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By Cathalena E. Burch – Special to Night and Day (weekend entertainment section)

Martina McBride has a 10-year career filled with heavy-hearted songs that bring tears to your eyes and prompt you to action. Songs about abused women committing suicide (“Independence Day” and “Broken  Wing”), lending a little love to a person in need (“Love’s the Only House”) and relationships beyond repair (“Whatever You Say” and “This Uncivil War”).

“When I hear ‘Independence Day’ or ‘Broken Wing,’ I can’t say, “No thank you.  Next.”  Who can walk away from that?’ McBride said recently from a concert stop in New Jersey.

On her forthcoming “Greatest Hits” album due out Sept. 18, McBride adds another heart-heavy single to the mix.  ‘Concrete Angel’ is probably the saddest song McBride has recorded in her career.  The song is about a little girl who is abused “I don’t know why I put that song on there.  I just love it,” she said.  “It’s emotional and it moves me.  It makes me want to do something to make a difference and, hopefully, it will do that for other people too.”

In addition to McBride classics like ‘Independence Day,’ ‘Happy Girl,’ ‘My Baby Loves Me’ and ‘Face in the Arms of Love, ‘Greatest Hits’ has four new songs.  The first single, ‘When God-Fearin’ Women Get the Blues’ is a honky-tonk country rocker that recalls the spirit of ‘Thelma & Louise.’