Martina McBride: Anyway

Martina always such artistic quality and control to her voice. She knows what she wants to sound like and she knows how to do it. Most importantly, she knows how to do it well. It is very refreshing to listen to an artist who can sing loudly without sounding like she's pushing or straining her voice.
I love her "oo" vowels and the "ey" vowel, which is good since it's in this song a lot. Some of her vowels are very country, but she is very effective at singing country music without using all the twang typically associated with it.
Her breath is wonderful and you know she utilizes her air with great efficiency.

Martina McBride: "God Bless America"

Martina McBride singing "God Bless America".

This is the perfect example of a country singer singing a song that is not country.

"Beside", "guide" the first time she sings them are very country {I wish I could think of another way to describe what I hear}. However, the second time she sings them they are deeper and purer.

"prairies", "foam", "home" and "bless" are always very pure and lovely.

At about 2:30 - 2:40 in this song is a fantastic example of using the diaphragm and breath control in singing with a lot of volume and strength and quieting down. That is a great example of the breath energy principle.

Martina McBride: "I Just Call You Mine"

This is Martina McBride singing "I Just Call You Mine."

Pay attention to the words "home" and "known" and notice that the "oh" part of the word is nice and deep, very clear.

The words "mine",  "remind" and "I'm" have the country sounds to them, though, again, that is appropriate for the genre.

"Anything" is the hardest word to understand in this song because of the vowel.

I love the words "fix", "waiting" and "see" because the vowels are so defined. They are pure and there is no fudging. Also, "dream" and "seems" at the beginning are so pretty. They are most definitely "ee" vowels.

I love that.