After years of talking to morning radio deejays, Kelleigh Bannen is one. She hosts the Kelleigh Bannen Show on Apple Music Radio and gets to talk to artists like Chris Stapleton, Cam, Luke Combs and more. It's been an adjustment, but she's no newbie and her approach to interviewing is to study, listen and learn before she talks. 

What’s it like interviewing friends? How hard will she push people she knows to tell stories they might need a little pushing to tell? How comfortable is she asking the hard questions that sometimes you have to ask?

We talk about her interview with Chris, one of the few he did leading up to the release of Starting Over.  We also talk about the art of interviewing and how she's trying to find that sweet spot between good conversation and good journalism. I'm a fan of Kelleigh's approach, as you'll hear. Check her out at the links below.

The Kelleigh Bannen Show, M-F at 7AM

Today's Country With Kelleigh Bannen, Fridays at 8AM

Follow Kelleigh on Twitter, @KelleighBannen

We talked about my reviews of her song "Famous" and "Sorry On the Rocks."

Find her other podcast, This Nashville Life.