{"id":55568,"date":"2016-03-26T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-26T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=55568"},"modified":"2016-03-26T08:00:30","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T13:00:30","slug":"55568","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/26\/55568\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyndi Lauper Kicks Off \u201cDetour\u201d Tour in Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"title\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-55569\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/03\/cyndilauper001.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"CyndiLauper001\" width=\"750\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cyndilauper001.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cyndilauper001-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cyndilauper001-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cyndilauper001-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>Cyndi Lauper Kicks Off \u201cDetour\u201d Tour in Nashville<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Music icon Cyndi Lauper will take a southern DETOUR across the U.S. and Europe during her 2016 tour as the Grammy\u00ae, Emmy and Tony-winning singer-songwriter promotes her upcoming country record (tour dates below). DETOUR, available May 6, includes her signature spin on a dozen classics from the 40s, 50s and 60s.\u00a0The 27-city tour kicks off in Nashville, Tenn. at the Ryman Auditorium.\u00a0\u201cThere\u2019s something so very magical about the Ryman and all the rich history there. Just to think it\u2019s the same stage where Wanda Jackson and Patsy Cline performed so long ago and here I am singing songs they made famous on this record \u2013 it\u2019s such an honor,\u201d Lauper said.<\/p>\n<p>DETOUR features guest appearances from country music stars Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, and Willie Nelson. Lauper recorded the album in Nashville alongside a band comprised of the city\u2019s top session players.\u00a0Growing up, Lauper recalls listening to country music on her Aunt Gracie\u2019s kitchen radio.\u00a0\u201cWhen I was a really young kid, country music was pop music, so this is what we grew up listening to. These songs are part of some of my earliest memories so it has been an absolute thrill to revisit them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0Posted by <strong>Country Girl cmtt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>mUsic ciTy ghOst wants to know:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>Is it right that these OverTheHill Pop Stars cOme Over and sTeal Our cOunTry thunder ?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyndi Lauper Kicks Off \u201cDetour\u201d Tour in Nashville Music icon Cyndi Lauper will take a southern DETOUR across the U.S. and Europe during her 2016 tour as the Grammy\u00ae, Emmy and Tony-winning singer-songwriter promotes her upcoming country record (tour dates below). DETOUR, available May 6, includes her signature spin on a dozen classics from the 40s, 50s and 60s.\u00a0The 27-city tour kicks off in Nashville, Tenn. at the Ryman Auditorium.\u00a0\u201cThere\u2019s something so very magical about the Ryman and all the rich history there. Just to think it\u2019s the same stage<a href=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/26\/55568\/\" class=\"read-more\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}