The Broadway star and Country newcomer Kristin Chenoweth is returning to her Oklahoma roots with a low-budget music video for "Lessons Learned," the title track from her first country album "Some Lessons Learned," due next Tuesday, is comprised of 13 songs that cast the pint-sized blonde into a musical genre that makes perfect sense for her signature high pitch voice, which flows through different country factions effortlessly.Consider it one of the lessons she's learned, the new track may sound a tad familiar since it was included on Carrie Underwood's debut album, "Some Hearts." The 43-year-old star delivers everything she has on the cover rendition. It's about what we learn and how we learn and what we do with it. The Tony and Emmy award winning star is crooning about "some pages turned, some bridges burned, but there were lessons learned."
Throughout the soulful new video, her country-inflected performance of Diane Warren-penned ballad is blended with video footage in fields much like the ones near her hometown of Broken Arrow. Back in the recording studio, it's obvious that Chenoweth isn't ready to be chalked up as a passing train. She gives "Lessons Learned" all of the power and conviction you'd expect from someone who really had to be taught a thing or two. If there's one thing she has going for her, it's that she knows not to waste any time when it comes to getting country music to country fans.
Speaking of her album, Chenoweth says this record offers both the "good and frustrating, hard and wonderful" teachable moments she's had. "Look at my recording career and it's kind of funny. It's all so different!" says Chenoweth. "This album is more along the lines of what I grew up singing, like the music I sang in church in Oklahoma. When I was hired at nineteen to sing at Opryland in Nashville, that's what I wanted to do. I never anticipated my career going in all these great directions — which I'm grateful for! I'm finally getting to do what I want."
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