Dave Stewart featured in this radio interview on Slingshot Living a few days ago. Dave speaks about the forthcoming Stevie Nicks album, and how he encouraged Stevie to write songs with others, his own album, “The Blackbird Diaries”, his work with Ringo Starr on a musical about his life called “Hole In The Fence”, and he speaks about The Business Playground, his recent business publication. Sadly the interview cuts off after 8 minutes.
You can listen to the interview here, recorded in London, it starts at about 2 minutes in.
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A multi-media entrepreneur, Dave Stewart’s career spans more than 25 years and over 100 million album sales. Outside of being one half of Eurythmics, Dave has worked with some of the best, including Bono, Mick Jagger, Gwen Stefani, Sinead O’Connor, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. He’s won Best British Songwriter and Best British Producer four times, as well as numerous Grammy’s and Lifetime Achievement Awards. Described by Dylan as “a fearless innovator,” Stewart was recently named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company Magazine. Dave is an acclaimed public speaker and regularly advises businesses on creativity and innovation. His new book on the subject, The Business Playground: Where Creativity and Commerce Collide, has been launched worldwide after huge success in the United Kingdom. He is an accomplished photographer and filmmaker, and also makes a mean vodka martini.
Currently, Dave is producing and co-writing Stevie Nicks’ new solo album, while also putting the finishing touches on his own solo project, “The Blackbird Diaries”, both set to be released early this year. Additionally, he’s written a musical adaptation of the film Ghost, opening in London’s West End.