Reba McEntire didn't write "From the Inside Out," a standout song from her new Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope album, but it's autobiographical just the same. The crying, the screaming, the dark despondency, the isolation ... it's all very real. It's all very Reba.
Thirty of country music's biggest artists have joined together with record labels, country radio and the Country Music Association for an ambitious new song and video titled "Forever Country," in honor of the 50th annual CMA Awards.
Country music is as American as football / apple pie / insert-any-other-cliche-phrase-here, so it makes sense that, from time to time, the genre's artists would don some patriotic clothing.
Reba McEntire is now managing her own career. After 25 years with Narvel Blackstock, the pair have split professionally in addition to personally. McEntire and Blackstock divorced in 2015.
Reba McEntire really is the hardest working woman in country music. The legend grew up in a rancher's household, meaning she often got more done before sunrise than some do in a week. There were some jobs that weren't for the squeamish ... OK, there's one job in particular that will make a city boy squirm, but during this episode of 'You Think You Know Country?' you'll see how holding a bucket led to holding several CMA and ACM Awards.