Bridge The Atlantic

Joining us this week out of Nashville is award winning singer/songwriter and American Idol winner Kris Allen. Kris was crowned the winner of Idol in 2008, and since then has released 5 studio albums, amassing hundreds of thousands of sales and millions of streams.Kris is now releasing music on his own label, Dog Bear Records - with both releases so far charting in the top 20 on Billboard’s Independent chart. In this interview we hear about Kris’ American Idol experience and how it’s impacted on his career, how a car crash has changed his life both personally and musically, and the advice he’d offer to his fellow musicians.Highlights:We learn Kris is missing a rib, is very honest, and is not a morning person (but who is?!)Kris tells us what he learned from his American Idol experience“American Idol taught me that I could belong in the music industry” - Kris AllenKris tells us how he had to re-learn how to play guitar after a car crash in 2013“I took a lot of things for granted - when something gets t