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Faith did two shows at the Hollywood Bowl. What an amazing reviews.

Faith Hill goes from awestruck to dazzling at the Bowl
July 18th, 2009, 2:11 pm · · posted by Ben Wener

For an artist who has won multiple Grammys, ACM, CMA and People’s Choice awards — and performed at the Oscars and the Super Bowl — it took the sheer scope and eminent grandeur of the Hollywood Bowl to truly awe Faith Hill.

At Friday’s first of two Bowl shows this weekend — her only dates this year, not counting appearances like her synergistic performance of Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)” at Barack Obama’s inauguration in January — Hill initially appeared mystified by her presence onstage at the historical venue. But once she found her comfort zone, she put on a passionate display of her wondrous vocal range and down-home charm.

“I’m still a Mississippi girl,” she conceded. “The butterflies still get to me.”

As if fulfilling her own prophecy, Hill seemed disconcerted for the first few numbers. Clad in a regal pink-and-yellow floor-length gown — the statuesque 41-year-old sang mostly to the floor, her large eyes cast downward, one white-knuckled hand gripping the microphone stand at all times.

Four songs in, however, as her band leaped into “The Way You Love Me” (from 2000’s smash Breathe), she began to find her footing. Led by lively percussion, the song visibly energized Hill; spurred on by her exceptional backing vocalists, the five-time Grammy winner loosened up and engaged the crowd at the mostly-full Bowl.

Though she peppered her set with hits like “Wild One” (from her 1993 debut Take Me As I Am), 1997’s ACM Single of the Year “This Kiss” and the Oscar-nominated “There You’ll Be” (from Pearl Harbor), it was Hill’s cover choices that not only drew the most enthusiastic responses of the evening, they also found the singer at her most confident and comfortable.

Hill introduced a mid-set medley of Aretha Franklin’s “Dr. Feelgood” and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” as songs that “aren’t mine but they are tonight.” She couldn’t have been more right.

The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra’s brass section added a healthy dose of trumped-up soul to the former, and Hill rose to the challenge that covering both songs demands. It was clear she felt these classics, and the set soared from there, moving into a stirring, piano-heavy rendition of Paul McCartney’s “Maybe I’m Amazed” and closing with a funkier, horn-driven reading of one of Janis Joplin’s signature tunes, “Piece of My Heart,” long a staple of Hill’s live shows.

As she stomped, pleaded and channeled her inner Janis, her prodigiously tight touring band accented the 1’s and 3’s, churning out a groove that more resembled Led Zeppelin’s “D’yer Mak’er” than the original. That number proved to be the showstopper, which made sense: there wasn’t much else Hill could have played after it that would have compared.

Interestingly, if you’d walked into the Hollywood Bowl Friday night ignorant of Faith Hill’s body of recorded work, you’d have never guessed from her performance that she’s one of country music’s true superstars. Only during the swampy “Mississippi Girl” did she flaunt country roots, instead clinging mostly to Celine Dion-sounding songs like the fluttery opener “If My Heart Had Wings” and the string-laden, multi-movement “Paris.”

The orchestra, conducted by David Campbell (who also arranged strings for the recorded version of “There You’ll Be”), was in lockstep with Hill’s band the entire night, mostly thanks to Campbell’s constant visual communication with Jimmy Nichols, the singer’s dexterous and dazzling keyboardist and musical director. Campbell’s arrangements were tasteful and appropriate, and nowhere was the orchestra’s presence felt more than on “Breathe,” where the ensemble replicated its soaring lead guitar lines, while Hill, front and center, fervently belted out her most successful single.

How could one of the world’s most popular country songstresses pull off a feat like this, here in Los Angeles, the epicenter of everything cool?

Credit Hill’s foresight in designing a set that played to its audience in the best possible way. Had she cranked out the exact same set list but swapped the orchestral arrangements for steel guitars and fiddles, the night would’ve likely flopped. Similarly, were she to play this kind of Bowl set — replete with cinematic swells and brassy accents — to a booze-fueled Stagecoach crowd, there’d likely be riots. It’s a performance that stands apart even from her frequent tours with husband Tim McGraw.

And it reminds that one doesn’t climb to the heights Faith Hill has reached by mere accident. She’s a superstar — a prescient one, at that — for many reasons, but only the best of them were on display at the Bowl.

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Singing Paul Mccartney's song, Baby I'm Amazed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CycVu-DaTwk&feature=channel

Singing Bridge Over Troubled Water

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCZEKJxn0Ng&feature=channel

Singing Aretha Franklin's song Dr Feelgood(amazing she was born to sing soul)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeXKZRPr-xQ
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Some pictures, she looked awesome, what a voice.

http://www.zimbio.com/picture....od+Bowl
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Faith Hill Celebrates Birthday With Special Memories

Faith Hill is 42 years old today, and on Oct. 6 she'll celebrate her 13th wedding anniversary with hubby Tim McGraw. As Tim, Faith and their three daughters and get ready to move into a new home, Faith's obviously feeling a bit nostalgic -- as witnessed by her thoughts on the recent discovery of ticket stubs to a show she performed with Johnny Cash in 1996.

That was certainly a year to remember, as Faith also shared the stage with her future spouse, on the aptly-named Spontaneous Combustion tour, just months before they would tie the knot.

"When I got the invitation to be on that tour I was like, 'Heck, yeah I wanna go on that tour!,' Faith recalls with a laugh. "But then we started to get a little smarter and think, 'How could this possibly work?' Two entertainers doing the same thing. There is not a great record for it in the history of life and love and entertainers sticking together."

Faith says that even though the track record for marital unions between fellow performers wasn't so strong, they did come up with at least one example -- George Burns and Gracie Allen, who were married for nearly 40 years, until Gracie's death.

And although 1996 was the first time they toured together,Tim and Faith first met -- and shared the concert stage -- at Country Radio Seminar's New Faces show in 1994.

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Faith Hill: I'm Just a 'Goofy' Mom


"I'm just doing all I can to stay above the water," Faith Hill told iVillage as she packed up the Tennessee house she's shared for the past six years with husband Tim McGraw and their three daughters -- Gracie, 12, Maggie, 11, and Audrey, 7 -- to move the following day. The 42-year-old country singer (who sings the theme song for NBC's Sunday Night Football) took some time out of her eventful day to chat about her "serious football family," the best mom advice she's ever received and how she feels about her daughters entering their teenage years.

We heard that you watch football because your husband loves it.

That's not the only reason I watch football. I was brought up on football. My mom is a huge New Orleans Saints fan. It was just part of our life. When Tim and I first met, I realized quickly I was moving into a serious, serious football family. So it's become part of our lifestyle and something that our kids enjoy as well. It's hard to imagine 12, 11 and 7-year-olds -- and girls to boot -- all really, really love watching football.

Do you think women should learn to watch football?

It's a personal thing, but it can be a lot of fun. I don't know a ton about the game, but I do know a little bit, enough to keep me interested and enough to really get involved when Tim's getting excited. It allows me to have time with my husband during football season. If I did not enjoy football, it would almost be like living alone.

Has Tim gotten involved in any of your hobbies in return?

Not as much as football. I'm a big organizer and he's not quite there yet. He's trying. In the middle of this move it's been funny -- I always ask him to clean out this pile and clean out that pile. It takes him about five minutes whereas it takes me a whole day. So maybe I should be more like him.

How much does Tim love that you're singing the Sunday Night Football song?

It's pretty cool. He thought it was an opportunity not to be passed on. It's something that he looks forward to every Sunday night. He calls for me, "Come in, you've got to see it!" I tell him I've see it many times. He gets very excited.

You make an effort to schedule tours and work around your kids' schedules.

Tim is able to go out and do more and I'm able to stay home more with the children. But he does as well when the school year begins. We really try to work hard to book our working schedule around the girls' school schedule. It's just really busy when you have three children in school. And I'm speaking to the choir when I talk about kids, but boy, it's really our busiest time because we have all three daughters in school now. From the afternoon when they arrive home and we pick them up at school until they go to bed at night, it's almost busier than when they're at school. It's crazy. Homework and dinner and bath and reading. It's another eight-hour day.

Why is it so important for you to be home with your daughters?

It's an incredible opportunity that we have the choice to do this and to be home. I've just been able to be a part of so much of their lives. And I just really enjoy it. It's more stressful for me not to be here, to be honest with you. There have been times when I've had to be away -- not for long periods of time, it's just a day or so -- and I just felt like I missed out on so much.

What's your best advice for busy moms who are trying to balance work and family?

I'm sure they could offer me advice. I don't think I'm one to offer any. I don't feel apart from a working mom who's raising children. I feel like we could all probably sit around a table and share lots of stories and learn from each other. I think for me, I honestly try and enjoy the time. It can get very stressful, especially when you're running from point A to point B. We've tried to cut that down quite a bit, by just having the children involved in one activity after school and not three or four. I love that time at night after the homework's done and we're eating dinner and we try to get in reading each night, which is so important. And then we try to get them to bed at a decent hour, by 8 or 8:30, which they're still young enough to do. Now our two oldest ones are in middle school and it will become tougher to do that as they get older because their workloads are just multiplied times ten. It's just a work in progress. It changes day to day. That's the ideal scenario, but listen, daily there could be a wrench thrown in the whole plan.

Are you nervous at all for you daughters to enter their teenage years?

I'm not nervous. I mean I have heard horror stories. And I mean every person I run into that has girls they say, "Oh, how old are they?" and I give them the age and they say, "Oh, you're just a couple of years away from hell." I've not experienced it but I'm taking notes and reading. One of the greatest bits of advice that I have never forgotten [was from an article] about how important it is for teenage girls to be friends with their mom's best friends. If something ever happened and they felt like they couldn't come to you because they were embarrassed or they could possibly get into trouble, they could go and tell your girlfriend. I've never forgotten that.

Do your daughters think you're cool?

Probably not. My daughters think I'm goofy and crazy. They love their parents, I can tell you that. I don't know that they think we're cool. You'd have to ask them that question.

What is your favorite thing to do as a family?

We just like hanging out, we really do. As long as we're together, it doesn't take much to satisfy us. We really just like hanging out around our house. It's been kind of bittersweet this morning because this is our last day in this house that we've been in for about six years. This has kind of been our interim place while we're building and we've just fallen in love with it. It's a really old house that was built in 1932 and it's just got a sweet vibe about it and it's a good-sized house. It's not too big and we're going to really miss it.

You've probably had lots of great memories there.

Lots of great memories. We've been waiting to move for three-and-a-half years. [We've been] building this house in the middle of tours and all that kind of stuff, so this is a very big thing for our family. Every home we've ever lived in has always been a place we knew we were going to move out of, so this is a special time for our family. After thirteen years of marriage! Now we're really excited. I've been trying hard to pack in a smart way. I have unpacked boxes in this house that I have not opened in ten years and I'm not over-exaggerating. That's how busy our lives have been. I tried to promise ourselves that I was not taking one thing to the new house that I had not seen or cleaned out.

You and Tim made a promise not to be apart for more than three days at time? Are you sticking to that promise?

We've managed to do well in that regard. We've broken it a few times. When we first started dating, got married and had kids and all that, that was the rule. But there's been a couple times we've had to break that just because it's impossible. It would have been more difficult to jump on a plane and get home as opposed to staying one extra day. But we try and stick together as often as we can.
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I love Tim and Faith and think they are the most talented couple in any genre of music. I think they have the brightest future in Country music. I am still waiting for that duet album that I always thought they would put out Long live T&F4 EVER
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CMT Insider Interview: Faith Hill Discusses New "Parfum" - Says Fragrance Line Reflects Her Personality

November 3, 2009

Faith Hill still laughs about the first time she tried to pronounce the word "parfum," but she's clearly excited about her new women's fragrance that was recently introduced.

Faith Hill Parfums is a partnership with Coty Inc., the world's largest fragrance company.

"To be honest, I didn't really understand how involved putting a fragrance together could be -- or would be," Hill said during an interview with CMT Insider's Katie Cook. "Once I made the choice to actually do it, I just went for it. I just dove in and have really learned a lot about putting a scent together. It's kind of exciting. You'd bring stuff home and smell it, and we'd say yes or no."

Coty also markets McGraw, a men's fragrance developed with Hill's husband, Tim McGraw.

"My husband beat me to it so I thought I've got to keep up with him somehow," she laughed.

In formulating Faith Hill Parfums, she said she was attracted by familiar scents.

"I wanted it to represent my personality and what I like," she said. "And I wanted to actually wear it. I would hate to have done something that I would never put on in a 10-mile radius. I didn't want that to happen, so it was important that I was very involved.

"I wanted to bring about things that remind me of home ... in Mississippi and Tennessee. That's where the Southern magnolia comes in, the peony, the crisp pear, all those things. Very fresh and clean and also sensual at the same time."
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Faith Hill Places Two Songs In Decade's Top 10 Most-Played
Breathe & The Way You Love Me


Faith Hill has 5 GRAMMY's and now she has two songs in the Top 10 Most-Played Songs Of The Decade, according to Nielsen BDS.

Breathe is #4 on the list and The Way You Love Me is #6.

Faith says, “When I heard this I didn’t even know what to say. I was absolutely floored. The idea that these songs have connected the way that they have, with so many people, is just magical to me – it’s a tremendous honor. It’s what inspires me to continue to make music.�

She is in the studio now preparing her 7th album.

Turns out, both songs come from here breakthrough 4th studio album, Breathe. That album also netted her all 5 of her GRAMMY's, including Best Country Album, Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals as well as an American Music Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Breathe held the #1 position for 6-weeks at COUNTRY and 17-weeks at Adult Contemporary, remaining on the charts for 53-weeks.

The Way You Love Me spent four weeks at #1 at COUNTRY and was Top 10 at AC.
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Thanks but they have part of that article wrong. Her Breathe album did not give her all of her five Grammy's.

Her first Grammy was for female country performance for Breathe, her second was for Vocal collaboration for Let's Make Love from her Breathe album. Her third was for Country album of the year with Breathe,

Her fourth was for female country performance for Cry and then vocal collaboration for Like We Never Loved At All from her Fireflies album.
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Tim at the T.J. Martell Foundation Gala held at the Hutton Hotel, Nashville, TN - 3/22/10. Tim presented the Governor of Tn an award/

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's Home Invaded by Elves!



Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have a lot of visitors at Christmas time. They not only have family members who come and go, but they also have three elves living at their house during the holidays! Their pint-sized house guests tend to cause a bit of mayhem, along with a lot of joy, for the couple's three daughters, Gracie, Maggie and Audrey.

"We put out saltine crackers, because [the elves] like saltine crackers and water. And they come and hang out with the girls," explains Faith. "They're little miniature elves, and they do mischievous things -- they've rolled our kitchen, they've gotten into all of my flour and sugar and thrown it on the floor ... They come alive at night, and on Christmas Eve when Santa comes, the elves go back with Santa for a year."

The girls have even started writing the elves little notes every night before they go to bed. Another McGraw family tradition is having a big pasta dinner on Christmas Eve, which was something taken from Tim's childhood.
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Thursday, January 7, 2010 –

Faith Hill followed her husband to new management - Red Light Management of Los Angeles, also the home of the Dave Matthews Band.
Red Light founder Coran Capshaw and Will Botwin, President of Red Light Management, will manage Hill via in-house marketing, promotion, licensing, touring, new media and more.

"I'm thrilled to be a part of the Red Light family," said Hill, the only artist in any musical genre to have 2 of the top 10 most played songs of the decade - Breathe and The Way You Love Me. "They are an extremely talented and dedicated group of people who bring the same passion to their work that I bring to my music."

"I'm honored that Faith has given us the opportunity to open new doors in her very unique and diverse career," said Capshaw. "She is a one-of-a-kind artist, superbly talented, genuine, forward-thinking and with a strong sense of integrity."

Hill is currently working on her seventh studio recording due for release later this year.

McGraw signed with Red Light last year.

That is great they will be with the same management, maybe that means we can get a duet album sooner rather later, would love that. Would love a duet album of mostly covers of some great male/female songs from country's past.

Also her Soundstage she taped from a live performance in the summer of 2008 when she did the Christmas one will air the first time in Feburary on PBS.
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Tim at the T.J. Martell Foundation Gala held at the Hutton Hotel, Nashville, TN - 3/22/10. Tim presented the Governor of Tn an award/

Faith will be attending the Oscars with Tim on Sunday. Also she will be performing at the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Inductions on March 15th it will air on TV not sure of the channel.

She is doing a concert in Dallas this month also has something to do with football.

Faith Hill Set to Rock at Hall of Fame Event


Faith Hill will channel her inner rock star when she performs at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony later this month.

Faith will be joined by Chris Isaak, Train's Pat Monahan, Ronnie Spector, Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael of Maroon 5, Peter Wolf and others at the event, set for March 15 in New York City. The ceremony will honor this year's inductees, including ABBA, Genesis and reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, among others. The event will air live on Fuse TV at 8:30 PM (ET).

Presenters will include Carole King, Wyclef Jean, the Bee Gee's Barry and Robin Gibb and Jackson Browne.

The always fashionable Faith, who recently appeared on Lifetime's 'Project Runway' finale, is currently in the studio working on her forthcoming album.
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Faith Hill has no worries

Jeffrey Remz | March 10, 2010

Faith Hill has extremely little to worry about competition wise at least when it comes to a slew of Dallas athletes. Let's put it this way - Tony Romo, Ian Kinsler, Jerry Jones and others ought to stick to their day jobs.

Hill was in Fort Worth, Texas this past Saturday night to sing at Bass Hall.

As part of the festivities, it appears that a video was shown of athletes, mayors and personalities showcasing their lack of singing talent in a cover of Hill's megahit This Kiss. The video debuted before Hill's gig for the opening concert of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee's Kick-off Concert Series.

Gotta see this funny as heck!!

http://www.countrystandardtime.com/blog/RootsTootsHoots/entry.asp?xid=581
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Tim at the T.J. Martell Foundation Gala held at the Hutton Hotel, Nashville, TN - 3/22/10. Tim presented the Governor of Tn an award/

Faith performed at the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction yesterday. Here is a video of her singing Winner Takes It All a classic ABBA song. They were inducted in the Hall Of Fame.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD0HuWS8yX4
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Tim at the T.J. Martell Foundation Gala held at the Hutton Hotel, Nashville, TN - 3/22/10. Tim presented the Governor of Tn an award/

Faith Hill's 'True' Reflects Love of Her Fans, Too


Faith Hill has launched her second line of perfume in less than a year. Faith Hill 'True' follows her eponymous scent that came out in stores last October.

According to the video advertisement, True is "inspired by casual sensuality femininity. Faith Hill True embodies a woman's incredible sense of self-pure, honest, and unabashed. Opening with a burst of exotic citrus, Faith Hill True weaves a breezy floral middle and finished with a woodsy base of warmth and subtle sexuality."

In a world where such advertising often draws derisive comments, Faith's website for the fragrance is filled with such adoring posts as the following:

"Wow! Love the just you look. True!" by Barb P.

"I need another Faith fragrance to get addicted to. Yay!!!" by Lisa P."

"Wonder if we'll get more chats and maybe a TV commercial?" Tanya S.

Scoff if you want, but the beautiful photos of Faith in the 'True' advertisements, the 'Behind the Scenes' video of the photography shoot and some webisodes on the same page -- where Faith discusses "what the world needs" and "in what ways have you become like your mother?" -- make onlookers feel as if Faith is just one of them.

For one thing, Faith doesn't always appear perfect in each photo. In the webisode about becoming like your mother, Faith faces the camera directly, looking beautiful but in a very casual way with minimal make up and upswept hair. Watch Faith's 'True' moments here.
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Faith Hill Wants Her Kids to Eat -- and Grow -- Their Veggies


Faith Hill, country-pop superstar, mother of three and wife of Tim McGraw, keeps herself busy with projects both musical and non-musical, but with all of the things she's done -- singing, acting, launching not one but two perfume fragrances, etc., the global superstar really wants to get her hands dirty -- and in the process, hopes to teach her daughters something to help them "grow."

"There are many things I want to do in my life," Faith tells California's Stockton Record newspaper. "I'd like to grow a vegetable garden. My parents have had a garden my entire life. I want to pass that experience/knowledge on to my kids."

Faith also reveals that she's cultivating material for a new studio album, and even penning a few songs. "I haven't written in a very long time, and I'm really enjoying it. I've been working with some amazing writers."

She also talks about the motivation for the Nashville Rising concert she and Tim helped organize to aids victims of the flood that ravaged Music City in May.

"This happened right here in our backyard," says the Mississippi native who now resides in Nashville. "The flooding affected everyone in some way. All the artists involved were so gracious to donate their time. It really was a great night. I'm very proud to call Nashville home."

Faith is also proud to call country music her home, saying, "Country music is strong right now. Artists are selling records and having massive radio success. The times are hard for so many people right now. There has been so much hardship in our country and abroad. Families have lost loved ones, people are losing jobs and homes. Country music speaks the truth about these issues."

Asked to name her current favorites, Faith cites Miranda Lambert and the Zac Brown Band, declaring, "Miranda is an honest singer with a spitfire attitude [and] the Zac Brown Band can just play the hell out of a song. Incredible."

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Faith Hill Gets Back to Songwriting; Inspired by Miranda Lambert and Zac Brown Band
Faith Hill is still working on a new album, her first since 2005's Fireflies. In addition to singing on the project, Faith is also diving back into songwriting. She tells Stockton, California's The Record newspaper, "I haven't written in a very long time, and I'm really enjoying it. I've been working with some amazing writers."

When it comes to musical inspiration for the new project, Faith points to two of country's hot new acts. "Miranda Lambert and the Zac Brown Band are my favorites," says Faith. "Miranda is an honest singer with a spitfire attitude. The Zac Brown Band can just play the hell out of a song." In addition to recording a new album, Faith is also launching her new fragrance, Faith Hill True, in the coming weeks.



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Faith Hill in New Orleans: CMT Insider Interview - She Marks Fifth Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina With Concert

August 27, 2010

Watch the interview with Faith Hill in the new episode of CMT Insider premiering Saturday (Aug. 2 at 1:30 p.m. ET/PT.

Faith Hill has taken a little piece of her heart and given it to New Orleans. The singer visited the Crescent City earlier this week to perform at the Mahalia Jackson Theater on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

"There has been a tremendous amount of natural activity disasters floating around the world in the five years since Hurricane Katrina," Hill told CMT Insider prior to her concert. "There is sometimes a sense that people have forgotten, but the reality is, this town is rebuilding in such a way to open for business, as is the coast of Mississippi and Louisiana.

"It's no secret that this area just experienced another almost unimaginable disaster with the oil spill. In some ways, that has devastated businesses even greater than Katrina. But you'll find that the more you travel in this space, the people of this area -- of the Gulf Coast, Mississippi, Louisiana, New Orleans -- love this place and they are not gonna leave, you know?"

She continued, "They're planted here, and they don't want to leave, so they have pulled together as a community to do whatever it takes to build this city again. There are businesses that have left, that have no way of rebuilding. But there are those that have rebuilt, that have stayed, and I think it's going to be an even better city."

During the interview, Hill vividly recalled making a trip to the Mississippi coast with a truckload of supplies about a week after the hurricane hit in 2005.

"There was a stretch of highway on both sides where the pine trees, [which] are thick and big and tall in Mississippi, were almost parallel to the ground. It's like they were frozen in time from the wind. Both sides were like that, and it just left this mark in my mind," she said. "It was a moment in time that will never, ever be forgotten. For so many people, it changed their life."

For the anniversary concert, Hill partnered with Tide Loads of Hope, which trucks in 32 washers and dryers to provide free laundry services in the wake of natural disasters. Hill says the program makes those victims feel more comfortable and provides a basic necessity of clean clothes.

"It's one of those things that you kind of forget about in the midst of chaos, when you've lost your home and you're trying to figure out what to do with your life in general," said Hill, who grew up in Star, Miss., about a three-hour drive from New Orleans.

Of course, Hill now lives near Nashville, which experienced a devastating flood in early May. She and husband Tim McGraw responded by enlisting their famous friends for an all-star concert for local flood relief. She praised the positive way the city responded to the disaster.

"We had this enormous torrential rain that just flooded so many areas of Nashville that were completely unexpected," she said. "Nationally, it wasn't that recognized because I think people thought it was OK. And the reason that people thought it was OK, and not as much of a disaster as it was, was [because of] the people helping one another. The first responders were neighbors. It's just incredible what the human can first of all withstand and then what we can do together."
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