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Jo Dee Messina
CD Reviews
- A Joyful Noise (2002)
- Burn (2000)
- Delicious Surprise (2005)
- Greatest Hits (2003)
- I'm Alright (1998)
- Me (2014)
- Unmistakable: Love (2010)
Articles and Interviews
Jo Dee Messina stuck to her guns when advised to declare bankruptcy a few years ago. One of the hardest working, most energetic singers on the country scene would hear none of it. And the result was the massive success of "I'm Alright," her second disc, where three straight songs - "Bye, Bye," "I'm Alright" and "Stand Beside Me" - went to number one, the first time the feat was ever accomplished by a woman on Billboard's charts. But that disc was released a good 2-1/2 years ago, and Messina sensed it was time to not necessarily stick to what got her where she is. ...
Messina gets off to bang on second go round (May 1998)
Jo Dee Messina released her first single, the breezy uptempo road song "Heads Carolina, Tails California," early in 1996. That song and its follow-up, "You're Not in Kansas Anymore," both reached the Top Ten on the country charts, but then after those initial successes, her next two singles bombed at radio. Instead of quickly releasing a new album to regain her lost momentum, the Massachusetts native seemed to disappear from the country scene for quite awhile. ...
Timing is everything. If you don't believe that old saying is true, ask Jo Dee Messina. At Fan Fair a few years ago, the scarlet-tressed singer introduced herself to a Curb Records executive and told him "What you guys really need over there is a redhead." "Some people think it took a lot of courage to walk up and say something like that to a very powerful man," Messina said in a recent telephone interview, "but it was more like nerves. When I'm around powerful people, I tend to talk too much and joke around a lot." ...
News Items
- Messina extends tour (Jul 2024)
- Messina wants "Just To Be Loved" (Jul 2023)
- Bush, Messina release discs (Mar 2023)
- Messina discloses she has cancer (Sep 2017)
- Messina sings at hockey all star game (Jan 2015)
- Messina announces "Me" (Jan 2014)
- For Messina, the winner is... (Aug 2013)
- Messina successfully kick starts new CD (Jun 2013)
- Messina kickstarts new CD (May 2013)
- Messina becomes a mom again (Jan 2012)
- Messina goes great with WD-40 (Dec 2011)
- Messina releases new song (Apr 2011)
- Messina streams charity gig (Dec 2010)
- Messina plays for Harvest Hands (Nov 2010)
- Messina joins Beck's "Restoring Honor" event (Aug 2010)
- Messina plans three EPs this year (Mar 2010)
- Messina sets new CD, tour (Jan 2010)
- Messina performs at Rockefeller Center (Dec 2009)
- Jo Dee Messina slates release of new single (Oct 2009)
- For Jo Dee Messina, the number to call is... (Oct 2009)
- Messina works on new CD (Sep 2009)
- Jo Dee Messina's web site goes dark for a cause (Mar 2009)
- Messina plans song/story tour (Mar 2009)
- Messina gives birth to boy (Jan 2009)
- Jo Dee Messina CD gets delayed (Jun 2008)
- Clint Black, a comedian? Jo Dee Messina, a dancer? (Apr 2008)
- Jo Dee Messina completes Chicago Marathon (Oct 2007)
- Jo Dee Messina becomes a "Biker Chick" (Jul 2007)
- Jo Dee Messina announces engagement (Jun 2007)
- Messina performs at the White House (Jun 2007)
- Jo Dee Messina, Trace Adkins to sing for President Bush (Jun 2007)
- Jo Dee Messina goes for Extreme Makeover (Mar 2007)
- Jo Dee Messina heads to Italy to perform for troops (Jan 2007)
- Jo Dee Messina completes Boston Marathon (Apr 2006)
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