Dave Stewart: Co-director, Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams
By Susan G. Cole Now Toronto
Monday, April 15, 2013
Dave Stewart put on every one of his musical hats – producer, guitarist, songwriter – for Stevie Nicks’s 2011 disc, In Your Dreams. He adds feature film co-director to his artistic resumé with this documentary tracking the album’s creative process and probing Nicks’s personal history and inspirations. He talked with NOW about that collaboration and why it worked. Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams screens at the TIFF Bell Lightbox April 15 to 18.
Stevie Nicks: Nicks In Your Dreams is an affectionate documentary about the Fleetwood Mac singer co-directed by Eurythmics Dave Stewart.
By Linda Barnard Toronto Star
Monday, April 15, 2013
Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams
*** (3 stars out of 4)
A documentary about the making of Stevie Nicks’ album. Directed by Nicks and Dave Stewart. 100 minutes. Screens April 16-18 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. G
Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams shows devotion to its raspy-voiced rock goddess subject immediately, with a montage of concert-goers professing their love for the poetic Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter who went on to solo success.
Musician Dave Stewart co-produced Stevie Nicks’s In Your Dreams album and co-directed the subsequent film. (MLW/SolarPix Inc.)
By Brad Wheeler The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Sunday, Apr. 14 2013, 4:00 PM EDT
Billed as an “intimate portrait of one of rock’s most enduring and legendary artists,” In Your Dreams, a documentary on the making of Stevie Nicks’s 2011 album of the same name, runs the risk of being too intimate for its own good. Musician Dave Stewart, who co-produced the album, shared directorial credit on the film with the singer herself. We spoke with him about a documentary being too close to its subject.
Dave Stewart and Stevie Nicks at the 20th Hamptons International Film Festival, Long Island, New York, Oct. 7, 2012. (WENN.com)
By Jane Stevenson The Sun (Canada)
Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:00 PM MDT
Two rock icons, Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and Dave Stewart of The Eurythmics, worked together on Nicks’ first album solo album in a decade, 2011’s In Your Dreams
But their creative collaboration didn’t end there.
There’s also a Stewart-directed 2013 behind-the-scenes documentary of the same name about making the record, co-produced by Glen Ballard, that will debut in Toronto Monday night. The film then moves across Canada over the next several weeks.
“It’s a movie that Stevie Nicks’ fans love,” says Stewart, 60, from L.A.
“Obviously, she’s been a bit of an enigma and very sort of mysterious and there’s an insight not only into her world and her home and how she works but inside her mind as well. How she works creatively and how she thinks. What’s good is that if you’re not a Stevie Nicks fan in particular and you watch it, you get kind of surprised at how kind of intense and focused she is working. Because I think a lot of the views or people’s opinions about artists during certain periods of their life is kind of spaced out, hippie like. And then you see Stevie at work in the film and you go, ‘Holy s—!’ She’s like a force of nature.”
Turns out Stewart and Nicks met 30 years ago.
The occasion was an Eurythmics show in Los Angeles and Nicks came backstage.
“We got on really well,” says Stewart. “And I went back to stay in L.A. for a bit and we hung out and I was writing just experimental stuff with her and I ended up writing this song for her but then Tom Petty liked it and wanted to record it — Don’t Come Around Here No More — that’s why at the end (of the film, Stevie) says, ‘Hey, Dave, definitely come around here!’ Because it became this epic sort of song for Tom.”
Stewart and Nicks regrouped again significantly in 2006 when Nicks appeared on a pilot for Stewart’s HBO music-themed interview show and they performed a 15-minute version of Rhiannon together.
In the documentary, she reveals after that collaboration she knew she wanted Stewart to produce either her next solo album or a Fleetwood Mac record.
“It all sort of organically turned into the record and the movie,” says Stewart.
He says after recording the album with Nicks and shooting about 50 hours of footage — boiled down to one hour and 40 minutes on-screen — he learned two significant things about her.
“Stevie’s incredibly generous. She’s always kept the same backing singers, the same friends… even the sounds guys and everybody. They’ve all stuck by her. They’re so loyal to her. And that’s an amazing thing that I discovered about Stevie of how deep that runs within her, this loyalty. And then all of the time and effort she puts into putting her lyrics together. Training herself in books and reading so much literature. She’s steeped in her job. She said it herself. She purposely decided not to have children because she just knew she couldn’t do both. It’s a massive decision.”
In Your Dreams screenings in Canada:
Toronto / TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King St W) / April 15 (7 p.m and 7:30 p.m. with Stevie Nicks Q&A) and then April 16-18.
Ottawa / Mayfair Theatre (1074 Bank St) / April 19 & 20
Winnipeg / Winnipeg Cinema theque (100 Arthur St) / May 4 & 5
Edmonton / Metro Cinema at the Garneau (8712 109th Street NW) May 14
Calgary / Globe Cinema (617 8 Ave SW) / May 16
Vancouver / Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour St) / May 18
Montreal/ Cinema du Parc (3575 Park Ave) / June 14-17
Toronto — The elusive Stevie Nicks, one of the founding members of legendary Fleetwood Mac, is set to let the public have a peak inside her personal life. The film debuts alongside the upcoming Fleetwood Mac tour dates.
In Your Dreams is a portrait of the elusive Nicks as she and Dave Stewart embark on a musical journey to write and record the critically acclaimed album In Your Dreams. Nicks called this “the greatest year of my life” and felt compelled to share the joyful experience that she terms “the day the circus came to town” with her fans.
A multi Grammy Award winning artist and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Nicks allowed cameras inside her magical old mansion high atop the hills of LA with a wild cast of musicians and friends. The inner life of the legendary Nicks has by her design long been kept at a distance from the public. We learn in “Dreams” that her world features, costume parties, elaborate dinner feasts, tap dancing, fantasy creations and revealing songwriting and recording sessions all of which are captured on film. Also cameos by Edgar Allan Poe, Mick Fleetwood, Reese Witherspoon, a massive white stallion in the backyard, owls and naturally a few vampires who appear in several “home movie” style music videos.
Along with tracking the Nicks/Stewart creative partnership, In Your Dreams has plenty of other cinematic payoffs including rare never before seen personal scrapbook stills from Nicks’ childhood and family life, and a wealth of candid backstage and performance shots taken over the last 35 years.
The film is scheduled to screen in exclusive engagements in theatres across Canada starting in Toronto at the TIFF Bell Lightbox on April 15. Tickets will be available to the public for the two special screenings of In Your Dreams at 7 p.m. at 7:30 p.m. on April 15 featuring a Q&A session with Nicks following the film. There will also be three additional screenings taking place on April 16 – 18 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Tickets go on sale March 20 for TIFF Members and on March 27 for non-members at tiff.net.
Nicks, one of the lead singers and emotional catalyst for Fleetwood Mac, is embarking on a world tour with them beginning April 4th in Columbus Ohio, and hits Toronto on April 16th.
The In Your Dreams film is being distributed by Films We Like in Canada. Co-produced and co-directed by former Eurythmic Dave Stewart, The record was co-written by Nicks and Stewart and produced by Stewart and Glen Ballard. The documentary was produced by Dave Stewart’s production company, Weapons of Mass Entertainment.
In Your Dreams screens in other parts of Canada as follows:
Ottawa / Mayfair Theatre (1074 Bank St) / April 19 & 20, 2013
By Sharon Chapman and Charles Ealy American-Statesman
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
SXSW Music Thursday highlights
Check sxsw.com for updates or changes in the schedule.
Dave Grohl keynote. His “Sound City” documentary played Wednesday night during SXSW Film, and Thursday, Grohl delivers the 2013 Music keynote at 11 a.m. in Ballroom D of the Austin Convention Center. It’s open to badgeholders but will be streamed live at sxsw.com and npr.org. Grohl and his “Sound City” players, including Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, Rick Springfield, Rick Nielsen, Krist Novoselic, Lee Ving, Corey Taylor, Brad Wilk, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear and Chris Shiflett play at 8 p.m. Thursday at Stubb’s.
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis signing. The rap duo, who are at everything this SXSW, are signing autographs. It’s in the Music Gear Expo Lounge 1:30 p.m. at the convention center and is free and open to the public.
MTVU Woodie Awards/Festival. During the day, it’s a music festival. At night, the MTVU awards are handed out. Scheduled performers include the aforementioned Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Jake Bugg, Alt-J, among many more. 1:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday in a parking lot at East First and Red River streets. Free and open to the public, based on capactiy. Information: woodies.mtv.com.
Flatstock. The poster show opens in Exhibit Hall 4 at the Austin Convention Center. It’s free and open to the public from 2-6 p.m.
SXSW Interview: Clive Davis. The record producer and music mogul who recently released a tell-all book will talk with Bill Werde of Billboard Magazine. 2 p.m. Room 18ABC in the Convention Center.
SXSW Interview: Kendrick Lamar. One of the breakouts of SXSW 2012 will talk with Elliott Wilson of Rap Radar. 3:30 p.m. Room 16AB in the Convention Center.
SXSW Interview: Stevie Nicks. The Fleetwood Mac chanteuse is everywhere this year. She’s in her own documentary, “In Your Dreams,” and in Grohl’s “Sound City.” She’ll talk Thursday with NPR’s Ann Powers. 5 p.m. in Room 18ABC in the Convention Center.
Auditorium Shores. The free public shows on the shores of Lady Bird Lake start 5 p.m. Thursday, with Jovanotti, Bajofondo, Molotov and Cafe Tacvba.
SXSW Film Thursday highlights
Co-directors Stevie Nicks and Dave Stewart walk the red carpet “In Your Dreams,” a new documentary about Nicks’ latest album. 2 p.m. Paramount.
“Before You Know It,” directed by Austinite PJ Raval, explores the lives of older lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans. 3:45 p.m. Violet Crown.
“Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker,” documentary explores the life and times of the piano legend. 4 p.m. Topfer Theatre at Zach.
“All the Labor,” a documentary about the Austin cult band the Gourds. 4:15 p.m. Alamo Village.
Snoop Lion and director Andy Capper walk the red carpet for the new documentary “Reincarnated.” 4:30 p.m. Paramount.
“Finding the Funk,” a road trip documentary, looks at the James Brown bands of 1960s and Sly & the Family Stone. 7 p.m. Alamo Village.
“A Band Called Death” looks at the Detroit punk band. 7:15 p.m. Vimeo.
Stevie Nicks’ documentary In Your Dreams will be screening at the Paramount Theatre on Thursday, March 14, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:40pm, one of many new films to be presented at the annual South by Southwest Festival (SXSW), which is now underway in Austin, Texas.
Stevie, along with guitarist and producer Dave Stewart, will speak about the documentary and the making of In Your Dreams at the Austin Convention Center (Room 18ABC) after the screening from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Stevie will end the evening by performing with the Sound City Players on Thursday, March 14. The band will take the stage at Stubb’s (801 Red River St), starting at 9:15 p.m. Registered guests with badges and wristbands can enter the show.
Dave Grohl’s documentary Sound City: Real to Reel screens at the Paramount Theatre on Wednesday, March 13, from 7:15 p.m. to 9:02 p.m., and at the Rollins Theatre at the Long Center on Friday, March 15, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:17 p.m.
Here is a direct link to the festive ticketing website.
Fleetwood Mac frontwoman stars in two SX Film docs and more
By Raoul Hernandez Austin Chronicle
Friday, March 1, 2013 12:47 p.m.
Like Green Day on Monday, another South by Southwest confirmation came yesterday in Stevie Nicks, who bewitches the music conference in an interview with Ann Powers on Thursday, March 14, and also stars in a pair of SXSW Film docs.
The Film spread in this week’s Chronicle, both ours and SXSW’s, spilled a wealth of information as far as music’s concerned. The Fest’s “24 Beats Per Second” music series revealed inside looks at Austin’s Gourds (All the Labor), New Oreleans piano prince James Booker (Bayou Maharajah), and Detroit’s black punk siblings Death (A Band Called Death), among many others, including free Auditorium Shores Mexicans Molotov (Gimme the Power).
Nicks’ In Your Dreams, made by her and Eurythmics seer David Stewart during a 2010 collaboration on her album, also screens in the “24 Beats Per Second” round-up, Thu., March 14 at the Paramount Theatre. The night before, Wednesday, catch her in Dave Grohl’s Sound City, which throws back the curtain on an L.A. studio that birthed Nirvana’s Nevermind and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours.
Tie-ins there are three: Nicks will guest in Grohl’s as-yet-unnanounced Sound City showcase; Fleetwood Mac’s new tour begins in April (with stops in Dallas on June 4, and then Houston the next day); and Rhino Records just reissued Rumours. Nicks’ appearance locally thus follows her Rumours co-star Lindsey Buckingham’s sold-out show at Antone’s last August and Rumours producer Ken Caillat in October for the Texas Book Festival.
Sound City clusters in SX Film’s “Special Events,” which features more music tie-ins in Asleep at the Wheel Then and Now and Mabon “Teenie” Hodges – A Portrait of a Memphis Soul Original. I’ll never forget a newly-sober Chan Marshall (Cat Power) gushing in my ear about working with the Hodges brothers in 2006. Only because she already swung through the Moody last month is Cat Power not coming to SXSW this year like everyone else.
Amanda Palmer isn’t the only speaker this year at SXSW 2013. Along with the amazing lineup that has been curated for this great annual event, an array of speakers have been arranged to give ears a break from music and see what goes on beyond the recording studio. Added to the list of famous speakers is the wonderful woman herself, Stevie Nicks. Read on for more details.
Not only is Fleetwood Mac reuniting and touring this spring, but Stevie Nicks fans will be delighted to know that her interview is in regard to the recent documentary, In Your Dreams. The film goes through her journey as an artist while producing her latest album and engaging in creative collaborations with other talented musicians such as Dave Stewart. This interview is only one of many gems that will be found at the SXSW festival. As per the film description, make sure to grab a seat at this once in a lifetime event to witness the “Shifting dynamically among video formats, painstaking recording sessions and revealing interviews, magic-tinged musical journey [and] loving and tuneful portrait of the eternally bewitching Gold Dust Woman.”
On Thursday, Nov. 8, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas kicked off Sunset Sessions, a three-day poolside concert experience and music industry event.
For the first time in the event’s 15 year history, the general public was able to attend Sunset Sessions’ Main Stage performances. All three nights of these performances started at the Boulevard Pool and featured dozens of exciting up-and-coming artists, including headlining performances by Steve Earle on Nov. 8 and Duncan Sheik on Nov. 9. During the final night of Main Stage performances on Nov. 10, eight bands performed including Cheating Daylight, Beware of Darkness and Tyler Bryant, capped off by a headlining set by Lit. All proceeds from tickets to these performances will be donated to several nonprofit organizations, including Communities In Schools of Nevada, Three Square and Opportunity Village, as well as The Recording Academy’s own MusiCares.
Stevie Nicks poses with soldiers
In addition to the Main Stage performances, several exclusive events were held throughout the resort for invited music industry professionals. On Nov. 8, a Q&A panel was held with the legendary Carlos Santana, where the intimate crowd was treated to a sampling of sound bites from his new album. Santana also discussed where he gets his inspiration and the legacy he hopes to leave behind for music fans.
On Nov. 9, Stevie Nicks and Dave Stewart hosted a special screening of “In Your Dreams,” a film the pair directed together, followed by a rousing Q&A discussion. Several dozen veterans and active duty military were invited to attend the event as Stevie shared her personal inspiration for the film and discussed her lengthy career.
A number of late-night performances were also held for select music industry professionals each evening. Notable performances included sets from Angel’s Landing, Doris, DJs Skratch n’ Sniff, Slater, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Joel Piper, Tora and more.
