Rogers streams new disc
The album reunites Rogers with long-time friend and collaborator Dolly Parton for a new duet on the title track, You Can't Make Old Friends. "What a thrill it was for me to work again with my buddy, Dolly Parton, and what a special song," he said. "Working with Dolly is always a little like going home. Everything felt comfortable."
With Kyle Lehning, Warren Hartman and Dann Huff producing, the CD is Rogers' first country album since the release of "Water & Bridges" in 2006.
Songs on the CD are:
1. You Can't Make Old Friends (Duet With Dolly Parton)
2. All I Need Is One
3. You Had To Be There
4. 'Merica
5. Turn This World Around
6. Dreams Of The San Joaquin
7. Don't Leave Me In The Night Time (Featuring Buckwheat Zydeco)
8. Look At You
9. Neon Horses
10. When You Love Someone
11. It's Gonna Be Easy Now
More news for Kenny Rogers
- 04/02/20: CMT sponsors Rogers tribute benefit concert
- 03/21/20: Kenny Rogers dies at 81
- 07/19/17: Rogers announces last show; Parton to perform
- 07/18/16: Rogers announces final Xmas tour
- 04/13/16: Rogers starts final tour in May
- 07/13/15: It's Christmas time again for Rogers
- 09/30/14: Rogers announces holiday tour
- 12/20/13: Rogers charts for seven decades
CD reviews for Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers has aged well, perhaps because he was already prematurely grey back when he first entered the country music realm more years ago than he'd probably care to mention. He sings, with the help of old friend Dolly Parton, on this album's title track about how you can't make old friends. And disarmingly honest lines like, "Who's going to tell me the truth?" raise this song above being just another music buddy number. The only trouble with having Parton sing a ...
There seems to be a theme among country superstars. They work their way onto the scene, burn bright, hopefully keeping the flame alive for some time. Then as their career ebbs and flows and the hits stop coming as steadily as they used to, they find themselves sitting in a studio recording a gospel record. Granted, country and gospel have always been fine bedfellows, but it just seems to be a trend that signifies that one is nearing the end of their career.
"The Gambler" himself, Kenny ...
Kenny Rogers' first studio album in three years finds his gifts undiminished, with his voice resounding distinctively atop Dann Huff's country-tinged adult contemporary productions. The material sticks to the sort of contemplative mid-tempo numbers on which Rogers excels, and though the opening single (the power ballad "I Can't Unlove You") is lyrically pedestrian, there are songwriting riches to be found throughout.
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