Kenny Chesney To Talk Upcoming New Book ‘HEART*LIFE*MUSIC’ On TalkShopLive

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Kenny Chesney. Photo: Danny Clinch

Kenny Chesney’s first book HEART*LIFE*MUSIC, written with award-winning journalist Holly Gleason, is due Nov. 4 from William Morrow.

The new book captures the life and essence of the superstar and ventures to places far and wide, as Chesney makes music in Jamaica, the Kremlin, New England and Cabo San Lucas, drifts across the waters of the Caribbean, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, encounters and collaborates with heroes, and forges transcendent friendships in the islands and beyond. Chesney offers up an introspective look at the songs and sound that defined No Shoes Nation in the book, which was written from 200 hours of interviews in California, Key West, the Islands, Tennessee and beyond.

“We have been working on this since last fall,” says Chesney, “and we’ve been so busy doing the work of bringing this book to life, neither of us has slowed down to really think about what it means. So now that we’re in the final phases of HEART*LIFE*MUSIC, it seems like a great time to not just talk about it but respond to the people’s questions about this story.

“I always said I’d never write a book, and now here we are,” he adds. “And I have to admit: I’m really glad I did it. I remembered moments, connected dots and laughed a lot about some of the places I’ve been. When you’re so busy going forward, you don’t always realize. Being in the revision and copy-editing part of the process, I am so grateful and fired up for the journey.”

To celebrate the book’s completion, Chesney and co-author Gleason are going to engage in a spirited conversation about the Nov. 4 release via TalkShopLive on June 24 at 6 p.m. CT. Not only will the 2024 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards’ Independent Journalist of the Year lead a conversation with Chesney, she will take questions from the people watching the livestream – and pose them to Chesney.

“Now that we’re done, I wanted to talk about it,” Chesney enthuses. “I wanted to tell people, but even more, I wanted to know what they wanted to know or were thinking about this book. TalkShopLive gave us an opportunity to have a two-way conversation and share how genuinely excited I am. I’ve known Holly a long time. Nobody pushes me like she does, so she was the perfect person for this job – and we can’t wait for Tuesday night to share the experience, as well as see what the people in No Shoes Nation are thinking about this. After months in silence, we’re ready.”

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