Julie RobertsIF YOU GO¦ What: Julie Roberts with Cassidy Lynn, Caleb Thomasson, Jennifer Jordan, Jesse Black and Courtney Holder in concert.¦ When: 7 p.m. CDT Friday, April 4.¦ Where: Princess Theatre, 215 S. Cedar Ave, South Pittsburg, Tenn.¦ Admission: $15.¦ Phone: 423-942-2110.¦ Ticket outlets (all in Jasper, Tenn.): Jasper Elementary School, 495 Warrior Drive; Marion County Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Square; and First Volunteer Bank, 105 Betsy Pack Drive.
Country singer Julie Roberts earned Nashville’s attention in 2004 with the release of her self-titled debut CD and its Top 20 hit, “Break Down Here.” She followed up with “Men and Mascara,” in which the title track memorably warns that “men and mascara always run.”
After that, Roberts hit a rough patch with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and the loss of her home and car in the 2010 Nashville floods.
But in country music, hard times produce great songs. Case in point: the raves she’s won for her latest release, such as this review from TasteOfCountry.com:
“Julie Roberts has one of the more captivating country voices of the last 10 years. At times on her new album, ‘Good Wine & Bad Decisions,’ she pulls you in like a blue-eyed, blonde-haired Venus flytrap. The painful songs are every bit as satisfying as the more sensual moments.”