“The Distance” is the new music from Taylor Hicks! The artist officially dropped the title in a recent interview with 92Pro-FM Radio in Providence, RI, where he has appeared in the National Tour of Grease for the past week. He also confirmed that the single release from the album will be out January 6, 2009. Although the single had not been chosen a short time ago, it is often the title song from the album. When asked about the genre or style of the music, he told the Providence radio hosts that it was some soul, country and gospel.

Blogcritic Sherry Lippman talks to Taylor about his new album
“What can you tell me about it stylistically?”

“My idea for this record was to try and find the greatest songs I possibly could. For me, having the time to be able to write and to be able to have those songs around me for an extended amount of time... I wanted to kind of live with the songs for awhile. …I've tried to really put great songs around me. …there's a lot of different styles that I think are reflective of my artistic expression. I think with this record I've been able to hopefully take the listener on a musical journey into the songs I've written, and a lot of them touch on different styles. But the common thread is my voice. There's a lot of storytelling in the songs.”

“…There were some writers in Nashville that I wrote with. And there were a lot of different styles of writers - one of the writers is Gary Nicholson in Nashville. Also a couple writers that are friends of mine, Wynne Christian and Alan Little. There are a lot of different people that have come together..."