Friday Featured Track for May 7, 2010: Taylor Swift’s “Change”
The song that has been on my brain the most this week:
- “Change,” Taylor Swift, from her 2008 album “Fearless.”
It’s been a rough week around the BAM household, and sometimes you just need an uplifting anthem to help you get through. Swift’s “Change” helped me power my way through the week’s hardships.
Of course, my troubles don’t even come close to the problems this week in Swift’s adopted hometown of Nashville, Tenn. Music City was beset last weekend by violent storms that dumped more than 13 inches of rain in 48 hours, causing devastating floods that killed 20 Tennesseans, damaged thousands of homes and some of the city’s most treasured landmarks and destroyed the gear of many top country stars. Cleanup and repair are expected to cost more than $1 billion, according to the Associated Press.
Swift is donating $500,000 to various flood relief organizations helping out in Nashville, the AP reported. The announcement was made on Thursday night’s “Flood Relief with Vince Gill and Friends,” a telethon held on local station WSMV and live streamed online. Gill, an Oklahoma native who likely lost most of his big guitar collection in the flood, volunteered to host the telethon and interviewed and played with several of country music’s top stars. Keith Urban played the show with a borrowed guitar since his gear was destroyed by the flood.
Gill announced Swift’s generous gift after the 20-year-old hitmaker finished an interview from her tour stop in Des Moines, Iowa. Swift moved to Nashville when she was 14.
“Being at home during the storm, I honestly could not believe what was happening to the city and the people I love so dearly,” Swift told the AP in an e-mail. “Nashville is my home, and the reason why I get to do what I love. I have always been proud to be a Nashvillian, but especially now, seeing the love that runs through this city when there are people in crisis.”
Country music cable network GAC also announced Thursday it will air a telethon on May 16 that will include Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Rodney Atkins and other stars live from the Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium.
Permit me to echo the sentiments of many country stars who have encouraged fans to donate to the Red Cross or another reputable charity’s relief efforts in the waterlogged South.
-BAM
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