Beloved American singer Kenny Rogers passed away on Aug. 21, 2020. He was 81 and owed his worldwide fame to country and soft-pop songs such as The Gambler and Islands In The Stream. Life Is Like A Song is his first posthumous album featuring songs he recorded between roughly 2008 and 2011. Eight of the 10 songs appear here for the first time. Life Is Like A Song kicks off brightly with the country
… rocker Love Is A Drug. After that, things slow down considerably and we hear Rogers in his role of affected ballad singer, whether or not in duet with Dolly Parton, among others. Rogers sounds in great form, not shying away from the sob or the sentiment, but always believable in his carried recitations. Life Is Like A Song shows why he was among America's greatest country crooners. (MR)more
