EP10: ALLISON MOORER

This week I’m speaking with Allison Moorer. It would be easy to look at Allison’s life and focus on the details, but in doing so, one may miss the larger picture. As a singer and songwriter, her efforts have earned her an Academy of Country Music nomination, a Grammy nomination, and her debut single was nominated for an Oscar. Allison has released 11 albums and has also appeared on several collaborations, and toured extensively. As an author, she has written two books. Her first, ‘Blood: A Memoir’, began in part as the result of a silent spark ignited by Dr. Maya Angelou. The book documents her journey toward understanding a family tragedy that on several levels, defies comprehension, but as she states, is a defining moment, and in some ways, defines everything about her. Her second book, ‘I Dream He Talks To Me’ is a love letter to her son, and explores her experience raising a child with what she calls ‘extra challenges’ and the gift of earned wisdom and opportunities for grace parenting presents on a daily basis, through heartache as well as victories both big and small. Allison is a musician, she is a writer, she is a mother, she is a sister, and she is a daughter. She carries all these titles and a couple more which you’ll hear through the course of our conversation. However, if one were to take a few steps back, and look at the collective sum of the roles she plays, it is clear, Allison Moorer is above all else, an artist, with her greatest work being her life. It is my privilege to present Allison Moorer on The Days Between..