Carter Faith joins Today’s Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen to chat about making her debut on the iconic Ryman Auditorium stage, closing the show after performances by legendary country stars like Randy Travis, and Eric Church’s influence in her world. The two also discuss the origins of her songs “Lasso” and “Cowboys & Dreamers” off her new EP ‘Let Love Be Love.’ Tune in and listen to the episode in-full on-demand here.
Carter Faith on Eric Church, her dreams, goals and bucket list items for the next year
“If CMA Fest happens, I would die to play that. I think I’ll always be such a big super fan at heart. So I would absolutely die to play during the day and then go to the big show at night. And then honestly, this is such a long shot. It doesn’t have to be this year, in my life, I want Eric Church to sing one of my songs with me. I want to write him letters. He’s just literally been such a ginormous influence in my world and my family’s world. I mean, that’s like my life goal… I want Eric Church to hear my song that I wrote and be like, ‘This girl has a future. I want to be a part of it.’”
Carter Faith on making her debut on the iconic Ryman Auditorium stage
Before I went on, Randy Travis went on with like everybody that was there. So that itself, I mean, I bought tickets to that show, like I wanted to go to that show. So just being back there, obviously I was like overwhelmed with nerves, but I don’t even know if that gives it justice. I was just like, “This is a place you feel in your bones that I don’t think will ever leave me. And I’m here right now. And it’s so crazy. And Randy Travis is here right now, too. That’s crazy.”
Something so special is my family, they were like, “Okay, we’re going.” And the last tickets available is the front row. So they got to go and be in the very front row. So I was looking at them and then I was looking at the stained glass. I just heard myself and the band, which sounds so magical. And I was just like, “This is not real.”
Carter Faith on writing “Cowboys and Dreamers”
I had a whole idea called “Cowboys and Dreamers.” I’ve always been a little up in the sky all the time, my head is always spinning. If there’s a kite on a string, I’m the kite pretty much in every relationship I have. And some people don’t love that, but I think I’ve found a lot of peace and love and joy and the people who can ground me and accept my cloudiness, I guess. I’m a little out there. And so I think I do find a lot of love and joy and peace in the “groundedness” of others and them accepting me.
