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Wynonna Judd joining Little Big Town for Colorado Springs show

Wynonna Judd joining Little Big Town for Colorado Springs show

Ever since she debuted alongside her mother, Naomi Judd, in the duo The Judds, Wynonna Judd has been known as a country artist. But those who have delved into her solo albums or see her in concert recognize that there’s also a good bit of soul and rock ‘n’ roll in her singing and her music. That is true of both her headlining shows and dates on a bill with Little Big Town this summer.

“I think all my musical backgrounds are coming through the songs all the time,” Judd said in a mid-July interview.

“When I do this show, I will be focused on all those different musical influences. It’s the greatest hits tour. It’s all about the music.”

Judd will perform Saturday with Little Big Town and Shelby Lynne at Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs.

Her career-spanning show is split between songs from her solo career like “No One Else on Earth,” “Girls With Guitars” and “To Be Loved By You” and classics by the Judds.

“I was 18 years old when our first song came out, ‘Mama, He’s Crazy.’ It was number one in 1984,” Judd said. “Now I’m singing it as a 61-year-old grandmother.”

Judd’s also working on new music, a process that along with performing the old songs and her faith has sustained her through a turbulent time in her life.

“The last two years have been really crazy, and I’ve been trying to find my way through all of it, and the music just keeps me believing and hoping,” she said.

“I’m trying to do something that’s purposeful, turning my pain into purpose, going in the studio and working on my latest record with (her husband) Cactus Mosier.

“He and I wrote it focused on the present moment and really trying hard not to stay stuck in the past or looking to the future, but just really trying to enjoy now,” Judd said.

“That’s been what’s gotten me through honestly, and I have an incredible team of people that are around me that encourage me and support me, and we have our Bible study every week, and we have our moments of praying and just hoping that something (good happens).”

But, as she repeatedly emphasized, at its heart, her live show isn’t about her or which songs she chooses to perform.

“It’s all about the fans,” Judd said. “Nothing else matters in that moment when I step out on that stage and I step into the light, literally and figuratively, I feel renewed. It’s the darndest thing. It’s the most wonderful feeling in the world.”

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