Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Beth Hart is that kind of artist who throws down her cards     You are one of the few international artists who is performing in Romania in these uncertain times Take me an hour minimum to just this one question to list why and I’ll just give you a few of the obvious Millions more were denying that it even existed and calling it a hoax the political divide was like never that I’ve seen anyway in my lifetime so much so that I thought there was going to be a civil war Terrified that my husband was going to die That was not even the thing that was freaking us out It was the whole world that was going to die When I saw people in my country and countries around the world marching in the name of equality But then it also made it sadder because for so long we deny that that even is existing when it clearly is ridiculous it’s like I don’t know when we’re going to get over that inequality thinking things I went to therapy for years and years I felt like any of the help I ever got out it was like I never even did therapy It was like I went back to feeling like a young teenager filled with anger So just an absolute bitch is what the pandemic was like for me You say in interviews that your songs represent you and come from deep and emotional places of your heart Did you feel that this pandemic made you even more vulnerable and sensible I think because I was smoking so many cigarettes I was also taking a diet pill called phentermine and I made myself really manic So I was writing a lot that I thought was good work and deep work And then when I finally had to stop smoking and stop the diet pill because I was so manic I realized that much of the work that I thought was good work was actually crap because I was in grandiosity I started writing other things that I noticed were from a freer place my usual in terms of going and talking about the subject matter And I think the reason why I have a history of always doing that is the whole reason why I ever went to the piano in the first place as a kid One day it was because I want someone or something up there as the piano to help guide me and make me feel less afraid And the only way I know how to seek comfort is to try and seek the truth try and confess everything that I feel about myself and about the world that I wouldn’t normally confess to someone because I wouldn’t want them to judge me for it I kind of like the idea of you’re heartbroken when something like that happens in your work It forces you to find some other way to be creative How it’s like to be back touring internationally what we are is we’ve shown up here in Romania we’ve been at one hotel the first night we arrived and then we were driven to the second hotel to begin our rehearsals with the band it’s been a reunion with my crew because I got to have a reunion with my band at home a few weeks back before we left to prepare for these rehearsals You return to Romania with a series of concerts but the festival-goers are really into live music and this connection with nature what’s so wonderful to me about Eastern Europe and Romania is the people are very huggy where you can feel someone’s heart beating out of their chest With someone with your career and background and taking into consideration the pause that everyone had to take due to the pandemic what are your thoughts on the current landscape of the music industry I only know from a few of my friends that tour and play a lot that everyone was thinking that maybe we wouldn’t even be getting back to working for five years there were a lot of people fearing how are we going to make a living How we are going to live without our friends that we’re used to making music with How we are going to be able to deal with not getting to be in the world and in traveling and getting the honor of visiting different cultures and playing music for different cultures That’s the best thing in the world about touring You get to see that other people all over the world have totally different ways of believing in the gods That is the gift of touring is the honor of getting to be with other cultures and having to say goodbye to that was for at least for myself and for some of the other people I started getting more involved in film and a desire to write for film You have been compared with the anger of Nina Simone and the hurt of Billie Holiday and Etta James Can you imagine and describe a duet with all of them ever in life do a duet with any of them because I would be terrified There’s no way ever I would feel worthy of But I wouldn’t even be able to shake their hand and say hello I’m way too neurotic and I have way too low self-worth to feel confident enough to even shake someone’s hand we got to go and honor Buddy Guy at Kennedy Center Honors which is this thing they do every year where the president comes for that And it’s a TV show and one of the dinners for the event let’s walk over and say hello to Bill Clinton He’s just very down-to-earth and confident and lovely And he walked right up to Bill Clinton and I was like hiding behind Scottie And we talked to Bill Clinton and it was so cool I can’t write anymore and maybe I never really could write” I began to see that writer’s block is not the only natural you explained how was the process to take a break from writing I don’t know why I said in an interview I took a break from writing Maybe I was referring to writer’s block because I never And a friend of mine who’s a wonderful writer named Rune Westberg it’s because your wealth of water has been depleted like go listen to other artists or get into gardening or go watch some really great films or just get out and be of service get out and do something other and experience life and be affected by others And there’s so much happening in the world as we know it all times So allow yourself to get out of yourself and allow the world to refill your well and then the writer’s block should pass and you’ll have something to pull from from me and my experience when I have my own writer’s block is to reach out to another writer and write with them do a call-write and Rune is someone who I love to write with And it seems like this guy never has writer’s block Either get out and let the world refill you be humble know that it’s natural for the writer’s block to take place And if you have a project where your label’s expecting you to have material turned in you can try reaching out and working with other writers as well as a great opportunity to learn new ways of writing music This interview with Beth Hart was facilitated by Chimcomplex, one of the official supporters of Brezoi Summer Camp 2021. Photo courtesy of Beth Hart’s official Facebook Page We use cookies for keeping our website reliable and secure providing social media features and to analyse how our website is used Matteo Badilatti becomes new race leader in Paltinis Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) won stage 3 at the Sibiu Cycling Tour crossing the line alone after breaking away from the field on the road into Păltiniș Schachmann crested the top of the 10km climb to the finish line with 18 seconds in hand as runner-up Jakub Otruba (ATT Investments) led in the eight-rider chase behind ahead of third-placed Filippo Fiorelli (Green Project-Bardiani) Stage 3 was a 202km race from Brezoi to Păltiniș that included four categorised climbs and a final 10km ascent to the finish line A group of 25 riders broke away early in the stage but were reeled in on the final ascent Schachmann made his winning move with 7km to the top to take the victory in Păltiniș I simply didn’t have the legs to follow in the end and I don’t know why Florian [Lipowitz] and I attacked several times on the final climb and I could see the others were suffering I made a move right before a flatter part and could push a good pace I was able to hold my rhythm and made it to the line After such a long time it is great to be at the top of a podium again," Schachmann said The previous day's stage winner Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto Dstny) went into the third day of racing in the overall race lead with 28 seconds over runner-up Matteo Badilatti (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) an untimely flat tyre cost Van Eetvelt his leading position in the general classification after he punctured in the closing kilometres of the stage into Păltiniș "Incredible bad luck for Lennert Van Eetvelt he had a puncture in the last 2km and lost the Yellow Jersey!" his team confirmed in a post on social media following the race The Sibiu Cycling Tour continues on Sunday with a double-day of racing that starts with a 97.3km road race and ends with a time trial in Sibiu Results powered by FirstCycling Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races, reporting on the WorldTour, Spring Classics, Tours de France, World Championships and Olympic Games. She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023. Romania has the widest and best preserved virgin forests in Europe sheltering centuries-old trees and creating fairytale décors Discover some of Romania’s extraordinary forests One of Romania’s virgin forests and among the last of Europe, the Nera Springs Forest is an impressive expanse of beech trees filled with serenity, part of the Cheile Nerei-Beușnița Natural Reserve some more than 50 meters tall and more than 1.3 meters in diameter colourful mushrooms and small mountain rivers that flow through the forest create marvellous scenes of wild nature A virgin forest where there are trees more than 500 years old the forest of Sinca houses the tallest fir tree of Romania measuring 62.5 meters and having a trunk with a diameter of three meters Monumental trees of all ages adorn the forest where plants and animals live in harmony – a place to be explored admired and protected https://www.instagram.com/p/BUaXOHhDKN-/?tagged=sincaveche Sign up to our newsletter to save up to $800 on our unique trips See privacy policy Letea Forest In the Danube Delta, you can explore the northernmost subtropical woodland of Europe, the Letea Forest Harbouring around 500 species of plants and more than 3,000 species of animals Letea is the oldest reservation of Romania you can see lianas hanging from the trees or curled around their trunks wild horses grazing or wandering around and the only mangrove reservation in Europe https://www.instagram.com/p/BVZubFrhZgF/?tagged=padurealetea In the village of Crișan, placed in the heart of the Danube Delta Imposing oak trees have grown out of the sand dunes The most interesting one is the ‘kneeling oak’ an old tree whose branches reach the earth like an elderly than cannot sustain himself only on its trunk as well as a multitude of clinging and climbing and plants as wild vines you can see the tallest sand dunes in the country https://www.instagram.com/p/BCkH-Koislt/?tagged=padureacaraorman Romania’s forests can go from picturesque to fairytale to unusual. If you like out-of-the-ordinary places, then take a walk in the ‘World’s Most Haunted Forest’. Placed near Cluj-Napoca, the Hoia Baciu Forest is home to some twisted trees odd voices and whispers and strange shadows one of the forest’s clearings is a dead vegetation zone But the event that made it internationally known happened in the 1960s when biologist Alexandru Sift captured a flying disc-shaped object https://www.instagram.com/p/BRqWl93grfe/?tagged=hoiabaciuforest A place of myths, the Boldu-Crețeasca forest, situated near Bucharest, is supposedly a place filled with sorcery. In the forest, in the place called ‘Witches’ Pond’, every year before the Sanziene witches would gather to perform their rituals But what is truly strange is that the small lake never widens never dries and is affected neither by rain nor by drought https://www.instagram.com/p/BCLXgUhvLr1/?tagged=baltavrajitoarelor Spreading over 8,500 hectares (21,003 acres) Bogății Forest is part of a natural reservation in the Perșani Mountains having a very diverse fauna and eight types of natural habitats One of the most remarkable forests in the country oak and hornbeam that serves also as a refuge for bears low stature trees and herbaceous species create a rich vegetation While you might be tempted to get lost in it You can also admire it while taking the road that binds Brașov with Sighișoara https://www.instagram.com/p/BIrcUibgzln/?tagged=padureabogatii Mociar Forest is located near the city of Reghin hornbeam and poplars fight for their own space a gathering of old giants that have fallen asleep separated by small rivers that flow around them https://www.instagram.com/p/BKNVhL0AIMH/?tagged=padureamociar Călinești-Brezoi forest is a natural reserve situated in the Lotrului Mountains as well as an array of endemic species such as dianthus (dianthus caryophyllus) Lady’s Bedstraw flowers (galium verum) and wild thyme (thymus serpyllum) have grown https://www.instagram.com/p/BbGreSCgezn/?taken-at=594024109 Guides & Tips This Is Europe's Ultimate Road Trip See & Do Lesser-Known Summer Destinations to Visit in Europe Guides & Tips The Best Places to Travel in August See & Do The Best European Cities to Visit in July Guides & Tips The Best European Cities to Visit in December See & Do The Best European Cities to Visit in Summer See & Do The Best European Cities to Visit in Autumn See & Do The Best European Cities to Visit in June See & Do The Best European Cities to Visit in October Guides & Tips The Best European Cities to Visit in November See & Do The Best European Cities to Visit in September Guides & Tips Beat the Crowds with these Alternative Summer Destinations US: +1 (678) 967 4965 | UK: +44 (0)1630 35000 tripssupport@theculturetrip.com © Copyright 2025 The Culture Trip Ltd