Martina McBride is recognized as one of the greatest voices in country music today, but record companies seem to be more interested in promoting the newcomers than those with proven talent.
McBride recorded for RCA Nashville for 17 years, putting out nine studio albums, before moving to Republic Nashville in 2011 for the album Eleven. Even though that set peaked at 4 on the country and 10 on the pop album charts, McBride has decided to start her own label which will be distributed through Kobalt.
Martina’s first project will be Everlasting, an album covering songs from 1955 to 2010. Among the songs that have been announced are Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (Aretha Franklin), If You Don’t Know Me By Now (Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Simply Red), What Becomes of the Broken Hearted (Jimmy Ruffin) and Bring It On Home to Me (Sam Cooke) on which she duets with Gavin DeGraw.
McBride said of the album “These songs have beautiful melodies and emotional lyrics, which is basically all you can ask for as a singer. While this is a bit of a departure for me song-wise, stylistically I approached these songs the way I always have which is singing with as much soul and emotion as I possibly can. I think my fans will love this record because they are some of the best songs of all time done in a very classic style. I’m so excited for them to hear it and to take this record, complete with a horn section, on the road in the spring.”
The singer previously released an all cover album in 2005 with Timeless which saw her sticking to mostly country songs including You Win Again, Rose Garden, Satin Sheets and Make the World Go Away.
Don Was is producing Everlasting. Release is scheduled for March 4.
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