Wynonna Judd was a successful country act with mother Naomi between 1979 and 1991. When Naomi was diagnosed with a serious illness in 1991, she stopped singing. New Day Dawning has since been Wynonna's fifth solo album and, as usual with her, is not a purely country album. The music is a mixture of country with gospel, folk and rock influences with a few nice country ballads in between. Strong,
… mostly uptempo song material was chosen for this album, including the songs Going Nowhere, New Day Dawning and Lost Without You and rockers such as Chain Reaction, He Rocks and Tuff Enough, a cover of this hit by The Fabulous Thunderbirds. In songs like Help Me, a composition by Joni Mitchell and the hit-sensitive, sung in a Burt Bacharach atmosphere, Who Am I Trying To Fool, she slows down a bit. (CK)more
