★★★★★
According to Maroon 5, "Nothing lasts forever." Yep, the pop band's simple lyric from an obscure non-single from sophomore album It Won't Be Soon Before Long is a perfect description for the longevity of popularity within the music industry. Another way to phrase it is that popularity wanes much like cotton candy melts in ones mouth. Bummer! For country superstar Martina McBride, sales haven't been nearly as electrifying as they once were...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-05-23
★★★★★
Martina McBride has one of the greatest natural vocal instruments in country music. Nobody argues with that assessment. Nevertheless, one could convincingly say McBride - like Faith Hill, to choose a handy example - doesn't always sing too much music obviously country. Instead, she oftentimes vocalizes songs with big, bright shiny pop arrangements...
- www.roughstock.com
2014-04-12
★★★★★
Different as they may appear on the surface, country music and soul have a great deal in common: talented vocalists who sing with feeling, impeccable songwriting and melodies that you can't shake, for starters. So while it may seem like a drastic change of course for Martina McBride to go soul on the new album Everlasting, it's really more of a slight left for the lady who hit us all in the gut with "A Broken Wing...
- www.countryweekly.com
2014-04-09
★★★★★
Martina McBride has one of those proverbial "could sing the phone book" voices.
Fortunately, the country star has chosen much richer material for her second covers album, "Everlasting.''
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After reverently dipping into the classic country songbook on 2005's "Timeless," the thematically similar "Everlasting" -- produced by Don Was and her first self-release on Vinyl Recordings -- finds the mighty-voiced McBride deftly tackling a clutch of pop, soul, and blues tunes...
- www.bostonglobe.com
2014-04-09
★★★★★
There's never been any doubt of Martina McBride's vocal ability. In fact, it's a great reason for why she became a country star to begin with...
- www.roughstock.com
2011-12-13
★★★★★
It's perfectly clear from the title where this album falls in Martina McBride's discography. But more than just driving home the not-at-all-small number of projects she has under her belt, this one arrives at a significant juncture in her career. Eleven is her first album since she parted ways with her longtime label and signed with a new one, and her first in the role of singer-songwriter...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2011-10-27
★★★★★
While she has retained her star status, most of the musical output from Martina McBride has felt stifled and boring (aside from the fun "Timeless" cover album) and more or less lacking in direction. With this in mind Martina decided to work with a new producer for the first time in her career. Trading Paul Worley for Dann Huff, Martina set about to make "Shine" an album that would rival her early records and "Timeless," a record she self-produced...
- roughstock.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Martina McBride's aural Christmas card, White Christmas puts aside the country fiddles and guitars, and goes for the lush, nostalgic '60s sound of Ray Conniff. While "O Holy Night" proves a mite challenging for this pop warbler, McBride imbues most of these 10 traditional classics with lustrous goodwill and infectious holiday bounce. Warmer than a three-log fire.
- ew.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
Is newcomer MartinaMcBride the next Trisha Yearwood? As with Yearwood's platinumdebut, McBride's The Time Has Come features a duet ("Cheap Whiskey") with GarthBrooks, who has further supported her career by offering her theopening spot on his upcoming tour...
- ew.com
2010-08-27
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