for Sony Nashville. Tim Urban plans to go home after the tour to work on an album with some Dallas locals, and will work with an LA agency to find some acting work. He defines his style as Goo Goo Dolls/Jason Mraz. Post-tour, Didi Benami wants to go the Jennifer Hudson route, exploring both musical and acting possibilities. Plus, she wants to finish the album she started, recording the music written by her best friend who was killed in a car accident. Aaron Kelly says David Archuleta is a really nice guy, (they met backstage in LA) and that although they have some things in common, they are both very, very different. And he talks a bit about working with Taylor Swift’s producers in Nashville, after the tour.
Videos after the JUMP…
Crystal Bowersox
Casey James
Aaron Kelly
Tim Urban
Didi Benami
