CD Reviews: Tracy Lawrence, Ronnie Milsap and Collin Raye

Tracy Lawrence
Up To Him (Single)
Rocky Comfort Records

Taken from his new album, The Rock, written by David Kent and Tim Johnson, Tracy Lawrence delivers a message that fits with our current economic times with all the worry about job security. Lawrence has built his career on performing songs with messages and lyrics with meaning, and this is no exception.
This is a very powerful and emotional song, recognizing that life does not always deliver an easy path. Believing in faith and hope, along with a spiritual guidance, is who Tracy Lawrence is as an artist, husband and father, and his music reflects this personal side on this project.

“In a time when our social and political climate is in disbelief and the overall mood of the country is in despair, the music is hopeful and bright. In life, timing is everything. This project came along at the perfect time in my life; it was the right time for me to record it and it’s the right time for the music to be heard.” Tracy Lawrence.

For more information on Tracy Lawrence check out www.tracylawrence.com or www.myspace.com/tracylawrence.

Ronnie Milsap
Then Sings My Soul
EMI / Starsong Music

Ronnie Milsap is already a household name, a Country legend and six time Grammy Award winner. Country music and Gospel music have always had a close relationship criss-crossing with lyrics and melodies over the years. This is the first time Milsap is putting together an entire project comprising of traditional hymns and all time gospel favorites.

A two CD set with twenty-four songs to inspire and bring the listener back to basics. No one delivers true lyrics and music like Ronnie Milsap. Listeners will no doubt find themselves singing along with these songs as these favorites are still as good today as they were when they were first written.

Disc 1
1. I’ll Fly Away
2. How Great Thou Art
3. Soon And Very Soon
4. Farther Along
5. Amazing Grace
6. Stand By Me
7. Up To Zion
8. World Of Wonder
9. In The Garden
10. Just A Closer Walk To Thee
11. Peace In The Valley
12. Have Thine Own Way

Disc 2
1. Swing Down Chariot
2. Precious Memories
3. Rock Of Ages
4. People Get Ready
5. Softly And Tenderly
6. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
7. What A Difference You’ve Made In My Life
8. Jesus Was All I Had
9. It Is No Secret
10. The Old Ragged Cross
11. Holy, Holy, Holy
12. The Lord’s Prayer

For more information on Ronnie Milsap please visit www.ronniemilsap.com or www.myspace.com/ronniemilsap.

Collin Raye
Never Going Back
Time Life

This is the album Collin Raye always wanted to do. A project that makes the artist want to jump from the recording studio right onto a stage with a live audience, performing each song just as it was recorded with no over-dubs or studio fancy work. This CD is truly a reflection of the artist.

This is one of those CDs you smile as you listen to and get lost in the song because it feels as though you are listening to the artist sing it right out of the speakers and directly to you. “Without You”  was a hit when it was originally released by Badfinger in the seventies, and Raye collaborated on this duet with Susan Ashton to give it new life today. “Mid-Life Chrysler” will have you up and singing along to an upbeat song bringing smiles to the faces of those who have been there. Raye's favorite, which is admittedly mine as well, is “She’s With Me.” He wrote this song for his granddaughter who suffers from an unknown neurological medical condition, and without a doubt, the song reflects the love from his heart and soul and will touch everyone who listens.

1. Never Going Back
2. Take Care Of You
3. Don’t Tell Me You’re Not In Love
4. Without You (with Susan Ashton)
5. Mid-Life Chrysler
6. You Get Me
7. Where It Leads
8. The Cross
9. Stuck In The Middle With You
10. The Only Jesus
11. I Love You This Much
12. She’s With Me

For more information on Collin Raye visit www.collinraye.com or www.myspace.com/collinraye.