Trisha Yearwood
Billy Currington
8 PM
Wenesday, August 2nd
Ravinia Pavilion
200 Ravinia Park Road
$40, $15 (lawn)

Georgia native Trisha Yearwood initially rose to fame as a protegee of Garth Brooks in the early 90’s, but quickly staked out her own identity as a rising pop/country star. Her music is influenced largely by Elvis Presley and choral groups, as well as Garth Brooks. 2001’s “Inside Out” included the hit single “I Would’ve Loved You Anyway.” Her newest album, entitled, “Jasper County,” came out in 2005.

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Trisha Yearwood’s fourth album leaves its often-spotty predecessors in the dust. After two lighter-weight opening tracks–the title cut and the smash “XXX’s and OOO’s (An American Girl),” both of which topped the country charts–Yearwood settles into her moodiest set of songs yet. Most perfectly delivered is “You Can Sleep While I Drive”; here, Yearwood tones down the overkill of Melissa Etheridge’s original to stress the lyrics’ complex mesh of aching resignation. Similarly, “Those Words We Said” and her version of Tammy Wynette’s “Till I Get It Right” are near-great vocal performances–not just on the technical side, but in the arena where the subtleties of true emotion meet topflight material. Even the requisite tough-girl offerings, “The Restless Kind” and “I Wanna Go Too Far,” fit perfectly into this portrait of a smart, modern countrypolitan woman. –Rickey Wright