Comments on: Slant’s Jonathan Keefe on the new Trisha Yearwood

By: Leeann

Leeann — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:26:37 +0000

Trisha clearly has the best voice in country music, I heartily agree. I loved this review of the album. I wish she wrote music, but at least she seems to feel the songs that sings, even if she can’t write them.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:44:46 +0000

Paul,

I’m with you 100% on Connie Smith, but I’ve just not ever been a fan of Vincent’s, though I do think she obviously has a great country voice. That said, I’m only familiar with a relatively small percentage of her material– the occasional videos she’s had on CMT, and All American Bluegrass Girl, which I didn’t much care for at all. So I think I may just not have heard her best material. Can you recommend some tracks or albums of hers for me to check out?

Also: what do you think of Cia Cherryholmes? I’ve been watching a bunch of Cherryholmes’ videos on YouTube, and she’s a real powerhouse singer with a tone and dead-on sense of pitch similar to Vincent’s.

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:52:17 +0000

Purchased this album yesterday – typical Trisha Yearwood album in the sense that the vocals are excellent, the songs good (but not great) , and the backing not quite as country as I’d like it to be (I despise the sound of an electric organ) – 4 to 4.5 stars

Trisha Yearwood is the best of today’s female vocalists and probably has only Rhonda Vincent and Connie Smith as peers, ever, in the genre

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:40:54 +0000

Kevin,

I always appreciate a nice plug… especially since I receive around a 1:4 ratio of positive comments to hatemail. Seriously: thanks!

And, of course, I’ll say again that, as much as your breadth of coverage, it’s the quality of your writing– and the fact that your opinions reflect a different perspective on contemporary country than, say, the CMT message boards– that makes Countryuniverse a daily must-read for me. And I still wouldn’t have known about Rhinestoned if not for this site.

As for Trisha: she knocked it out of the park on this one, didn’t she? I have Little Big Town and Josh Turner reviews still to write, but I’m having a hard time giving them much time in the CD player because of Trisha’s album.