One of modern country’s biggest stars is making two concert stops in Iowa this month. Jake Owen has had ten number-one singles, his records have gone platinum 11 times, and he’s logged more than six-billion streams online.
In a Radio Iowa interview, Owen says his new album “Dreams to Dream” has a different vibe, so instead of playing arenas on this tour, he’s hand-picking venues with just 1,200 or 1,500 seats, including those in Davenport and Des Moines.
“I felt like this album that I made is very intimate and kind of personal, and I wanted that feeling of a smaller venue and make it feel like I was kind of playing for my friends, real conversational,” Owen says. “It’s quiet, those type of venues where people kind of shout something out. They may say, ‘Hey, play this.’ And I’m able to say, ‘All right,’ you know? And I like that. There’s more connection I feel like that I’ve missed for a while.”…