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Keith Urban on Eric Church: ‘He’s Non-Categorizable’

Eric Church celebrated the success of his latest chart-topper “Some Of It” at a party in Nashville this week. At the party, many fellow songwriters and artists spoke of Church’s…

Keith Urban on Eric Church: 'He's Non-Categorizable'
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Eric Church celebrated the success of his latest chart-topper "Some Of It" at a party in Nashville this week. At the party, many fellow songwriters and artists spoke of Church's talent.

Keith Urban said, “The thing I’ve always admired about Eric is the truth in his calling… He’s non-categorizable. Record to record, he’s gonna infuse whatever is speaking to him at any given time into what he’s doing, but his narrative as a writer and his voice is the through-line for me. Everything I hear of his, that rock-steady Northern Star that connects all the different experiments that he has in record making is great songs… They should all go number one, Eric.”

Eric himself said from the party stage, “My intention was to try to make great music, write great songs. And to see it matter is something.  I’m not done. I’m not retiring. I’m not dying, so I appreciate that. I appreciate that very much, and I look forward to kicking their asses every night on stage.”

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.