May the circle be unbroken.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 10:29 AM
Heidi Newfield took a group of WSM The Wolf listener’s in Nashville on a personalized tour of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. You can read about her favorite items in the August 16, 2010 issue of Country Weekly. Later this week, you can see exclusive behind-the-tour footage w/ Heidi…exclusively on HeidiNewfield.com. Come back for more!

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I Went to a Garden Party: Recipes for a Killer Country Barbecue Party
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 11:35 AM
Heidi Newfield
Ingredients:
1 part Bacardi Peach
Fresh-cut peaches
4 parts Diet Sprite
Ice

Directions: Put the Bacardi in a blender with ice and fresh-cut peaches. Add the Diet Sprite and blend.

"I always start grilling by thinking what my favorite summertime adult beverage is, and this year I have a new one. It is a great and pretty low-calorie drink to start grilling with," says Newfield.

We like her idea of starting of the grilling chores with a refreshing drink. It just seems to click perfectly; kind of like "Johnny and June." This drink is the perfect combination of invigorating refreshment plus a little kick. Adding fresh peaches ups the delicious factor and makes us want to whip this one up — even if we don't have a barbecue party planned!

Read more at the Rhapsody blog!
Heidi Newfield Recalls Otherwordly Visit From Late Mom
Monday, July 12, 2010 - 08:20 AM
Whether or not you believe in the supernatural, Heidi Newfield's own ghost story is sure to touch your heart.

The singer's beloved mother passed away in 2004 after suffering from multiple sclerosis for several years. Heidi, who was devastated to lose her mom at such a young age, began her difficult grieving process, feeling such a profound loss that she wasn't sure how she could cope with this tremendous hole in her life.

About a month after her mom passed away, Heidi was sleeping in her house in West Nashville when she was suddenly awakened. "I felt this presence in the room," she tells The Boot, "and I opened up my eyes and shifted my head to make sure I was truly awake. There was sort of this white [aberration] ... you couldn't make out a face. It was sort of like this cloud. I kept blinking my eyes to make sure they weren't playing tricks on me as they'll often do in the night. It was like this presence came around the side of my bed.

Read more at The Boot
Heidi Newfield Has Fan Excitment Fueling Her Next Album
Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 05:55 AM
Heidi Newfield will have plenty to remember from the Country Throwdown tour.

And she's not just talking about the dance parties, fan visits and other esprit de corps moments on the road, but also the song ideas that have come her way thanks to the kinship and brainstorming among performers and songwriters that was an integral part of the tour.

"My good friend Bob McKenzie (a Nashville singer-songwriter) has been with us and sometimes we'll sit down in the bus and just start writing," Heidi told The Boot backstage at a Throwdown tour stop in Virginia. "I probably have three albums worth of material now... Bobby says this is where the songs are, and he's right!"

It's also where the fans were, as evidenced by the thousands who flocked to the tour to hear Heidi, Jamey Johnson, Montgomery Gentry, Little Big Town, Jack Ingram, Eric Church, Buxton Hughes and several other country crooners. What surprised Heidi the most was the number of Country Throwdown fans who not only know the songs from her 2008 album, 'What Am I Waiting For,' but also from her upcoming album.

The album, which Heidi is working on with multi-Grammy Award winning producer Blake Chancey (Dixie Chicks, Montgomery Gentry, Waylon Jennings) is about two-thirds complete and fan response to the new songs she played on the tour has made Heidi especially eager to release it.

"It's such a joy," Heidi gushed. "I get jacked up when the crowd is jacked up. I feed off of their energy -- and so does my band -- just as much as they feed off of mine. When we see them pumping their fists in the air and mouthing all the words -- even to brand new material -- it's incredible."

Two of the hot new songs Heidi debuted on the Country Throwdown tour are 'Born Too Late,' which she likens to a "Waylonesque traditional tune" that tells how the singer often feels she was born in the wrong era, and the power ballad, 'Why'd You Have To Be So Good?'

"I literally see people weeping in the crowd," Heidi said of fans' response to the ballad. "They never heard this song before, but you know you are affecting them with it ... When you are playing brand new material for an audience and you see them respond to it, you know when it's working and when it's not."

Heidi said that although The Country Throwdown tour was a new concept for country artists, they quickly developed bonds that she predicts will last for the remainder of their careers. "It has a very fresh, exciting vibe to it," she noted. "I think the camaraderie is what we will miss the most. We've built a lot of great relationships out here."
Throwdown Tour Review from KKAJ-FM
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 08:15 AM
“I got back into the arena to catch the end of the Eli Young Band’s set, then headed back over to the theater to take in Heidi Newfield’s show on the Outlaw Stage. That girl knows how to rock. There’s no doubt that she should have been playing the Main Stage. The crowd watching her was by far the biggest of the day for the Outlaw or Bluebird stages. She rolled through her hits like “Johnny & June” and “Cry, Cry (‘Til the Sun Shines),” and threw in some new material and old Trick Pony material as well. She made a vow to sign autographs and take pictures with every single person who wanted to meet her, and she stayed true to her word. She seems like a very genuine person and I was honored to meet her.” –Kristi, 95.7 KKAJ FM