Katherine Nelson and The Nashville Tribute Band Concert

Born Brave

Artist: Katherine Nelson

Producer: Jason Deere

Released by: R Legacy Entertainment

Release Date: July 25, 2012

Format: CD & Digital Album

Reviewed by: Shanda

FTC FYI: I received a copy of the Born Brave CD and two free tickets to The Nashville Tribute Band concert in the Blogger Bag from the recent LDS Booksellers Association Convention

Review

Last night, my husband and I spent a pleasant evening at the Sandy Amphitheater enjoying the music performed by The Nashville Tribute Band. My husband travels a lot for work which complicates our weekly date night efforts. When I received the tickets to the concert I thought, “Eh, why not? It gets us out of the house.”

I vaguely remembered something about a tribute to Joseph Smith a few years back and though I’d never listened to it I figured since I enjoy most country music it might be a nice way to spend the evening. A few days after the LDSBA convention I put in the Born Brave CD from Katherine Nelson. The first song, “Born,” is upbeat and catchy. My first thought was that my fourteen-year-old daughter would probably really like this CD. Then I caught myself tapping my feet to the music. Okay, maybe not just her. (Click through to the blog post to watch the video.)

There are several songs like this on the CD, as well as some softer, more emotional songs. Katherine performed a number of songs from the album last night but “Emma” was the one I remembered most distinctly. It’s quickly becoming a favorite.

After Katherine performed a few of her songs, the rest of the group came on stage. Honestly, I had never heard of any of these people before, but by the end of the concert I was seriously impressed. Top on my post-concert to-do list was to check out the group Due West. While they are all great singers, Tim Gates’ voice singing “God is Good” won me over.

The little Scott girls came on stage to sing a couple of songs and though my hubby wouldn’t admit it to anyone else, he had to blink back tears when those cuties sang “Somewhere There’s a Mountain.” Okay, I did, too. (Note: hubby says that he almost cried. He’s such a guy. It’s okay to cry a little, hon. Right, ladies?)

The most unexpected part for me was when The Jets came out on stage. I didn’t know that The Jets were LDS until last night. My sister had their record when we were growing up.  (Yes, I said RECORD. They still had some of those around when we were little. Our favorite record was Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”)

It was refreshing to attend a concert where the performers openly share their testimonies through words and music. I’m grateful to R Legacy Entertainment for the free concert tickets and CDs from the LDSBA convention, and the chance to enjoy a night of excellent music by some talented musicians. I hope you’ll take the time to follow the links in this post and discover them for yourself.

Some of my favorite songs from last night (follow links to listen to previews on Amazon):

• “Born”
• “Emma”
• “Good is Good”
• “One Who Understands”