Opry goes pink
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 – The Grand Ole Opry is joining Women Rock For The Cure in the fight against breast cancer on Tues., Oct. 22 with its fifth annual "Opry Goes Pink" show.
LeAnn Rimes will flip the switch on the Opry's signature barn backdrop, turning it pink for the night as artists perform in support of breast cancer awareness.
The show will also include the Opry debuts of Mandisa, whose current single and video "Overcomer" highlights survivors and fighters of cancer, and Dove Award-winner Natalie Grant. Lorrie Morgan and Pam Tillis also will appear. The evening is also set to include numerous activities recognizing breast cancer survivors.
Beginning today, when fans order tickets to the night's 7 p.m. show, $5 from every ticket sold will be donated to Women Rock For The Cure. Tickets are available at (615) 871-OPRY and opry.com.
More news for LeAnn Rimes
- 05/10/21: Rimes, Tedeschi Trucks play MerleFest
- 08/11/15: Rimes sets Xmas tour
- 07/11/14: At the beach, Rimes gets into holiday spirit with CD, tour
- 06/04/13: Rimes returns with new CD
- 01/16/13: Rimes visits ET tonight, Kimmel upcoming
- 12/17/12: Rimes performs new single on Leno
- 08/30/12: Rimes opts for anxiety, stress treatment
- 07/22/11: Rimes breathes life into country classics
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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