Rimes feels "Blue"
Friday, May 9, 2025 – LeAnn Rimes debuted the new version of her signature song, "Blue," during the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards last night, and today Amazon Music put out the studio version of the track.
The song was performed as part of the show's 12-minute, all-star set of ACM Songs of the Year from the past six decades. Rimes reimagined the song as an orchestral masterpiece.
The song was recorded during rehearsals for her ACM performance.
"'Blue' has always held such a special place in my heart. I was just a kid when it found its way into the world, and I never could've imagined how far it would take me," said Rimes. "That night at the ACMs — when the song was recognized, and I was too — will always stay with me. I'm so grateful to share this new version through Amazon Music, as a tribute to the song that started it all and to the people who've loved it right alongside me."
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- 10/02/13: Opry goes pink
- 06/04/13: Rimes returns with new CD
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CD reviews for LeAnn Rimes
LeAnn Rimes' "Remnants" album sounds inspired by contemporary times. The title track takes on almost an apocalyptic quality. Lyrically, a lot of these songs - many of which Rimes had a hand in writing - address a dire need for love. We do live in a world where love oftentimes seems to be in short supply. Therefore, three of these songs have "love" in their titles, with one repeating the word three times for good measure.
Although Rimes began her career as a young, Patsy ...
LeAnn Rimes hasn't always been the most consistent album maker over the years, but there's no questioning the quality of her singing. Here gospel-y version of "Silent Night" on this Christmas EP, "One Christmas: Chapter," is truly a thing of beauty. Then when she sings a slow, soulful "Blue Christmas," which features that beautiful yodel in her voice, it should remind you of that wonderful Patsy Cline quality in her early recordings. ...
Say what you will about the vocal chops of today's leading ladies of country - Miranda Lambert, Faith Hill or Martina McBride chief among them - but LeAnn Rimes is hands down, no doubt about it the best female vocalist in country music today.
And it will be bordering on a criminal act - thievery of the first order - if she doesn't sweep every award country music has to offer with her latest. For most of the bulk of the new millennium every Rimes album has been a treat. ...
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