It has been a very great year for Tracy Chapman. After the “Our Bright Future” tour in 2009, she chose to stay away from the public eye, but in 2015 she made a comeback and probably gave one of the most remarkable performance of her career. Even if lots of fans were expecting a new album + a tour, Tracy Chapman was in the spotlight for some good reasons.
1. The “Stand By Me” performance at David Letterman Show
David Letterman requested that Tracy Chapman perform “Stand By Me” live on one of his last shows, she did it, just her and a guitar and had been internationally acclaimed as “haunting” version (TheWeek.com), an “incredibly moving in its simplicity” song (shewired.com), a heart-stopping rendition of Ben E. King’s classic (vulture.com)
2. The “Greatest Hits” Release
On November 20, 2015 Tracy chapman released a “Greatest Hits“compiled by herself, featuring remastered songs and including a brand new track, the famous “Stand By Me” performance. Read more about the album and buy it if it’s not done yet (iTunes or Amazon)
3. All Interviews she gave to promote the release
Tracy Chapman gave numerous interviews to international Newspapers, Magazines, TV and Radio shows to promote the release of the “Greatest Hits”. Here’s the list of interviews:
- Zwanzig Minuten mit einem schüchternen Musik-Genie (Bild, November 11, 2015)
- Tracy Chapman Radio interview on Front Row (BBC Radio 4, November 13, 2015)
- Tracy Chapman’s renewed beginnings, (The New Zealand Herald, November 15, 2015)
- The tenacity of hope (The Sunday Times, November 15, 2015)
- Talking with Tracy Chapman (by Hermione Hoby, November 2017, 2015)
- Tracy Chapman: ‘Being in the public eye is uncomfortable for me’ (The Irish Times, November 18, 2015)
- Tracy Chapman guests on “q” with Shadrach Kabango (CBC radio, November 18, 2015)
- Tracy Chapman TV interview on Tavis Smiley (PBS, November 18, 2015)
- Tracy Chapman guests on “Sunrise” (November 19, 2015)
- Tracy Chapman guests on “The Morning Show” (November 19, 2015)
- Tracy Chapman’s new greatest hits album celebrates a quietly powerful legacy (PRI, November 20, 2015)
- Why singer Tracy Chapman had a feeling she could be someone, The Daily Telegraph (November 21, 2015)
- Tracy Chapman: “No estoy retirada”, El Diaro (November 21, 2015)
- Tracy Chapman guests on “Sunday Morning” with Wallace Chapman (Radio NZ) on November 22, 2015
- Tracy Chapman répond aux questions de #LeDriveRTL2 sur RTL2
- Tracy Chapman guests on “Outlook” (BBC World Service) on December 2, 2015
- Tracy Chapman: L’incontro. Rivoluzionarie (La Reppublica) on December 06, 2015
- “Ik zie noh te veel leed om mij heen” (Algemeen Dagblad December 7, 2015)
- Tracy Chapman’s official promo EPK interview by Rhino for the “Greatest Hits”
- Tracy Chapman: This Important Time (Buscadero, December 2015)
- Tracy Chapman: Soziale Bewegungen brauchen Identifikationsfiguren (Galore, December 2015)
4. The “Ask Tracy Chapman A Contest”
Tracy Chapman gave the opportunity to her fans to ask her a question. She chose 13 of them and answered them. We are currently publishing the answers on Facebook, read them!
5. Kelly Clarkson covered “Give Me One Reason”
In 2014 the cover of “Fast Car” by Sam Smith was huge hit cumulating today 8.9M views on Youtube. This year Kelly Clarkson gave her own interpretation of “Give Me One Reason”. With 1.5M views, it’s the 2015 most viewed video with a Tracy Chapman song. Not bad!
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