{"id":35226,"date":"2018-04-20T13:05:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T12:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=35226"},"modified":"2018-04-20T16:26:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T15:26:31","slug":"revival-steve-holley-speaks-to-jenn-bostic-about-her-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/04\/revival-steve-holley-speaks-to-jenn-bostic-about-her-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Revival’ – Steve Holley Speaks To Jenn Bostic About Her New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jenn Bostic is set to release her new album, ‘Revival’, on 4 May. Steve Holley chatted with the singer songwriter about it, as well as her UK tour.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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EP:\u00a0 Hi Jenn, thanks for the opportunity to speak with you about your new album ‘Revival’. You\u2019ve been quoted as saying that this is the music your heart \u201clonged to record\u201d. Does that make it a conscious effort to move away from your past releases or just a show of faith that something this beautiful will be well received whether it’s radio friendly or not?<\/strong><\/p>\n

JB: Thanks for taking the time to chat with me. ‘Revival’ dives into the bluesy, soulful, gospel style that has always been hidden in my music, but for this album, I fully unleashed it. I love singing with a band, so I went into House of Blues Studio with some of my favorite musicians, and we captured a moment. There\u2019s something magical that happens when everyone is playing in the studio at the same time and feeding off each other\u2019s ideas, I feel it brings out the best in the songs. While a few tracks ended up being pretty radio friendly, I didn\u2019t go into the studio consumed by what I thought the industry might think of the music, I just created the album I wanted to make, the best way I knew how. I couldn\u2019t be happier with the way it turned out, or the ridiculous amount of fun we all had making it.<\/p>\n

EP: So, given that, how would you describe this album\u2019s style in relation to your past music.<\/strong><\/p>\n

JB: All three of my previous albums have centered around the song and my voice. Sometimes the instrumentation is more country, other times more pop, but at the end of the day when I sit down and play any one of my songs acoustically, I strive for that song to stand-alone. The album fuses blues, soul, pop, gospel, Americana and country in my favorite way. As the genre lines continue to blur, I love that artists don\u2019t have to stay in a box to be successful.<\/p>\n

EP: This album has an incredible feeling of depth with the vocal backing; the title track even has a gospel choir. Is that something you had in mind or was it just how the songs developed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

JB: When I recorded ‘What Love Feels Like’, with a gospel choir, I got the bug. I absolutely love harmony, and when you get a bunch of voices creating a wall of sound, it\u2019s pretty hard to keep the goosebumps away. I knew I wanted to record with a gospel choir again, which I did with ‘Revival’, but featuring the vocal trio that is Kyshona, Maureen Murphy and Jason Eskridge on ‘Haunting Me’, ‘Lamp’, ‘Hollywood’, and ‘Before it Gets Better’, was a decision that developed in production.<\/p>\n