Fashionable country star Martina McBride likens selecting the just-right songs for her albums to choosing perfect frocks for her wardrobe.

“It’s like looking at a rack of 450 beautiful dresses. You know there’s gonna be four or five that fit you just perfectly and that are flattering and that make you feel good when you wear them. The other ones are beautiful, but they’re not right. If you need 10 dresses and you can only find four out of that first batch, then you have to wait for the next batch of dresses,” she said.

“So, it’s really just about waiting for the right fit to come along.”

The big-voiced songstress is touring in support of her 10th studio album, “Shine,” which debuted in spring at the top of the country charts. Her tour will bring her to Oklahoma for two shows this weekend: Friday at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville and Saturday at Buffalo Run Casino in Miami.

“We do a lot of the hits, and we’ll be playing a few songs from the new album ‘Shine,’ kind of showing people what that’s like. And it’s a pretty high-energy show, and, you know, it’s a lot of fun,” McBride said in a phone interview earlier this week from her Nashville, Tenn., home, where she had a rare day off from work but was busy around the house.

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