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by Robert L. Doerschuk
On his second gospel album, Rise and Shine, Randy Travis professes his faith within a traditional/contemporary Nashville setting. As steel guitars keen and fiddles whine, he delivers the message clearly, in his familiar unforced, relaxed style. Aside from &Everywhere We Go,& a rousing call to resist secular efforts to &take your Commandments off the schoolhouse walls,& these songs generally stick to the rusticities long associated with country Christianity, with evocations of Mama and fishin', a whiff or two of brimstone, and unsubtle wordplay (&The Son/sun's gonna rise and shine&). The music is appropriately sentimental, though the slow-drag, saloon shuffle of &I'm Ready& sounds a lot more like Saturday night than Sunday morning. It adds up to a strong performance, presented with flawless studio clarity and persuasive, understated feeling.