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Tucker, Gill, Midland drop new music

Friday, August 23, 2019 – Tanya Tucker releases her first album in 17 years, while Midland releases its second album and veteran Vince Gill is back with a very personal album.

Tucker is out with "While I'm Livin'," an autobiographically-based disc, although she only wrote one song. Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings co-produced the disc with Carlile having a hand in doing much of the writing.

Gill goes back to his roots with "OKIE," his first disc in three years. Gill gets personal throughout the album with thoughts about marriage, faith and sexual abuse included in the mix. He also paid tribute to the late songwriter Guy Clark. "Nothin' Like a Guy Clark Song" and Merle Haggard on "A World Without Haggard." Gill had a hand in writing all 12 songs.

Midland, which has enjoyed hits with "Let It Roll," a 14-song CD. This is the follow-up to the trio's "On the Rocks" from 2017, which yielded the hit "Drinkin' Problem." The group consists of lead singer/guitarist Mark Wystrach, lead guitarist/vocalist Jess Carson and bassist/vocalist Cameron Duddy. Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne, co-produced the album.


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CD review - Sweet Western Sound Tanya Tucker once again employed Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings to produce this album, and her producers also had a hand in writing some of its 10 songs. The album, the follow-up to 2019's "While I'm Livin'," which won the GRAMMY for Best Country Album, opens with the distinctive voice of Billy Joe Shaver singing about Tucker on "Tanya," and ends with the rodeo song "When The Rodeo Is Over (Where Do the Cowboys Go?)." It's still a little ...
CD review - Live from the Troubadour It feels a little strange evaluating a live Tanya Tucker album now, as she's an aging country singer that had her first hit with "Delta Dawn" way back in 1972 at the tender age of 13. She's well past 13 now, and with the help of Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings (who both produced her 'comeback album,' "While I'm Livin'"), is experiencing a welcome career resurgence. This live album was recorded at The Troubadour, and Tucker jokes that it's ...
CD review - While I'm Livin' It's been 17 years since we've had a new album from Tanya Tucker, so it's a real pleasure to hear her clear throaty vocals deliver these songs with her characteristic raw emotion. Tucker knows how to get into a song and make it her own, and she demonstrates her ability to turn phrases on this set of songs. Every song is a gem, and every song might be describing some aspect of her own life. Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings produced the album, and Jennings played piano almost every ...


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