Interview with Kirk McLeod of Seven Nations
With Seven Nations playing Kansas City next month, you might be interested in an interview chief songwriter and lead singer Kirk McLeod just did with Jim Reed of Connect Savannah.
It’s interesting to hear that 7N have sold 250,000 albums as an independent band - mostly just from slogging around on tour. Last time I was talking to Kirk he told me touring was so much easier these days as the boys do in the region of eighty gigs a year. It might sound like a lot but they used to do 250-300.
The interview is in advance of the Seven Nations gig with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra (led by Michael Butterman) in Savannah.
“Connect Savannah: What’s the greatest challenge for a rock band to overcome when working with an orchestra in theaters?
Kirk McLeod: Probably trying to play quietly enough! The greatest thing is to hear our fiddler’s parts played by an entire string section.
Connect Savannah: Who came up with the program for the portion of the show where the band plays alongside the symphony?
Kirk McLeod: The Jacksonville Symphony signed on Charles Calello to do three more charts for us. I was freaking out because he’s arranged for Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and Barbara Streisand. I couldn’t believe he’d be arranging for us! I chose one of our oldies, one from our last CD and one from an album that yet to be released. The rest of the program are our favorites from previous orchestra shows.”
Read the whole interview HERE
And if you want more, Kirk did an interview with GreenMan Review at the 2005 Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival which sheds a lot of light on how Seven Nations work as a group.
See Also:
• 7 Nations on Celtic Music News Podcast #64
• Scream by 7 Nations on Cleveland Celtic Podcast
• Flogging Molly in Missouri
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