Johnny Reid On His New Album “Love Someone,” Strange Gigs, Musical Influences & More

Earlier this month, 6-time JUNO Award winning singer-songwriter Johnny Reid released his brand new full length album Love Someone via Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. Now available digitally as well as on CD and 2LP 180 Gram Vinyl, Love Someone is Reid’s 11th album and features 14-tracks. It is perhaps his most intimate and inspired collection of songs to date, a refreshing blend of country, pop and soulful ballads. Highlights include the album’s lead single “Hey Delilah,” the heartfelt, “I Owe It All To You,” and a reworking of John Hiatt’s “Have A Little Faith In Me.”

Next up for the multi-platinum artist is a long-awaited live tour. The Love Someone National Tour is set to be one of the longest running Canadian tours in history, with tour dates and details being announced later this year. The extensive tour will go cross-country, mainly in small theatres in secondary markets, something Reid has wanted to do for quite some time as an opportunity to connect with his audience through storytelling on a more intimate level. To date, Reid has earned 26 Canadian Country Music Awards and 6 JUNO Awards, and it would not be surprising if Love Someone helps adds more top-tier accolades to Reid’s award collection in the very near-future.

On October 27, 2021, I had the pleasure of speaking with Johnny Reid via Zoom, as embedded below. More on Reid and Love Someone can be found by clicking here, here, here, here and here.

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Tags: Canada, Country music, Johnny Reid, Nashville, Scotland, UMG Canada, Universal Music Group

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