MARTINA MCBRIDE QUOTES

“There’s nobody else in country packing as much musical and emotional range into a single arena show as Martina. When she gets the audience rocking out to stylistically dissimilar Loretta Lynn and Pat Benatar covers, you can believe both those powerhouses were real influences. And in an era when the word diva is nearly synonymous with hokum, there’s no other major female singer in any genre right now, not even Streisand, who can deliver such big showcase ballads while making every emotion feel honest and earned. It’s the rare concert that really feels like a full course.”

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Creative Artist Agency's Rod Essig. "She is one of the best entertainers in any genre now and deserves all of the respect that comes with this honor. "

Lon Helton of Country Aircheck writes, "Martina McBride showed she's elbowing Chesney, McGraw, Urban, Reba, et al, for a spot at this format's top entertainers' table. We've all known for a long time that Martina has one of the best voices in the business. She brings down the house with as much passion and emotion as I've heard any artist bring to a song. She now works the stage and the crowd as well as anyone and has joined the ranks of this format's top entertainers.

"Words can't describe. I've seen her 6 or 7 times over the years, but nothing like this...Some people stood outside the coliseum for an hour just talking about the show," praises WUSJ-FM program director Russ Williams.

"McBride demonstrated again last night...her credentials as a highly entertaining performer are impeccable."

Richmond Times

"The First Lady of the Tyson Events Center returned to Sioux City Friday night and rallied the faithful with a show so big it barely fit in the building. The new Reba, she earned the tilting video screens, the revolving lights and the platform that lifted her to the stage. But, the truth be told, McBride is one of the very few who could entertain without the props, without the band and without the gimmicks."

Sioux City Journal

"McBride owned the stage from her first note, leaving the thousands of fans in attendance feeling like she was singing only to them."

Norfolk Daily News

"From one tune to another, McBride morphed from a honky-tonk queen, to a tough rocker to a pure-pop diva... When she leaps into her upper register and milks a note for every possible ounce of emotion - it's guaranteed to get a crowd on its feet."

Newsday

"McBride is one of the artists who can raise the hair on the back of your neck with the vocal power that emanates from her diminutive frame."

Toledo Blade News

"The lady from Sharon, Kansas is one of the best singers in popular music. Several times she ignited long, loud and sincere cheers after showing off her considerable vocal skills - a notable feat in a place like Kemper Arena."

Kansas City Times

"McBride blew away the fans at the Times Union Center."

Albany Times Union

Throughout the 90-plus minute set, McBride and her band proved to fans what a great show was all about.
McBride's concerts showcase what she is all about, which is a powerful voice…McBride rises to the top of that pack. Her voice is so naturally powerful that it will be hard for any other country talent to take her crown.

The Everett Herald

Martina McBride possesses the most powerful set of pipes of any woman in contemporary country music…

San Francisco Chronicle

Several times she ignited long, loud and sincere cheers after showing off her considerable vocal skills — a notable feat in a place like Kemper Arena.

Kansas City Times

With a voice as smooth as satin and as powerful as dynamite, McBride owned the stage from her first note, leaving the thousands of fans in attendance feeling like she was singing only to them.

-Norfolk Daily News

Blessed with the kind of technically flawless yet powerfully emotive voice, McBride is a performer who can buff even the most pedestrian song to a high shine.

–The Boston Globe

The gal could sing circles around more than 90 percent of her peers across the board of contemporary music, a fact she repeatedly drove home to Lowell’s packed Tsongas Arena Saturday night.

–Boston Herald

McBride's voice is honey-sweet and stunningly pure, and when she leaps into her upper register and milks a note for every possible ounce of emotion.

–Newsday

McBride's concert is pure, solid musicianship in every sense without resorting to the on-stage histrionics that are so much a part of today's live concerts. At the end of the day, she delivers the goods -- flawlessly and beautifully -- even when she starts the day in New York City.

–Post Gazette

Her voice remains one of the wonders of contemporary pop music. As powerful as it is on CD, it’s that much more powerful live.
The possessor of one of those rare voices that just gets bigger and stronger as it increases in volume, McBride doesn’t sing what she doesn’t feel. She may be incapable of that. That’s the blessing of her talent.

– –The Phoenix

…it was clear this entertainer had the vocal range to match her star billing.

–The Republican