Reba's still got it
Dual-career diva keeps red-hot concert presence
By Shirley Jinkins
GRAND PRAIRIE -- Veteran country star Reba McEntire has had enough distractions from her music career during the past few years -- the lead in a little thing on Broadway called Annie Get Your Gun and a little thing on TV titled Reba.
Don't think any of that has taken away her edge. Reba's Saturday night concert at Nokia Theatre was as lean and powerful as ever, heavy on new material and her vintage hits.
With tousled red hair, lean black pants and a sequined top, this was Reba without some of the over-the-top stuff of past concert tours.
It was both comforting and invigorating to hear songs like Whoever's in New England and You Lie, not to mention The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia and The Greatest Man I Never Knew.
Her new material, from the Room To Breathe album, was not a departure from those signature hits.
Somebody and I'm Gonna Take That Mountain were imbued with Reba's optimistic, take-on-the-world spirit. Love Revival had a rousing gospel hook.
A mother's sentimental tune about her son, He Gets That From Me, was tender and funny.
Reba's fans haven't lost their edge either. The theater was packed with an excited throng of her faithful, jumping and shouting as though it were 1985.
The opening act, a trio named Sugarland, was particularly worth the time. Lead singer Jennifer Nettles has a strong, slightly folky voice well-suited to the group's recently recorded songs, Baby Girl, Twice the Speed of Life and Stand Back Up.
GRADE: A
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By Shirley Jinkins
GRAND PRAIRIE -- Veteran country star Reba McEntire has had enough distractions from her music career during the past few years -- the lead in a little thing on Broadway called Annie Get Your Gun and a little thing on TV titled Reba.
Don't think any of that has taken away her edge. Reba's Saturday night concert at Nokia Theatre was as lean and powerful as ever, heavy on new material and her vintage hits.
With tousled red hair, lean black pants and a sequined top, this was Reba without some of the over-the-top stuff of past concert tours.
It was both comforting and invigorating to hear songs like Whoever's in New England and You Lie, not to mention The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia and The Greatest Man I Never Knew.
Her new material, from the Room To Breathe album, was not a departure from those signature hits.
Somebody and I'm Gonna Take That Mountain were imbued with Reba's optimistic, take-on-the-world spirit. Love Revival had a rousing gospel hook.
A mother's sentimental tune about her son, He Gets That From Me, was tender and funny.
Reba's fans haven't lost their edge either. The theater was packed with an excited throng of her faithful, jumping and shouting as though it were 1985.
The opening act, a trio named Sugarland, was particularly worth the time. Lead singer Jennifer Nettles has a strong, slightly folky voice well-suited to the group's recently recorded songs, Baby Girl, Twice the Speed of Life and Stand Back Up.
GRADE: A
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