Beth Nielsen Chapman has been a noted songwriter since the 1980s. Her compositions have been covered by dozens of artists including Faith Hill, Willie Nelson, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Alabama, Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, Waylon Jennings, and Tanya Tucker among others.\u00a0 Her own albums are more adult contemporary, veering toward a folk approach upon occasion.<\/p>\n
Chapman\u2019s past albums have been laidback affairs. Listening to her subtle approach is always a relaxing experience as the simple melodies and incisive lyrics wash over you. There has been a consistency to her releases in the past, which makes her new album so interesting and ultimately one of the strongest of her career. <\/p>\n
Uncovered <\/i>is primarily an album of duets, which itself is not unique. She covers many of her songs that were sung by other artists. Many are changed in tempo and format, and when combined with her choice of partners, takes her outside of her past comfort zone with excellent results. <\/p>\n
\u201cHere We Are\u201d was originally covered by Alabama but now she and partner Vince Gill transfer it to an up-tempo tune with a little bite curtesy of Gill\u2019s guitar. Chapman displays a good vocal range as she brings this country song close to rock \u2018n\u2019 roll. It is melodic, catchy, and emerges as one of the better performances of her career. <\/p>\n
One of the better pairings is Jesse Colter-Jennings and Duane Eddy on \u201cSweet Love Shine.\u201d The duet between the two women has sweetness to it, but the treat is Eddy\u2019s signature twangy guitar rumbling underneath.<\/p>\n
\u201cPray\u201d with Amy Grant and Muriel Anderson and \u201cMaybe That\u2019s All It Takes\u201d with Darrell Scott are ballads that have become part of her concert act for decades. The duet partners, however, shed new light on the songs and reveal different textures.<\/p>\n
Her best known composition, \u201cThe Kiss,\u201d made famous by Faith Hill is presented by a threesome including Ruth Trimble and Edith Paterson. Add in \u201cSimple Things\u201d with Kim Carnes, \u201cFive Minutes\u201d with Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan, and the girl power finale of \u201cAlmost Home\u201d with Gretchen Peters, Suzi Bogguss, and Matraca Berg\u00a0 and you have a consistently excellent album.<\/p>\n
Beth Nielsen Chapman has taken a different path with Uncovered <\/i>and produced one of the signature albums of her career. If you want to hear her stretch vocally and reinterpret some of her own compositions, then this album will be a treat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":31799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8589],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-43515","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-beth-nielsen-chapman","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=43515"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=43515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}