ANNE WILSON - God & Country - Capitol CMG

With “Rain In The Rearview,” Anne Wilson began teasing her crossover appeal by blurring the lines of her uber successful CCM roadmap with that of her country kissed roots, impacting radio with solid rotation while dipping her toes into the waters of her next exciting chapter.

The Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter has now officially embraced those blurred lines with the announcement of her new album, REBEL, and has simultaneously gifted her fans with her next single, “God & Country.”

The song, written by Wilson, Jeff Pardo, Matthew West, and Trannie Anderson, acts as an introduction for those who are just discovering the incredibly talented songstress, while opening a shoebox full of Polaroids that tell the story of how she was raised.

Through its toe-tapping melody and her addictively intriguing vocal, Wilson shares of being brought up down the middle of Kentucky country and church pew Sunday, telling of how her mama put a Bible in her hands, her daddy put those same hands in the dirt, and how she found the truth somewhere between the lyrics of her granddad’s vinyl records and the Word that the preacher taught.

Raising a smiled nod to who she is today because of how it was back then, she confidently holds strong to both sides of her personality as she opens the biography page of her diary, singing through the anthem laced chorus:

“I’m hallelujah hands high, and friends in low places

Red, white, and blue and red-letter pages

Back row pew and front seat Ford

New King James and old king George

I’m washed in the water and mud on the tires

I’m Friday night lights and Sunday morning choir

I’m prayers up to heaven, roots down in Kentucky

Made by God & country”

But as she segues from CCM to country, she also endearingly never loses sight of what’s most important…GOD!  Adding an additional layer of depth to her own story, her beliefs in the second verse become a heartfelt reminder that it can always be well within our souls if we keep our eyes looking up and our feet on our hometown, holy ground.

With an amazing list of CCM accolades already filling her resume and fusing together with the out of the gate, country radio success of “Rain In The Rearview,” Anne Wilson is blazing a very important trail that not only bridges the gap between both sonic sounds, but also injects a positivity to a much wider audience who is clamoring for hope.    

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis/Photo Artwork by: Robby Klein)

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