Nettles, Cash, Carpenter, Pardi offer music
Jennifer Nettles is one-half of Sugarland, but she's flying solo on "That Girl." Rick Rubin, who has worked with everyone from The Avett Brothers to Red Hot Chili Peppers produced Nettles, who at times is soulful.
Mary Chapin Carpenter utilizes a sixty-something piece orchestra from England for "Songs From the Movie." Carpenter reworks - slightly - 10 songs from her catalogue. None of the songs on the laidback, soft album were radio hits the first time around.
Rosanne Cash returns with "The River & The Thread," her first disc since 2009's "The List." The daughter of Johnny Cash again enlists husband John Leventhal to produce the 14 songs.
Jon Pardi is a newcomer with "Write You a Song" his debut release. The California native sings with a good amount of twang. He has a hit on his hands with "Up All Night." His first single, "Missin' You Crazy," reached the top 30.
More news for Jennifer Nettles
- 04/26/24: Rucker reworks "Never Been Over" with Nettles
- 04/09/21: Nettles finds songs "Always Like New"
- 04/12/18: Sugarland gets "Bigger"
- 09/19/16: Nettles plans "To Celebrate Christmas"
- 05/13/16: Nettles "Plays" with new label
- 12/03/15: Nettles releases new single
- 08/27/15: Nettles signs with Big Machine
- 08/13/15: Nettles joins Parton flick
CD reviews for Jennifer Nettles
Christmas is a season that calls into view that old adage that "bigger is always better." Bigger trees, bigger light displays, and bigger presents are, if we're being totally honest, always welcome. When it comes to the music, it's very much the same. While the quiet, jazz-tinged standards of Crosby or Cole go well over a hot cup of cocoa, few things get our holiday juices flowing like a big, joyous Christmas favorite. And who better to deliver those songs from her big ...
If you happened to hear Jennifer Nettles' debut solo record, "That Girl," you may have come away thinking that she was a frustrated torch singer. That effort was chock full of emotive ballads, which, while heartfelt, sure was missing a certain element of F-U-N.
Problem solved. From the opening sustain of gospel organ, Nettles storms out of the gate in a sensational tour-de-force. Everything about the record screams fearlessness, whether it's in the sweet abandon of the music ...
Fans tuning into Jennifer Nettles' solo debut "That Girl" expecting the same bouncy pop country she's become known for in Sugarland will be in for a big surprise. And while there will be some disappointed fans along the way, those with more open minds will find plenty to enjoy here.
Produced by Rick Rubin (Johnny Cash, Linkin Park, Adele), the record showcases a reinvented Nettles who, while maintaining her country roots on tracks like the honky tonk stomper Know You Wanna ...
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