{"id":6624,"date":"2016-10-28T12:11:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T17:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=6624"},"modified":"2018-03-07T16:21:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T21:21:31","slug":"songs-and-stories-164-nancy-cassidys-heart-of-a-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-and-stories-164-nancy-cassidys-heart-of-a-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #164: Nancy Cassidy&#8217;s &#8220;Heart of a Song&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7894\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6624-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories164.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories164.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories164.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories164.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=6624-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories164.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories164.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewPodcast%253Fid%253D216646993\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/michael-gaither-songs-and-stories\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/heart-of-a-song.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/heart-of-a-song-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"heart-of-a-song\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/heart-of-a-song-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/heart-of-a-song-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/heart-of-a-song.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>This episode&#8217;s a return visit with one of my favorite people, and one of my favorite interviews, as we chat with <a href=\"http:\/\/nancycassidymusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nancy Cassidy<\/a> about &#8220;Heart of a Song,&#8221; her eighth release of original music. She&#8217;s known for both her <a href=\"http:\/\/nancycassidymusic.com\/index.php\/kids-music\" target=\"_blank\">KidSongs records<\/a> as well as her <a href=\"http:\/\/nancycassidymusic.com\/index.php\/folk-music\" target=\"_blank\">folk\/Americana recordings<\/a>. Podcast-wise, we first got together and chatted about her &#8220;Song of Joy&#8221; and &#8220;Memphis&#8221; releases back in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-and-stories-125-nancy-cassidys-song-of-joy\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Songs and Stories episode 25&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/nancy_truck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/nancy_truck-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"nancy_truck\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6631\" \/><\/a>For this get-together, I made a road trip to Idaho, chatting with Nancy at her home in Stanley, Idaho. She explained how her new record, &#8220;Heart of a Song,&#8221; was more pop oriented and a direct result of her recent work performing in rest homes and for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breadandroses.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bread and Roses<\/a> events. <\/p>\n<p>In this episode, we&#8217;ll hear the CD cuts &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; (which was written in Stanley) and &#8220;Come Home to Me&#8221;, as well as a live version of &#8220;Whole Bunch of Love,&#8221; a tune she talks about in this interview, and one that came was born out of one quick phrase in a phone conversation &#8211; many songs start this way. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Have comments on this episode?<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019d love to hear from you. 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