![Jo Dee Messina's new single, "That's God," dropped Jan. 25, with a new CD, "Unmistakable," to come.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/hash/c5/a3/c5a326defc3a3254053011baee77c028.jpg "Jo Dee Messina's new single, "That's God," dropped Jan. 25, with a new CD, "Unmistakable," to come.")
It's been awhile since country fans have heard new sounds from Jo Dee Messina, but all that's about to change, thanks to the release of her brand-new single, "That's God," earlier this week.
Messina inked the song, which nicely shows off her signature voice, with keyboardist Brent Rader after she had an epiphany while taking her son on a walk at a majestic tour stop in Canada.
"That song really is my soul on a page,” Messina says. “My son Noah was 5 months old at the time, and we were walking down this path and could see this snow-capped mountain that was enormous, but you felt like you could just reach out and touch it. I looked at my son and that mountain and said, ‘That’s God.’”
Later that evening while on stage, Messina said she shared the story with her audience, then after the performance keysman Rader suggested they put that moment and feeling to song. The result is the first single from her forthcoming disc for Curb Records titled Unmistakable, a project she co-produced with veteran Paul Worley. (To sample Jo Dee's latest single, please click here.)
Since breaking onto the music scene in 1996, Messina has scored nine No. 1 country singles, sold more than five million records, received two Grammy nominations and secured various CMA and ACM awards. Her many hits include “Heads Carolina, Tails California,” “I'm Alright” and “Bye Bye,” not to mention "Bring On the Rain" (a duet with Tim McGraw) and and the Kostas-penned “Because You Love Me," to name a sampling.
For more info on Messina's upcoming tour dates, including ticket and concert details, as well as how to access her via Twitter, MySpace and Facebook pages, please visit her official Web site at www.JoDeeMessina.com.
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Comments
Jo Dee Messina is amazing! I hope Curb will finally get around to releasing her full length album. Curb is treating us fans very unfairly. This is the fourth single released with no album. What gives? Release the album and promote the crap out of it! The three prior singles to "That's God" are now nothing more than pointless promotion. Yes, it's true Jo Dee hasn't been on radio with a hit single for almost 5 years, but she is in no way shape or form OVER YET!!!!
Thank you for your wonderful article on Jo Dee's beautiful new single.
Hey, J:
Thank YOU for reading, and it's agreed that Jo Dee is far from over. With a voice like hers, she'll never be over, period. The new album will be co-produced by Jo Dee so perhaps the past singles were the label just "feeling out" fans and radio for a bit of direction. The album is coming this spring, I have been told. :)
Lisa
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