McEntire, Rimes release new sounds
Thursday, February 2, 2017 – Reba McEntire returns with a two-disc release of faith, while LeAnn Rimes strays far from her country roots in new releases out today.
McEntire put out "Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope," which contains the familiar standards, such as "I'll Fly Away," "Oh Happy Day" and "How Great Thou Art" along with contemporary songs.
Rimes is on a new label for her, Thirty Tigers, for "Remnants." The disc showcases Rimes' vocals, but is more of a pop album than anything resembling country. The disc came out overseas last fall. She leads off with a cover of "The Story" by Brandi Carlile.
Gurf Morlix is back with his ninth solo disc, "The Soul & The Heal." He sings a bluesy type of Americana. Morlix is best known as having produced and played for Lucinda Williams.
More news for Reba McEntire
- 10/04/25: McEntire celebrates 30th anniversary of "Starting Over"
- 05/20/25: McEntire trailblazes with new song
- 10/25/24: McEntire goes vinyl with "Keep On Loving You"
- 10/11/24: Reba finds her "Happy Place"
- 07/27/24: McEntire shows she can with "I Can't" video
- 04/25/24: Reba named to host ACMs, again
- 01/18/24: McEntire named to sing national anthem at Super Bowl
- 10/06/23: Old Dominion, Rucker, Reba release new projects
CD reviews for Reba McEntire
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. ...
Reba McEntire's "My Kind of Christmas," is essentially the same album, with the same title, she released a while back through Cracker Barrel. The project is mostly comprised of the country Wonder Woman's strong singing voice, backed by acoustic piano. The new wrinkle in this expanded edition, though, is a bevy of guest vocalists. These guest spots are so good, it's worth the extra bucks to get the full package.
Reba is joined by the dynamic husband and wife team, Vince ...
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