{"id":1127,"date":"2019-07-28T06:27:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T06:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2019-07-28T06:27:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T06:27:04","slug":"blog-interview-judith-owen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2019\/07\/28\/blog-interview-judith-owen\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog interview: Judith Owen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nYou released \u201credisCOVERed\u201d how did that come about and what song for you was the most fun to do?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always loved re-imagining famous songs and making them very personal to me, and enough fans had asked if I\u2019d make a collection of them, to make me want to do it! As far as the most fun track… I\u2019d say that was \u201cPlay That Funky Music\u201d (White Girl). Living in New Orleans and having been welcomed and so appreciated by the musical community there, I decided to put a NOLA twist on it and to treat it with fun and self-deprecation at being such an \u201cup-right\u201d Brit living in such a relaxed and funky city!<\/em><\/p>\n


\nYou have performed live extensively, what\u2019s been your favourite moment on stage?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Actually my favorite moment on stage to date was in fact the recent first performance of \u201cELEGADA\u201d (The Chosen), my song-cycle about Picasso\u2019s muses. It\u2019s been gestating for a few years and that night saw the culmination of a long held dream of mine.. to create a classically inspired mixed media performance, with me and strings (predominantly). It\u2019s theatrical and visual and about some of the most remarkable women, whose stories are not only compelling but resonate with all our lives. I\u2019m serious when I say it\u2019s my best work and draws on my entire life experience, from my childhood spent at the opera, (thanks Dad!), to training as an actress, studying art, and being a story teller and an entertainer… it feels like my life\u2019s work.<\/em><\/p>\n

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What are you currently listening to?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rough mixes of the \u201cELEGADA\u201d recordings… I\u2019m currently in the thick of it, so it\u2019s pretty much all I can hear right now. It\u2019s a great feeling when you\u2019ve just been in the studio and all you want to do is play the results to someone cause you\u2019re so proud of what you\u2019ve achieved. Believe me…it\u2019s not always like that!<\/em><\/p>\n

What song would you liked to have included on the \u201credisCOVERed\u201d album?<\/strong><\/p>\n

One that I\u2019ve recorded and will be releasing as a digital single.. \u201cJess Glynne\u2019s \u201cHold My Hand\u201d. I\u2019ve taken it away from the original dance track vibe and re-imagined it as a a total prayer to love and the letting go of ego and pride, when you admit that you don\u2019t want to struggle through life alone. It\u2019s about accepting that to need and rely upon someone so much, is both painful and beautiful.<\/em><\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favourite song on that album?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No hesitation there… \u201cCherokee Louise\u201d. It\u2019s a stunning song by Joni Mitchell, about child abuse, I\u2019ve taken it to a very cinematic place, that sounds and feels like the story and the fear that unfolds in this gem that was so ahead of its time, (written in the mid 80s long before anyone was speaking out about this now all too familiar topic!).<\/em><\/p>\n

One of your biggest influences is Joni Mitchell, what\u2019s your favourite Joni album?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I call her the patron saint of female singer-songwriters. She\u2019s the perfect blend of emotionally intelligent lyrics and exquisitely beautiful music. As to my favorite album, I\u2019d have to say \u201c Wild Things Run Fast\u201d, purely because it was the first one of hers I ever heard and left an indelible mark on my heart.<\/em><\/p>\n

Photo credit: Bernhard K\u00fchmstedt<\/p>\n

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