My Savior

Songs of faith have long been part of Carrie Underwood’s live repertoire, frequently making their way into the country superstar’s touring sets and special appearances. With My Savior, Underwood releases her first studio gospel album, pulling together 13 of her favourite hymns and faith-based songs and reimagining them as her own. Tracks include spiritual staples like “Amazing Grace” and “How Great Thou Art”, as well as reprisals of some of Underwood’s best-loved live performances, like a studio version of “Softly and Tenderly”, which she famously performed at the 2017 CMA Awards following the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting. Underwood co-produced My Savior with David Garcia, a Dove Award-winning songwriter and producer who also co-produced Underwood’s 2018 LP Cry Pretty. Gospel legend CeCe Winans joins Underwood on "Great Is Thy Faithfulness”, lending her widely beloved voice to the hymn’s second verse. Across My Savior, Underwood, who also arranged each song, explores a number of musical styles, showing that her reach extends far beyond country music. Below, Underwood walks Apple Music through several of the album’s key tracks. Jesus Loves Me; Nothing but the Blood of Jesus “‘Jesus Loves Me’ is one of the first songs I remember singing as a little girl, and now my own kids love to sing it. It’s just pure and simple and sweet, and felt like the perfect way to introduce this album, with the legendary Buddy Greene on harmonica. ‘Nothing but the Blood of Jesus’ is another song that is really special to me. It’s traditionally a bit slow, but my co-producer David Garcia and I wanted to give it some tempo and movement. From the moment we decided to record it for the album, we heard Bear [Rinehart]’s voice on it. The fact that we actually got to have his voice on harmonies is a thrill for me.” Great Is Thy Faithfulness (feat. CeCe Winans) “CeCe is simply gospel royalty. Her voice is a gift from God and she is like a ray of sunshine when she walks into the room. The m