Go out and do something, celebrate, and make something happen in my memory.
We wanted to touch the heart strings of people, and to let them know we're losing a lot of people. It was that place that made me want to write this particular song. At first I was going to name the song George Floyd. And just being a Black man, it made me think of George Floyd. You see what's unfolding in the news and around you in your city with the racial divide, and you're just stuck in the house with the pandemic, and you become real sensitive. You have a song on this album called "Mama Don't Cry" that's responding to recent events. I'm like "the Soul Man Whisperer."Ī lot of artists have found themselves creating a different type of music in quarantine and reflecting on things around them. And you know, when it's something so good, you don't want everybody to have it, so you let it out in little secrets. I think it's a different kind of comfort that I bring. It's good to be more than just a just a name thrown out there. It's like, "I found him first!" or "I heard him first!" It's cool, though. as the young entertainers call me - but I also feel like there are a lot of people who are still getting to know about Anthony Hamilton, and some people who who've never heard any of my music. Here are excerpts, including web-only extended answers:ĭoes it feel like you're a veteran by now or does it feel like people are still discovering you? It sometimes feels like you are everyone's "little secret." NPR's Michel Martin welcomed Hamilton back to NPR to talk about his latest album, and about his creative process during the pandemic. Some were fans way before that - as Hamilton says, "when only 10 people knew about me." Many were introduced to Hamilton through his popular Tiny Desk performance in 2016. Hamilton is the self-described "country boy" from North Carolina whose vulnerable lyrics and gospel-tinged delivery have gained him fans across the globe.
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Love Is The New Black is his first full length album in five years - one fans have been anxiously awaiting. Multi-platinum singer-songwriter Anthony Hamilton is back with a new album.