McEntire, Yoakam release
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 – Two country veterans - Reba McEntire and Dwight Yoakam - are out with new albums today.
For McEntire, "Love Somebody" marks her debut as the flagship artist of the Nash Icon label, which is part of Big Machine. McEntire co-produced the disc with Tony Brown, James Stroud and Doug Sisemore and covers familiar territory about women and relationships. The first single is "Going Out Like That."
Yoakam is one of the few traditional country singers out there and returns with "Second Hand Heart," his first release since 2012's "3 Pears." Yoakam mixes it up between honky tonk, rockabilly and other sounds.
More news
- 11/06/24: Yoakam proclaims "I'll Pay The Price"
- 10/25/24: McEntire goes vinyl with "Keep On Loving You"
- 10/11/24: Reba finds her "Happy Place"
- 10/10/24: Yoakam unveils video with Post Malone
- 09/06/24: Yoakam forsees "Brighter Days"
- 07/27/24: McEntire shows she can with "I Can't" video
- 05/31/24: Bosko has "Heart Burn" with Yoakam
- 04/25/24: Reba named to host ACMs, again
CD reviews
Believe it or not, Dwight Yoakam is almost 70 years old. Yikes, but 'tis true. His first major label release, "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc, Etc," hit the scene in the mid-1980's. He made quite a splash on the country music scene back then, quickly gaining radio airplay and branching off into movies. Very quickly, he became the king of the southern California, post-Buck Owens, country-rock sound. He still wears that crown today.
His music and style really ...
It's so good to hear Reba McEntire's gospel album so soon after Carrie Underwood released the similar "My Savior." While Underwood's release may have been her country-ist album – ever, perhaps – McEntire has strayed far less often from her traditional music roots. With "My Chains Are Gone," McEntire gives us a selection of songs she – like Underwood – grew up singing. Therefore, she knows them all like the back of her hand, the way ...
The beauty of Reba McEntire's albums flows from her way with a phrase, knowing when to modulate to carry us deeper into sadness or joy and when to pull back when she wants us to listen quietly to the lessons of a tear falling. Her songs can also urge us to scamper across the dance floor to twin fiddles, celebrating the exhilarating freedom of the moment or the satisfaction of breakup from a messy relationship. This album follows the end of McEntire's marriage to her manager. ...
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