12/4/2023 0 Comments Songbird josh groban![]() For example, the Bread song that I did with Tim McGraw. Wilson: You know it’s interesting as there is such a vulnerability that comes through in some writing, and that I think it's always the thing I’ve been attracted to because (I’ll go back to the love song thing in a minute) but the autobiographical thing, how that struck me was that I remember listening to these songs driving in the car with my mom. Wilson: I totally consider them love songs.įord: What makes a love song, what is that? ![]() I also really love “I’ll Be There” with Jimmie Allen and “Without You” with Vince Gill and “Songbird.” I mean they were all great, but those struck me. He is thriving! So, Willie had also covered a couple of Paul Simon songs and so I figured he would be open to more of Paul’s songs, and I had back-ups for Willie if that didn't work but I thought that one would be a good one for us.įord: My favorites on the album are “Where Is the Love” with Smokey Robinson and “If” with Tim McGraw. Wilson: I did that with Willie Nelson, and I thought… Wilson: Well, you know that because you have been there every step of the way with me on this.įord: And you did that with Willie Nelson. It’s no longer “Oh, Rita Wilson, I didn’t know she could sing,” it’s more like “Oh yeah, have you heard Rita Wilson’s new album.” Incredible. I guess it’s because you’re so established in the music industry now. 2012 was the first album.įord: My god, it seems to me like you have been doing this for a lot longer and I mean that in a good way. Wilson: No, I think it came out 10 years ago. Music is the thing that has always given me an enormous amount of joy and satisfaction and so when I finally did my first album, AM/FM, which was also cover songs from the ’70s, I just thought “I’ll do this and have absolutely no expectations from it” but then the album was heard by someone at Decca, and I was signed to them and that is what gave me confidence.įord: How long ago was that? Fifteen years? It is looking inside of yourself and finding out what makes you happy. ![]() I mean this is your fifth album! Where does that confidence come from? You decided that after a successful career as an actress, that music was what you wanted to focus on, and you’ve done it. You and I were walking across the tarmac together and you were wearing a bronze, strapless, lamé dress and snake boots that I had designed that season and Tom was walking alongside of you and I just remember immediately feeling a connection with you.įord: I want to say that one of the things that impresses me the most about you, is your drive and your fearlessness. We had transformed the Santa Monica airport runway into a giant outdoor nightclub. hosting a benefit for APLA (AIDS Project Los Angeles). I was living in Paris, designing for Gucci, but in L.A. Tom Ford: I remember so clearly the evening we met. Below, Ford and Wilson’s intimate conversation. She sings Paul Simon’s “Slip Slidin’ Away” with Willie Nelson, and Fleetwood Mac’s “Songbird” with Josh Groban, among other numbers. Now and Forever: Duets is a collection of ’70s covers sung by Wilson and a medley of acclaimed artists. ![]() Ahead of the release of Wilson’s new album Now and Forever: Duets, which is out today, Ford interviewed Wilson about her process and what excites her about her latest record. Designer Tom Ford and actor-singer Rita Wilson have been friends since they met at a charity benefit 25 years ago-not mere acquaintances, but people who vacation together (the highest tier of friendship, according to Ford).
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