by: JENNIFER CHANCELLOR - Tulsa World

With rowdy hits like "Heads Carolina, Tails California," "Bye, Bye," "Lesson in Leavin'," "That's the Way," "My Give a Damn's Busted" and "Biker Chick," country cowgirl Jo Dee Messina's proven that her kinetic kick can take down all doubters.

She'll round up her hits for a stellar one-night stand at RiverSpirit Casino's event center this weekend.

Since her music debut in the mid-1990s, her career has chronicled her life experiences - painful break-ups, liberating tell-offs, fulfillment, love and hope.

She's rough and tumble and full of spark, but making music has been a constant love of hers as long as she can remember.

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by Erin Duvall - The Boot

Jo Dee Messina has packed up the music room of her Franklin, Tenn. home and brought it on the road to set the tone of her new laid back, all-request tour. The stage set up includes a couch, two chairs, a coffee table, floor lamps, three curtains and four suspended window frames, which resemble those in the songstress' abode. Oh, and then there's a piano and four musicians with an array on instruments.

"I was in Florida and a fan said something to which I responded, 'That would hurt my feelings,'" Jo Dee explains to The Boot. "The girl said, 'You get your feelings hurt? I figured with 'Bye Bye' and 'Lesson in Leavin'' that nothing phases you.' It made me realize the fans know my music but they don't know me: the person. Let's invite them over and just talk back and forth."

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The Eagle 103.9 and Columbia Memorial Hospital present country star Jo Dee Messina performing live Saturday, Oct. 23. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m., at the Liberty Theater, 1203 Commercial St.

The "Music Room Series" concert is modeled after the music room in Messina's home, where she sings, writes and rehearses, and will include a simple stage with piano and a few backing musicians. Each show in the tour will be distinctive in that Messina will play songs old and new, take requests, answer questions and give fans a new insight into the stories behind the hits.

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BY AMY HOOD - OC Gazette

We caught up with the award-winning country songstress to talk about her new album “Love,” where she finds her inspiration, her current tour which stops at the Cerritos Center on October 16th, and what’s on her iPod right now. more!

By Carolyn Calvin - Navajo Times

Making a return appearance to Shiprock, country music star Jo Dee Messina will appear at 7 p.m. next Thursday, Oct. 14, at the Phil L. Thomas Performing Arts Center in Shiprock.

Messina is looking forward to performing for a community she connected with last year.

"I have great memories of Shiprock," she said. "Last year, we played the same night a football game was taking place. We had a great time and bonded with the community. We booked our show right there and then."
Before her show last year, Messina performed before a football game at Shiprock High School in tribute to brothers Marshall Alan Westbrook and Kenneth Westbrook, who lost their lives in separate incidents in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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