Evans keeps it all in the family on new release
Friday, April 12, 2019 – Sara Evans returns to action in a different format. Evans leads "The Barker Family Band," a six-song EP, which includes her daughter, Olivia , and son Avery. The set includes originals and covers including Beyonce's "XO" and Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams. Sara and Olivia trade lead vocals and harmonies throughout the project while Avery played acoustic and electric guitar on the tracks. The project was co-produced by Sara and Ben Fowler.
The duo Seaforth are out with a four-song EP, "Love That." The release includes the previously-released title track and "Talk to Me," as well as brand new tunes "Good and Gone" and "Taken Your Picture." Tom Jordan and Mitch Thompson co-wrote all four songs and co-produced with award-winning producer Dann Huff (Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett).
More news for Sara Evans
- 06/07/24: Pearce, Stell, Lawrence, Evans release new music
- 08/21/23: Evans receives Opry invite
- 01/16/22: Evans estranged husband charged with assaulting her
- 11/20/20: Evans goes virtual with concerts
- 10/21/20: Parton, Evans go with "Pink"
- 03/31/20: Evans announces memoir
- 03/19/20: Evans will "Cover That"
- 10/19/18: Evans goes acoustic with "All the Love You Left Me"
CD reviews for Sara Evans
Nine songs in, Sara Evans finally unleashes a country song that she wanted to cover. And it's one of the most copied songs at that - Hank's "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." The cut is a decided left turn from the rest of "Copy That," songs that Evans adored "plain and simple." Overcovered though it may be, Evans' version resonates. Let's face it, her vocals remain a powerful thing of beauty, power and emotion. And it helps that she is backed by ...
You gotta love country music, which still demonizes tobacco just like a Baptist Church Sunday sermon. "Marquee Sign," off Sara Evans' "Word" album begins with the country star announcing, "I wish you were a pack of cigarettes/'Cause you would have come with a warning." Cigarettes, like the tequila she sings about later, are clearly bad for you. Unfortunately, the man in this song didn't come labeled with a skull and cross bones. The album from whence ...
Sara Evans is straight-up one of the best singers in country music, and when she performs "Go Tell It On The Mountain" backed by a supportive choir on her new holiday offering, "At Christmas," the girl is squarely in her element. She has the kind of strong voice that gives this lyric the spiritual declarative quality it requires. And yet, she can switch to the acoustic guitar-backed "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" and sing ever so prettily and quietly. ...
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