Yearwood inks with Sony, new disc coming
Yearwood's 12th studio album, "PrizeFighter," will be released at an undetermined date. Yearewood will join The Garth Brooks World Tour as a special guest starting Sept. 4 at the Allstate Arena in Chicago.
""I can't even find the right words to express how excited I am to be releasing new music," said Yearwood. "I chose the title 'PrizeFighter' because it feels like an anthem for all of us. It's about fighting for what you believe in, and never giving up, even when it's hard. It's a message we all need to hear. I'm so looking forward to working with the amazing staff at Sony. Music is what feeds my soul, and I'm grateful to them for giving me the chance to share what I love."
Yearwood's last album, "Heaven Heartache and the Power of Love," was released in November 2007. The disc earned a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album. She also scored Grammy nominations for Best Female Country Vocal Performance ("This is Me You're Talking To") and Best Country Collaboration ("Let The Wind Chase You" featuring Keith Urban) from the album.
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CD reviews for Trisha Yearwood
Trisha Yearwood's reissue of 2019's "Every Girl" as a deluxe edition with three new songs makes sense on some level. Logistically, having the title track lead off instead of the somber "Workin' on Whiskey" on the original version sets a more pleasant tone. Plus the listener gets a taste of the new material quickly. "I Dare You To Love" is up in the number two spot. It is textbook Trisha in her heyday. The soft piano intro brings Adele's ...
Trisha Yearwood is better known these days for being on the Food Network for her cooking show and publishing cookbooks plus being Mrs. Garth Brooks than she is for her own recording career.
"Prizefighter" is a greatest hits collection plus with 10 hits and 6 new songs, going all the way back with her career song and debut single, "She's in Love With the Boy," which still resonates 23 years later. There are the upbeat ("XXXs and OOO's" and "Heaven, ...
The record label may have changed for Trisha Yearwood, but one thing that did not is her powerful voice. Yes, she can turn it on, demonstrating the depth of feeling (the uptempo "They Call It Falling for a Reason" by Jim Collins and Matraca Berg, who produced the song), but she is also not a Johnny one note either by overdoing it. Yearwood mixes it up between tender and strong within a few bars ("This Is Me You're Talking To" and particularly "The Dreaming Fields"). ...
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