How is Lantana different from other albums out today?
CH: I draw heavily from traditional music styles, while writing about modern-day things. I think that’s unique. PEV: How is Lantana different from your previous works? How have you grown from your earlier works to where you are now? CH: My first CD, Twilight, is much about girlhood in the South. After having two babies, I have definitely gone through major rites of passage into adulthood and womanhood. Lantana reflects these changes in my life, both personally and also thematically. PEV: How have all your friends and family reacted to your success? CH: My husband and parents are incredibly supportive of me. They’ve celebrated my successes and stuck by me during some lean times as well. Now that I live in Atlanta, friends here are excited as I am. In Austin most of my friends were young and single, but here, whether folks are in their 20s, 30s or 40s, they are settling into their adult lives, many with children, figuring out how to realize their dreams and reconfiguring those dreams PEV
