‘More Than the Music’ back for 2023 season on The Heartland Network
Chattanooga-produced and nationally broadcast “More Than the Music” will air a new series of episodes, which started Tuesday with a tribute to the late entertainer Leslie Jordan on The Heartland Network.
The episode featured a sitdown with Jordan, the “Call Me Kat” star who died in October, and singer-songwriter Danny Myrick. Filmed at Chattanooga’s Riverbend Festival in June, the episode serves as a tribute to the Chattanooga icon and beloved performer. The episode aired Tuesday evening and will air again at 8 p.m. Sunday on The Heartland Network.
Hosted by Stacy Newman, the show travels around the region and country and takes viewers backstage and behind the scenes for “intimate artist interviews, a look at their latest music videos, pit stops at local food joints and tours of iconic locations in music history,” according to a news release.
“It is not an exaggeration when I say that interviewing Leslie Jordan was a highlight of my career,” Newman said in the release. “He was such a light in this world, and I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to feature him on ‘More Than the Music.’ Love. Light. Leslie.”
With the 2022 season featuring more than 40 interviews, the television series is back with a variety of popular and rising artists representing multiple genres and decades.
Newman also makes a stop at Americanafest in Nashville with C. Thomas Howell; legendary swamp pop musician Tommy McLain; The McCrary Sisters, who are known for their powerful voices and gospel songs; country music artist Sunny Sweeney; singer-songwriter David Starr, and roots rock musician Early James.
On Tuesday, March 7, “More Than the Music” will finish out its Riverbend 2022 coverage featuring artist interviews from Moon Taxi, Bexar, Niko Moon and Warren Haynes of Gov’t Mule.
In addition to covering Riverbend, “More Than the Music” filmed at last year’s Moon River Festival, speaking with American blues musician and Grammy Award winner Keb’ Mo’ and Nashville-based singer/ songwriter Maggie Rose.
For the first time, the “More Than the Music” crew traveled to Colorado for Elevation Beaver Creek. With the backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, the episodes will feature country music artists George Birge, Nate Smith, Jonathan Roy, Stephanie Quayle, Ian Flanigan, Charley Crockett, Danielle Bradbery, Corey Kent, Kameron Marlowe, Dylan Scott and Clare Dunn.
In other episodes, Newman travels to the iconic Sun Studios in Memphis, visits the Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville with Frank Turner, chats with Americana musician Shakey Graves, talks with up-andcoming artist Shane Pi in Nashville and makes every millennial’s dream come true by talking with All-4-One and Young MC at the I Love the ’90s Tour.