IT’S claimed that Nashville marketing people believe that audiences won’t buy a black female country album. So, Adrianna Freeman had to convince record company moguls otherwise when pitching her musical career.

She is about to prove the critics wrong, under the direction and production talents of Teddy Gentry, from the award-winning Alabama group, becasue she has just produced her first album. It is sheer class from the opening track, I Will Not Be Your Tennessee (released as the first single from the album), through to the fading refrain of There’s Gonna Be A Rainbow. The last track could be a fitting omen for Adrianna, because the album contains a mix of mid-tempo and gentle songs which show off her vocal range and quality.

Freeman’s debut album is released on the Musik and Film record label (musikandfilm.com) and is available from this week on her own site adriannafreeman.com. Apparently her grandfather had dreamed of being a country artist, as had her father Ed, the dream has now been passed on to Adrianna. Join me from Saturday on the American Connection Show on euvue.co.uk for a taster, as I’ll be playing three tracks in our Album Of The Week spot.