By Deborah Evans Price, Woman’s World | When country music legend Anne Murray decided to retire 17 years ago, the four-time Grammy winner had no idea she would return to the top of the charts in 2025, but thanks to a very persistent fan, her new album, Here You Are, hit No. 1 on the Canadian Country Charts and No. 8 on the U.S. Country Chart.
“It all happened because of a guy named Lynn Holt, who came to see me for the first time in Las Vegas when he was 15 with his parents,” Murray tells Woman’s World. Holt, now in his fifties, encouraged Murray to release her undiscovered gems. “He was a dog on a bone. He wasn’t letting it go. It’s such a blessing. The fact that I got an album out of songs that I thought were gone forever is remarkable.”
Dressed in jeans, a blue and white striped shirt and pale pink sneakers, Murray sits smiling in a suite at Nashville’s famed Opryland Hotel. It’s been a few years since she’s been to Music City and she comments on how much the airport has changed-“That airport! Oh my Lord!”
She’s in town for The Music of My Life: An All Star Tribute to Anne Murray, a special tribute at the Grand Ole Opry House featuring Trisha Yearwood, Collin Raye, Martina McBride, k.d. lang, Kathy Mattea, Lorrie Morgan, Pam Tillis, Shenandoah, The Gatlin Brothers, Victoria Shaw, Michelle Wright and others performing such Murray classics as “Shadows in the Moonlight,” “You Needed Me,” “Could I Have this Dance,” “A Love Song,” “I Just Fall in Love Again,” “Danny’s Song,” “Snowbird” and “A Little Good News.”
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