Sheryl Crow makes the transition to country music

Sheryl Crow is promoting her new country album, one radio station at a time.

Sheryl Crow performs in Nashville, Tennessee, last week. Rick Diamond / Getty Images / AFP
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For months now, Sheryl Crow has been loading her two young boys on to a bus and touring country music radio stations around the US.

The pop-turned-country singer has been visiting DJs and programming directors, playing a few songs live, then hopping back on the bus to do it again a few hours later. It reminds her of a scene from Loretta Lynn’s life story, Coal Miner’s Daughter. “It really is like the scene where Doo zips up Loretta’s dress and she runs in with her new acetate, her 45, and says: ‘Here’s my new record,’ and she plays something on air, shakes a few hands and leaves,” said Crow, who performed on the US version of The Voice this week.

The image is fitting. It was Lynn’s handwritten note asking Crow to appear with her on the 2010 Country Music Association Awards that started this journey toward the genre for the 51-year-old singer-songwriter. She has a single out, Easy, and will release her first country album, Feels Like Home, on September 10.

“I say that it’s fun, but it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” Crow said of the tour. “Because sitting on the bus and only getting the gratification of playing, like, a couple of songs and then driving for two more hours and then getting to play a couple more songs – it’s really hard, but it’s great.”

Crow moved to Nashville seven years ago after beating breast cancer. She’s since adopted two sons.

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