MacKenzie Porter on the heartbreak of trying to make it in Nashville
The Canadian country singer MacKenzie Porter grew up on a cattle and bison ranch near Medicine Hat, Alberta. When her brother Kalan won “Canadian Idol” in 2004, she learned a lot about the good and bad of the music industry. She’s just released a new album, “Nobody’s Born with a Broken Heart,” which explores her struggle to make it in Nashville. MacKenzie sits down with Tom in studio to talk about the record and some of the hard-won lessons she learned in the Music City. Follow and subscribe to our podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/JIWpRCGR Q with Tom Power is a daily conversation with the artists, writers, actors and musicians who define this cultural moment in time. The conversation is informal, wide-ranging, playful, and allows the artist to explore their art and the contexts that have shaped them through their career. Visit http://www.cbc.ca/Q for more! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcq Or Twitter: https://twitter.com/QwithTomPower Or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QwithTomPower
About MacKenzie Porter
MacKenzie Lea Porter is a Canadian country singer, songwriter, and actress. She has released two albums and achieved four Canada Country number ones with "About You", "These Days", "Seeing Other People", and "Pickup". She was featured on Dustin Lynch's number one Country Airplay hit "Thinking 'Bout You". She is also one-half of Thelma and James, a musical duo with her husband Jake Etheridge. As an actor, she is best known for her leading role as a future-sent medic in the television series Trave...
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