{"id":2224414,"date":"2026-01-06T15:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2224414"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:36:20","slug":"amy-grant-shares-story-of-new-song-6th-of-january-yasgurs-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/amy-grant-shares-story-of-new-song-6th-of-january-yasgurs-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Grant shares story of new song &#8216;6th of January (Yasgur\u2019s Farm)&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"87362359007\" title=\"'Love on the Spectrum' start Tanner meets country legend Vince Gill\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/videos\/wochit\/thumbnails\/87362359007.jpg\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>&#8216;Love on the Spectrum&#8217; start Tanner meets country legend Vince Gill<\/p>\n<p>Tanner from &#8216;Love on the Spectrum&#8217; got to meet Vince Gill and Amy Grant ahead of the CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>The sun is shining, the coffee is brewed, and her pajamas are still on at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>That means <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2023\/05\/05\/amy-grant-interview-new-music-health-update\/70184762007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amy Grant<\/a> is content.<\/p>\n<p>On New Year\u2019s Eve day, before preparing for a massive family gathering to celebrate the incoming year with a backyard fire at sunset, Grant is eager to share the story behind her new song, \u201cThe 6<sup>th<\/sup> of January (Yasgur\u2019s Farm).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The windswept folk-pop nugget arrives on the day it is named for, a cosmic intertwining Grant, 65, embraces, and is a precursor to her first new album of original material in more than a decade due later this year.<\/p>\n<p>The song, produced <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/macmcanally.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mac McAnally<\/a>, a 10-time CMA winner and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer, harks back to the idealism of the Woodstock era with its title reference <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/yasgurs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to the famed site<\/a> of the 1969 culture-shifting music festival.<\/p>\n<p>Lyrics name-drop John Lennon and Marvin Gaye, along with questioning whether humanity has learned anything in the 50-plus years since Woodstock (\u201cAll that wide-eyed hope\/were we so na\u00efve?\u201d).<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/12\/30\/john-fogerty-las-vegas-concert-tickets\/87946517007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">John Fogerty reveals how he spends his time during Las Vegas residency<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/12\/31\/USAT\/87975671007-a-9713-ed-9-d-2-ec-47988651-e-9-b-6272-bbe-19.jpeg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/12\/31\/USAT\/87975671007-a-9713-ed-9-d-2-ec-47988651-e-9-b-6272-bbe-19.jpeg?crop=7679,5759,x0,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/12\/31\/USAT\/87975671007-a-9713-ed-9-d-2-ec-47988651-e-9-b-6272-bbe-19.jpeg?crop=4320,5759,x1728,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/12\/31\/USAT\/87975671007-a-9713-ed-9-d-2-ec-47988651-e-9-b-6272-bbe-19.jpeg?crop=8639,4861,x0,y449 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Ed Rode for Amy Grant\" caption=\"Amy Grant plays the strumstick on her new single, &quot;The 6th of January (Yasgur's Farm),&quot; out Jan. 6, 2026.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Grant, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2021\/07\/09\/amy-grant-landmark-album-heart-motion-turns-30-reissue-baby-baby-daughter-millie-heart-surgery\/7904260002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a trailblazer in contemporary Christian music<\/a> who has sold more than 30 million albums and earned six Grammy Awards, induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2022\/12\/05\/kennedy-center-honors-2022-cheer-clooney-u-2-amy-grant-gladys-knight\/10837040002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 Kennedy Center Honor<\/a>, didn\u2019t write \u201cThe 6<sup>th<\/sup> of January (Yasgur\u2019s Farm).\u201d Rather, it came quite literally to her doorstep in the form of a friend and Nashville songwriter, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/musicrow.com\/2014\/03\/lawrence-receives-ascaps-sammy-cahn-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sandy Lawrence.<\/a><\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Lawrence, mother-in-law of Jenny Gill \u2012 part of Grant\u2019s \u201cblended family\u201d with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vincegill.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">husband Vince Gill<\/a> \u2013 arrived at the Grant\/Gill farm in Franklin, Tennessee, just as Grant was ready to leave for a month of West Coast tour dates.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy suitcase is in the front hall, and I opened the door, and there was Sandy holding a strumstick,\u201d Grant recalls. \u201cShe wanted to play a song for me and I said, \u2018I\u2019m leaving for the airport, but let\u2019s go to the bedroom, and I can film it on my phone.&#8217; I was so intrigued by the strumstick and the song that when I came back (from the tour), I asked her if I could record it.\u201d<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/strumstick.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The strumstick<\/a> \u2013 a three-stringed instrument that produces a sound somewhere between a dulcimer and acoustic guitar \u2013 was created by luthier <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/strumstick.com\/pages\/history-of-the-strumstick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bob McNally<\/a> as a less intimidating introduction to the guitar.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Grant, an accomplished guitarist since her teen years, wasn\u2019t drawn to the instrument for its simplicity, but rather for its unconventional sound, which gives her new song a definitive <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/jonimitchell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joni Mitchell vibe<\/a> (yes, Grant has been a fan \u201cfrom before I was 10\u201d).<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/12\/24\/neil-diamond-best-songs\/87878105007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Neil Diamond&#8217;s 10 best songs to go along with &#8216;Song Sung Blue&#8217; movie<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"87100348007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>One of the primary themes of \u201cThe 6<sup>th<\/sup> of January (Yasgur\u2019s Farm)\u201d embedded in its chorus is unrest (\u201cHey mister, where\u2019s the road to Yasgur\u2019s Farm?\/he stares at me with pity and alarm\/says that crowd left here long ago\u201d). More specifically, why it\u2019s necessary to contemplate the unrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think sitting with unrest is where we ask important questions. What can I do differently? It can be unrest about anything,\u201d Grant says. \u201cI can\u2019t help but see life through the lens of someone born in 1960, and when I see my children and their children, everything is vying for everyone\u2019s attention. Unrest is the invitation to say, \u2018What do I have control over, and what choices can I make in the world we live in?\u2019 We have so much power and influence in our own lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/12\/31\/USAT\/87975669007-533-b-66-ee-55-a-047-a-197-d-3-c-4-e-1-f-0490364.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/12\/31\/USAT\/87975669007-533-b-66-ee-55-a-047-a-197-d-3-c-4-e-1-f-0490364.jpg?crop=2998,2250,x0,y374 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/12\/31\/USAT\/87975669007-533-b-66-ee-55-a-047-a-197-d-3-c-4-e-1-f-0490364.jpg?crop=2250,2998,x299,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/12\/31\/USAT\/87975669007-533-b-66-ee-55-a-047-a-197-d-3-c-4-e-1-f-0490364.jpg?crop=2998,1687,x0,y449 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Courtesy Shorefire Media\" caption=\"Amy Grant's new single, &quot;The 6th of January (Yasgur's Farm),&quot; arrives Jan. 6, 2026 as a precursor to more new music coming later in the year.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Grant says that five years removed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/search?q=usa+today+amy+grant+heart+surgery&amp;sca_esv=52a3b1858ccc34eb&amp;udm=14&amp;sxsrf=AE3TifNESzGdyVKY45KE5rVpg1qjnvDokQ%3A1767237167706&amp;ei=L-ZVaYXyKrbT5NoP4oCI6QM&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjFxfW8r-mRAxW2KVkFHWIAIj0Q4dUDCBM&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=usa+today+amy+grant+heart+surgery&amp;gs_lp=Ehlnd3Mtd2l6LW1vZGVsZXNzLXdlYi1vbmx5IiF1c2EgdG9kYXkgYW15IGdyYW50IGhlYXJ0IHN1cmdlcnkyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYqwJIixFQqQVY9w5wAXgBkAEAmAHGAaABvQuqAQM1Lji4AQPIAQD4AQGYAg6gAuYMwgIKEAAYsAMY1gQYR5gDAIgGAZAGCJIHBjIuMTEuMaAHjUSyBwYxLjExLjG4B78MwgcJMC4xLjkuMy4xyAdzgAgA&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-modeless-web-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from heart surgery<\/a> to repair a congenital heart condition and 3 \u00bd years since a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2022\/07\/28\/amy-grant-hospitalized-bicycling-accident-nashville\/10174326002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">serious biking accident<\/a> knocked her unconscious and required months of rehabilitation, she is \u201cfeeling great\u201d and energized to support her new projects.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been excited about the things I have my hands on,\u201d Grant says. \u201cTo be creative again is a wonderful feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2026-01-06 15:00:30.968819654 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-01-06 15:00:30.968819654 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Love on the Spectrum&#8217; start Tanner meets country legend Vince Gill Tanner from &#8216;Love on the Spectrum&#8217; got to meet Vince Gill and Amy Grant ahead of the CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. 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