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<p class="nnaText_text"><a href="http://www.sherylcrow.com/" title="Sheryl Crow">Sheryl Crow</a> will return Feb. 5 with her next <a href="http://www.interscope.com/" title="Interscope Records">A&;M/Interscope</a> album, &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FDetours-Sheryl-Crow%2Fdp%2FB0010IOAKW%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dmusic%26qid%3D1200606892%26sr%3D1-1&;tag=drunkenhill05-20&;linkCode=ur2&;camp=1789&;creative=9325">Detours</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=drunkenhill05-20&;l=ur2&;o=1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important" border="0" height="1" width="1" />.&#8221; The first single, &#8220;Shine Over Bayblon,&#8221; is at iTunes now. Crow <a href="http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003571637">told Billboard.com</a> this summer that the song &#8220;is very environmentally conscious, in the tradition of <a href="http://www.bobdylan.com" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>.&#8221;<br clear="none" /> <br clear="none" /><img src="http://www.billboard.com/billboard/photos/art/c/crow_sheryl_06l.gif" title="Country Music News Blog - Sheryl Crow" alt="Country Music News Blog - Sheryl Crow" align="left" height="153" hspace="6" vspace="6" width="220" />&#8220;I&#8217;m really encouraging artists to write about what&#8217;s going on, because we seem to be very distracted by some lightweight topics,&#8221; she added. I think it&#8217;s time to start writing about the reality of what&#8217;s around us.&#8221;<br clear="none" /> <br clear="none" />In additional comments on her <a href="http://www.sherylcrow.com/" target="new">Web site</a>, Crow describes the single as &#8220;an every way a desperate cry for understanding. Perhaps it is even a battle song in the face of fear.&#8221;<br clear="none" /> <br clear="none" />&#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FDetours-Sheryl-Crow%2Fdp%2FB0010IOAKW%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dmusic%26qid%3D1200606892%26sr%3D1-1&;tag=drunkenhill05-20&;linkCode=ur2&;camp=1789&;creative=9325">Detours</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=drunkenhill05-20&;l=ur2&;o=1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important" border="0" height="1" width="1" />&#8221; was recorded at Crow&#8217;s Nashville farm and will feature &#8220;14 or 15&#8221; of the 24 songs put to tape. The artist&#8217;s baby son, Wyatt, makes an appearance on the song &#8220;Lullaby for Wyatt,&#8221; which will be featured in the upcoming movie &#8220;<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0772168/" title="Grace Is Gone">Grace Is Gone</a>.&#8221;<br clear="none" /> <br clear="none" />&#8220;The songs are very inspired by the last three years of events in my life,&#8221; Crow said of a time that found her battling breast cancer and splitting with partner <a href="http://www.lancearmstrong.com/" title="Lance Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a>.<br clear="none" /> <br clear="none" /> <!--startclickprintexclude--></p>
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<p><!--endclickprintexclude-->&#8220;Detours&#8221; is the follow-up to 2005&#8217;s &#8220;Wildflower,&#8221; which debuted at No. 2 on <a href="http://www.billboard.com/">The Billboard 200</a>.Country Music Photo Gallery</p>