Minutes of Music: Meet Canadian singer-songwriter Alexz Johnson
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KING JOHNSON INTRODUCES US TO A
CANADIAN SONG WIDER ALEX
JOHNSON, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO
HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM.
SO WE MENTIONED THE ALEX
JOHNSON IS FROM CANADA, BUT
YOU'LL BE TOURING HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES WITH A NEW ALBUM.
SO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR
WITH HER MUSIC, HOW WOULD YOU
DESCRIBE IT? WELL, FIRST OF
ALL, SHE'S AN AMAZING ARTIST.
YEAH, I LOVE ALL OF HER STUFF.
>> AND SHE IS WORKING ON HER
5TH STUDIO ALBUM CALLED SEASON.
THAT RECENTLY JUST CAME OUT AND
IT BRINGS A MIX OF INDIE AND
POP, WHICH TAKES INSPIRATION
FROM PASSION OR ASIANS LIKE
PETER GABRIEL AND PAUL SIMON
MIXING IN SOME MODERN TALENT,
INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN
HOUSTON. NOW I HAD THE CHANCE
TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO HER
CREATIVE PROCESS ON THIS LATEST
ALBUM. AND ALEX TELLS ME THAT
SHE FOUND INSPIRATION FROM THE
STORY OF SURVIVORS ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
>> PEOPLE STORIES OF SURVIVAL.
THAT'S MY BIGGEST INSPIRATION
IN THIS MOMENT IN MY LIFE.
YOU KNOW, NOT JUST MUSICIANS,
BUT ALSO.
FARMERS AND CHEFS AND PEOPLE
WHO ARE JUST, YOU KNOW,
CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN IN THEIR
LIVES. I FIND IT SO INSPIRING.
SO THAT'S KIND OF GUY WITH THIS
RECORD SPECIFICALLY. IT WAS
JUST A QUILT OF MANY DIFFERENT
THREATS. NOW, ALEX'S SEASONS
TO OR KICKS OFF TONIGHT WITH
HER FIRST CONCERT IN BOSTON.
I KNOW IT'S GREAT. HOW EXCITING
IS THAT? THE BUS IN THE GOOD
NEWS FOR US IS THAT SHE IS
COMING TO RALEIGH.
>> AND MORE GOOD NEWS. YOU'RE
GOING TO GET STATES TO. I
MARRIAGE AND ALL THESE
OPPORTUNITIES BUT LOVE IS
BRINGING INDEPENDENT ARTIST ON
THE STAGE WITH HER AT STOPS ALL
AROUND THE COUNTRY, WHICH I'M
VERY GRATEFUL FOR. AND I WILL
BE JOINING HER AT THE POOR
HOUSE MUSIC HALL HERE IN
RALEIGH NEXT TUESDAY. THE DOORS
WILL OPEN AT 07:00PM AND YOU
CAN FIND TICKETS ONLINE AT ALEX
JOHNSON DOT COM.
>> ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE FULL
HOUSE NEXT TO ALL THE BEST WHEN
WHEN ALEX DANSON PACE CAN I
KNOW WE'VE GOT A FAMILY HAS