Martina McBride and Train to Cross Paths -- Country Hound, 11/15

On Saturday, November 20 for the first time ever, country star Martina McBride and award winning rock band Train will come together to showcase and collaborate their musical abilities on CMT Crossroads: Train and Martina McBride at 8 p.m. ET/PT.  This will be McBride’s second appearance on Crossroads, her first in 2003 with Pat Benatar.

Train has been making their tracks on music history over the past 15 years since their formation in San Francisco in 1994.  They have had a Grammy-winning song, “Drops of Jupiter,” as well other hits that have traveled along the charts, such as “Meet Virgina,” “Calling All Angels,” and their most recent, “Hey, Soul Sister.”  Train, now on their fifth album entitled “Save Me San Francisco” is channeling their earlier moments as a band, which has made the band stronger on the charts and as a band.  This album and closeness also follows a three-year hiatus.  “Hey, Soul Sister” is currently the biggest single download in Columbia Records’ history as well as the biggest selling single of 2010.

McBride has a string of experience on her resume as well, that undoubtedly makes her a force to be reckoned with in the country music world and beyond.  McBride is a four-time winner of CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, has sold over 18 million albums, 24 Top 10 singles – six of them being number one hits – and has won a prestigious Grammy Award.  While she is a recording artist, songwriter, producer and concert entertainer, she has made a slew of appearances on VH1 Divas with Jordin Sparks, Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, Oprah, the Today Shows’ “Today Throws a Wedding,” Private Sessions, the Bachelorette, a 20/20 special as well as many, many more. McBride has been hailed for her beauty and fashion sense, and has also been featured on the covers of Redbook, Shape, and others of the like. However, her most proud honor is to be a wife and mother of three girls.  Several of McBride’s hits include the I-am-woman-hear-me-roar songs including “This One’s for the Girls,” as well as the inspiring “Independence Day,” and “Ride.”  Her latest album, “Shine,” has played no exception to her chart-topping ways.

Train and McBride will bring their southern roots mixed with high energy, rock-and-roll and a whole lot of soul to the Nashville stage, which was will be taped in front of an invitation-only audience.  Performances will include McBride’s hits such as “Wrong Baby Wrong,” as well as “A Broken Wing.”  As for Train, their songs “Marry Me,” “Hey, Soul Sister,” and “Drops of Jupiter” are sure to be on the list.  The show will premiere Saturday, November 20 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CMT.