Singer Michelle Branch Reinvents Her Music, Again
2012-1-17
Photo: AP
Michelle Branch performing in 2009.
MARIO RITTER: Welcome to EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. I'm Mario Ritter. Today, we look at ways women are reinventing themselves and some of the things they do. We will learn about women who compete in the hard-hitting sport of American football. We hear about a different kind of store for girls.
But first, we tell about award-winning singer Michelle Branch. She has reinvented her musical style not once, but two times in the past ten years. Michelle Branch recently returned to the sound that made her famous. Christopher Cruise tells us more.
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Michelle Branch
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CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Michelle Branch has been writing music since she was 14 years old. That was the same year she received a guitar for her birthday. Her big break came a year later when her best friend called with an urgent request.
MICHELLE BRANCH: "She called me, said ‘you have to get down here and bring a tape or meet this guy because he's going to be leaving soon.' [I] said, well I can't get down there. She said, ‘do you have... just walk, ride your bike, anything.' My neighbors had left their golf cart out in the driveway with the key in it. And so I took the golf cart and I went down and I was waiting as this guy was leaving. I was like ‘excuse me Mister, will you listen to my tape?' And he was just horrified. But he - on the long drive home back from Arizona to L.A., he put it [the tape on] in the car and he ended up calling me."
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Maverick Records released her first compact disc, "The Spirit Room," in 2001. The CD produced three hit singles, including the Top 20 Hit "Everywhere."
A short time later, Michelle won a Grammy award for her work with Carlos Santana in the song "The Game of Love." In 2005 she successfully made the move to country music, teaming up with Jessica Harp as The Wreckers.
Now Michelle has returned to pop music. But she still sings about her country experience in her new CD, "West Coast Time".
MICHELLE BRANCH: "I had a country band called The Wreckers for a while and I moved to Nashville, and it's, it's sort of a song about my time spent there and how I always felt kind of a little bit different because, you know, everyone had their southern upbringing there and I was raised on the west coast and had an upbringing of a little bit of country music but a lot of rock and roll."
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Michelle had established herself as a star with her first two albums. So the big question was, "why do a country album at all?"
MICHELLE BRANCH: "I grew up listening to older country music - Patsy Cline, and Johnny Cash and those greats. And I just always loved the storytelling aspect and where the lyrics came from. And so that was, that was something that I was really drawn to and it just felt too special to turn our back on."
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Michelle's life has changed a lot since then, and so has her music.
MICHELLE BRANCH: "The writing has changed a lot because my last pop album was released almost eight years ago and I'm married and a mother now and I think a lot has changed. I've seen a lot of the world so my perspective lyrically has changed a lot. I think the songwriting is classic Michelle but there is some definitely new modern sounds."
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Michelle is a simple, yet creative young woman. One example is her choice of tattoos.
MICHELLE BRANCH: "Well I thought because most people get something really meaningful written in cursive on their wrists and I thought from far away it just looks like something meaningful, beautiful. And I have a little bit of a goofy sense of humor so I thought well it'd be funny if people ask me what it is. But, yeah I had Kellie Pickler walk up to me and she said ‘oh, I love your tattoos! Look at mine. Mine say, peace and love or hope and faith or something.' And she goes ‘what do yours say?' I said ... right and left... and it just was awkward."
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: When Michelle is not making music or performing, she likes to use social media to communicate.
MICHELLE BRANCH: "I tweet, kind of - it's kind of a problem. My daughter is like ‘mom, are you on Twitter again?' I really have a great relationship with a lot of people on Twitter so it's a fun way to request songs or you know, reach out."
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Michelle says she is looking forward to hearing from fans about her new CD and sharing her new sound and ideas with people around the world. I'm Christopher Cruise.
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MARIO RITTER: You are listening to the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS.
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Women and American Football
MARIO RITTER: American football is often compared to war. Relatively few women play the sport. But Faith Lapidus tells us about some women who have been playing football for years.
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FAITH LAPIDUS: American Football has replaced baseball as America's favorite sport. Football has traditionally been played by men - big men who like to hit. However, in the past few years, there has been an increase in the number of women's football leagues. The women play by the same rules and with the same level of physical contact as the men's sport. Tarsha Fain is team captain of the Baltimore Nighthawks.
TARSHA FAIN: "I feel women can do anything a man can do. The same way they get out there and hit, we get out there and hit too."
FAITH LAPIDUS: Fain and team owner Tanya Bryan were part of the first ever women's World Championship last year. The American team -- with Fain playing and Bryan serving as team manager -- won the gold medal.
TANYA BRYAN: "To be the first, the first time it was done, and be part of it, you know, no one else can ever say that. So it's just a wonderful feeling and I'm so proud of that."
FAITH LAPIDUS: About ten women's professional football leagues have been formed in the United States in recent years. Many have either joined with other leagues or failed. But the sport continues to grow.
Ghoncheh Mossanen is an offensive specialist for the Nighthawks. She has played football for 28 years. Mossanen says the sport is her therapy. It is what she looks forward to the most.
GHONCHEH MOSSANEN: "I feel there's a transformation when I go from putting on my gear and stepping on this football field. It's a huge mental transformation."
FAITH LAPIDUS: Mossanen moved to America from Iran as a child. She remembers the first time she ever played football – at a game in her neighborhood.
GHONCHEH MOSSANEN: "I remember getting the phone call from my cousin saying ‘come on out, we need one more person to play.' I didn't know what it was. I had never played the game and I remember going out there and just fell in love with it."
FAITH LAPIDUS: Most of the other players on the Nighthawks have also played since they were children. Most played unofficially or in non-contact leagues. But for team owner Tanya Bryan, women's football was a completely new experience.
TANYA BRYAN: "It's funny, I didn't even realize the sport existed for women. And I got a phone call from a friend of mine and she said there was an opportunity to own a team in Baltimore. And I thought it sounded really exciting and I said yes, and four years later here I am."
FAITH LAPIDUS: When Bryan bought the team she did not expect to make money right away. After four years, she is no longer losing money. But Bryan says what was most important to her was giving young women a chance to play ball.
TANYA BRYAN: "Most of the time as women growing up we're told, you know - not to be aggressive, and you know not to be assertive. And it's nice to have an outlet where you can come somewhere and let all of that out. You know you can be loud. You can hit somebody. You can just let it all go. And you know I think it's really, it's really healthy, you know. Great athleticism is required for football and the team camaraderie is just fantastic."
FAITH LAPIDUS: The teamwork was great in the team's recent game against the Philadelphia Firebirds. After a slow first half, the Nighthawks score ... and hang on for an 8-0 win.
GHONCHEH MOSSANEN: "Its elation! I mean the team deserves it. We've been playing hard. It's amazing. Now it's our chance to make the championship."
FAITH LAPIDUS: The Nighthawks did not win the championship. But, they say having a chance to play this traditionally men's sport against other women is itself a victory. I'm Faith Lapidus.
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American Girl Dolls
Some businesses are doing very well in the current economy. An example is American Girl, which appeals to girls and their parents. As we hear from Christopher Cruise, an American Girl store might change your idea of what a doll can do.
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CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: American Girl dolls are costly for most Americans. But sales of the dolls are strong, even at a time when many people are concerned about the economy. Kaeli Chang has several American Girl dolls, including one that looks just like her. She and the doll wear the same kind of clothing.
KAELI CHANG: "We got matching outfits and I love to match with my doll. And it makes me feel kinda cool because I have a friend just like me."
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: We spoke with Kaeli and her mother Liane Whalen-Chang at the American Girl store in Tysons Corner, Virginia.
KAELI CHANG: "I have nine American Girl dolls all together ‘cause my mom's an awesome shopper."
LIANE WHALEN-CHANG: "What I like about it is that it kind of brings back the innocence of the kids. They grow up too fast. And so the American Girl allows her to just be a little girl a little bit longer."
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Kaeli got her first American Girl doll just after she was born. That was the beginning of her collection.
A single American Girl doll sells for one hundred dollars. Extra clothing can increase the cost. Valerie Tripp has written more than thirty American Girl books. She loves writing for eight-year-old girls.
VALERIE TRIPP: "We wanted to speak to girls who were eight, nine, ten years old and say whatever your passion is whatever you're interested in right now, you know, hang onto that."
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: She says, most of them are reading by themselves for the first time.
VALERIE TRIPP: "The ability to walk in somebody else's shoes is a wonderful life skill. And if you can read about someone who lived in a different time and kind of walk into her world, isn't that a wonderful way of, you know, learning?"
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: I'm Christopher Cruise.
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MARIO RITTER: This program was written by June Simms and Christopher Cruise. He and Faith Lapidus read our reports. Find transcripts, mp3s and captioned video of each part of our program at 51voa.com.
And visit The Classroom to find activities for English learning and teaching at VOA Learning English. I'm Mario Ritter. Join us again next week for EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English.
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【慢速听力: 206探索】伊利运河：一个被人嘲笑的想法如何成为美国第一条国家水道
【慢速听力:205探索】人群的力量:设计一种从人在运动中收获电力的方法
【慢速听力: 204探索】美国民间生活中心：保存人们的声音、歌曲和故事
【慢速听力:202探索】 Making Soaps with a Story
#【慢速听力:201探索】 在世界各地，每两周就会消失一语言
*【慢速听力:200探索】How to Build a House With Bales of Straw
【慢速听力: 198探索】俄亥俄州代顿国家航空名人堂荣誉飞行领袖
【慢速听力: 197探索】从玻璃中制作艺术，并通过治疗的信息塑造艺术
【慢速听力: 196探索】LaBrea焦油坑：数千年前动物生活和死亡的地方
【慢速听力:195探索】The X-15:飞机如何使NASA进入载人航天飞行之路
【慢速听力: 194探索】五件新雕塑欢迎游客参观美国印第安博物馆
【慢速听力:193探索】黄石公园：超级美丽，和一个睡眠的火山
【慢速听力: 192探索】 Dry Tortugas: 佛罗里达海岸，一个最不寻常的国家公园
【191探索】Saving Lives and Guiding Ships Along the Eastern US Coast
【慢速听力190探索】It's a Zoo Up There in Space. Make That a Galaxy Zoo
【慢速听力: 189探索】加拉帕戈斯群岛被联合国教科文组织列入濒危名单
【慢速听力: 188探索】寻找一项活动，为勇敢的心(和高地)？试着运动跳伞
【慢速听力: 187探索】空间站仍是一项正在进行中的工作，一次是一件大事
【慢速听力: 186探索】科罗拉多州的一个国家公园展示了大自然的艺术
【慢速听力: 184探索】 第一个独自飞越大西洋的女人Amelia Earhart, 1897-1937:
【慢速听力: 183探索】“水星13”：追逐梦想却从未成为宇航员的女人
【慢速听力: 181探索】好到最后一滴：咖啡文化在美国生机勃勃
【慢速听力: 180探索】国家野生动物保护区体系：保护美国毛茸茸的朋友
【VOA慢速听力: 179探索】在400年后，是什么使莎士比亚的作品如此生机勃勃？
【VOA慢速听力: 178探索】 整个世界仍是莎士比亚永恒想象的舞台
【VOA慢速听力: 177探索】查尔斯·林德伯格(CharlesLindbergh)80年前飞往巴黎，进了历史书
【VOA慢速听力: 176探索】对火山很感兴趣？那么，一个可以四处看看的地方是夏威夷
【VOA慢速听力: 175探索】发现给巨石阵带来了新的曙光，但谜团依然存在
【VOA慢速听力: 174探索】塔斯基吉空军：第一批被训练成战斗机飞行员的非洲裔美国人
【173探索】Eleanor Creesy 帮助导航一艘有史以来建造的最快帆船之一
【169探索】世界各地自学成才的艺术家创造出强大而不寻常的艺术
【167探索】国际妇女节纪念争取平等、正义、和平与发展的斗争
【165探索】与大象对视，在非洲的Safari上观看饥饿的鳄鱼
【164探索】Press Freedom: Is It Alive and Well in the World?
【162探索】Learning at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
【160探索】对老年人来说，有很多机会把学习变成一种终生的活动
【159探索】对于55岁以上的人来说，世界是一个通过老年人宿舍的教室
【157探索】From Clay to Art: Exploring the World of Ceramics
【155探索】从玛雅金字塔到耶路撒冷老城再到互联网：新的“奇迹”
【149探索】犹他州的四个国家公园，在那里你可以找到拱门，巫术和天空中的一个岛
【145探索】海盗可能在书和电影中很受欢迎，但海盗行为仍然是一个威胁
【144探索】环顾四周，你可以在世界各地的街道上看到这种免费艺术
【142探索】Street-Wise: Building Houses That Are Healthier for...
【141探索】Days of Apollo: Collecting Rocks, and Making History...
【140探索】'Houston, We've Had a Problem Here': The Survival of...
【139探索】'That's One Small Step ...': The Story of the First...
【138探索】Spaceflight History: Excitement and Tragedy on Road...
【137探索】1965: Two Gemini Craft Meet in Space, Another Step...
【136探索】'The Greatest Experience': Ed White Goes for the ...
【135探索】1961: Telling Mission Control 'Light This Candle,' ...
【134探索】Project Mercury: Soviet Successes Push U.S. to Build...
【133探索】Klondike Gold Rush: Stories of Riches Waiting to Be...
【132探索】Gold Rush! Thousands of People Traveled to the...
【131探索】 Visiting Seven Man-Made Wonders of the United States
【130探索】Tuskegee Airmen: The First African-Americans Trained...
【129探索】 A Place of Beautiful Extremes: Yosemite National...
【128探索】Above Ground but Under the Sea: Visiting Some...
【127探索】Carl Sagan Helped People Understand Science
【126探索】Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado: Protecting the...
【125探索】 Development Marketplace: Turning Ideas Into Action
【124探索】Venus Express Spacecraft Explores Earth's Mysterious...
【123探索】Forensic Science Is Often Used to Solve Crimes
【122探索】A Sticky Black Hole of Ancient Death, Right in the...
【121探索】Population Growth is Dropping in Industrialized...
【120探索】George Catlin Painted Native American Tribes and Their...
【119探索】George Catlin Became One of the Most Famous Artists in...
【118探索】Mysterious Creatures: Are Bigfoot and the Loch Ness...
【117探索】The Castillo de San Marcos: A Story of Ships, ...
【116探索】A Trip Along the Potomac River, One of America's Most...
【115探索】Wet and Dry, Fire and Ice: Visiting Seven of America's..
【114探索】Women Around the World Continue to Struggle for Their。。。
【113探索】 Providing Health Care for Native Communities in Mexico
【112探索】Styrofoam Stonehenge: A Full-Size Copy in a Search for..
【111探索】Nanotechnology: How the Science of the Very Small Is ...
【110探索】Let the Games Begin: Winter Olympics Start Feb. 10 in...
【109探索】International Consumer Electronics Show Presents ...
【108探索】Sustained Dialogue: Solving Conflicts Among People in...
【107探索】International Sustained Dialogue: Solving Long-Term...
【106探索】Young People Around the World Are Active in Politics
【104探索】Where Did the English Language Come From?
【103探索】South Street Seaport Museum Offers a Living Link With...
【102探索】The Internet and Its Future
【101探索】The Lewis and Clark Exploration: One of the Most...
【100探索】Opening the American West: Lewis and Clark and the...
【99探索】Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery Map a Nation
【98探索】 Shadow Wolves Find and Arrest People Trying to Bring...
【97探索】Carbon Monoxide Poisoning is a Silent Killer That ...
【96探索】 More Than Half of All Languages in the World Are in...
【95探索】Isaac Newton: One of History's Greatest Scientists
【94探索】America's Interstate Highway System Has Almost 70,000...
【93探索】Mauna Kea in Hawaii: Astronomy on the World's Highest...
【92探索】The National Cryptologic Museum Tells Top Secrets of...
【91探索】In an Age of Modern Science and Medicine, Infectious...
【90探索】Wiley Post: The First Pilot to Fly Around the World Alone
【89探索】World Summit in New York Will Mark 60th Anniversary of...
【88探索】Emperor Penguins Survive in World's Most Extreme Climate
【87探索】Lessons Learned From the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima...
*【86探索】VOA慢速英语听力Camping in America's National and State Parks
*【85探索】'The Big Muddy' is the longest river in the United States
【84探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 The Story of Longitude
【83探索】South Asia Continues to Recover After December Tsunami
【82探索】Lower East Side Tenement Museum Recreates Life in New ...
【81探索】Igor Sikorsky: Aircraft and Helicopter Designer
【80探索】A Visit to Two National Parks: Mount Rainier in。。。
【79探索】As Long as It Remains Profitable, Child Trafficking Will..
【78探索】One of the World’s Natural Wonders: the Grand Canyon
【77】Four Companies Working for the Common Good Instead of Profit
【76探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 The Story of Radio
【75探索】VOA慢速英语听力 The Guitar: an Instrument for Any Kind of Music
【74探索】Amelia Earhart: She Showed That Women, Too, Could Set...
【73探索】Unusual creatures live on the Galapagos Islands in the...
【72探索】VOA特别英语节目：慢速英语听力Wade Davis: Scientist, Explorer and Writer
【71探索】The Indiana Dunes: Beautiful Sand Hills and Wildlife in..
【70探索】How Robert Goddard Helped Lead America Into Space
【69探索】Around the World, Helping Victims of War and Natural...
【68探索】美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力How the Internet Grew from a Simple Idea
【67探索】The Internet: Linking People in a Way Once Thought...
【66探索】美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Information Age, Part 1
【65探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力SPACE DIGEST
【64探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力The Columbia River
【63探索】美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Albert Einstein
【62探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Space Digest
【61索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力Aviation Hall of Fame
【60探索】特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Satellite Photos of Mayan Ruins
【59探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Cassini-Huygens at Titan
【58探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力The Mississippi
【57探索】特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 The National Museum of Natural History
【56探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力Space Digest
【55探索】特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Puppets Teaching Children Around the World
【54探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力The Year in Space
【53探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Wireless Internet Connection
【52探索】美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 California Missions
【51探索】美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Indian Museum Education Programs
【50探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Appalachian Trail
【49探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Ecotourism
【48探索】美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Exploring Africa
【47探索】美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Erie Canal
【46探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Running a Marathon
【45探索】美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Children's Press Line
【44探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 National Geographic Worldwide
【43探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Mount Saint Helens
【42探索】美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Space Digest
【41探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Computer Software Theft
【40探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Robert Edison Fulton, Jr.
【39探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Space Digest
【38探索】 慢速英语听力 Wonders of the World, Part 3, Modern Wonders
【37探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Wonders of the World, Part 2
【36探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Wonders of the World, Part 1
【35探索】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Jacqueline Cochran
【34】 美国之音特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Yellowstone Volcano
【33】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Space Digest
【32】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Hoover Dam
【31】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Yosemite National Park
【30】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Cassini-Huygens at Saturn
【29】 慢速英语听力 San Francisco Maritime National ParkNational Park
【28】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 North Carolina Lighthouses
【27】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Space Digest
【26】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Volcanoes National Park
【25】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Rio Grande, Part 2
【24】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Rio Grande, Part 1
【23】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 James Doolittle
【22】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Dry Tortugas National Par
【21】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Sport Parachuting
【20】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Global Positioning System
【19】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Space Digest
【18】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Doc Holliday and the Old West
【16】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Colorado National Monument
【15】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 The Voyager Airplane
【14】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Ford's Theater
【13】 美国之特别英语节目：慢速英语听力 Space Digest
【10】New Communications Technology
【8】EXPLORATIONS - Mars Exploration, Part 2 - 2004-02-03
【7】EXPLORATIONS - Mars Exploration, Part 1 - 2004-01-27
【6】 Who Were the Deadliest Gunmen of the Wild West?
【5】 Famous Outlaws and Gunmen of the Wild West
【4】National Air And Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center
【2】Music Would Not Be The Same Without the Guitar
【1】On the Shoulders of Giants: Isaac Newton and Modern Science
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