"This part of my life and our marriage was difficult and it took me back to the reason I came to writing and doing music in the first place, which is expression," she says. Everything else, well figure out. (He told his version of this challenging period in their marriage on his own 2020 album, Reunions.), Being part of a Nashville power couple didnt make Shires want to paint an overly rosy portrait of her relationship just the opposite, actually. Shires added, in her characteristic bone-dry deadpan, She hasnt gotten any taller.. Because we know what is true.. But its possible., Isbell plays guitar on nearly every song on the album (which was recorded live to tape in Nashvilles storied RCA Studio B) the most brutal ones about marital difficulties, and the heartfelt Stupid Love, which begins with one of Shiress sweetest lyrics: You were smiling so much you kissed me with your teeth.. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. A lot of folks dont happen to like being in the air for one reason or another and while she does manage to get on a plane now and again she still holds that she doesnt enjoy the trip since you can imagine shes just waiting for it to be over. That last talk left me a makeup rainbow of tears, Shires sings in the second verse. A staple in Nashvilles country music scene since moving from her native Texas in 2004, she broke through with 2016s intimately observational My Piece of Land, reflecting on her pregnancy and the bittersweet realities of stay-at-home parenting. In 2016 I was going on the road. Shires' new album, Take it Like a Man, includes several songs she wrote during a rough period in her marriage to musician Jason Isbell. Right now shes on the road performing her own material, gearing up for a long string of shows in her home state of Texas. "I was like, 'That's what I want to do,' because you play this song and then you get to improvise you just play what you feel within the chord. Her latest single Empty Cups, a piano ballad featuring her Highwomen collaborator Maren Morris on harmony vocals, is perhaps her most affecting addition to this growing canon of songs, which includes standouts like 2013s If I and 2016s Harmless.. Subscribe with this special offer to keep reading, (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). Actor Dominique McElligott is 37. Do you have any superstitious pre-show drink rituals? For the past decade or so, Amanda Shires has sung about the dark shades of relationships lapsed communication, broken trust, fading intimacy with a devastating eye for detail. And then a year ago, I had an ectopic pregnancy, which is when you get pregnant outside of the uterus. I was in a cycle of finding myself in situations with artists and engineers and producers that werent right for me, that wound up giving me various little injuries and traumas, Shires says. During Shires Texas childhood, she was focused on musical, not culinary, skill, and persuaded her dad to spring for a cheap pawn-shop fiddle. In 2016 there was 13% representation of women to men on country radio, and now it still sits pleasantly at 16% on a good week. Theres a lot of dancing now in the studio, Shires said of how working with Lawrence Rothman shifted her perspective. Both versions benefited the Yellowhammer Fund, an Alabama nonprofit that provides contraceptive resources to economically marginalized people. When alt-country singer Amanda Shires got her groove back. Backed up by her Highwomen bandmate Morris on guest vocals, its a torrid breakup song of diverging paths, rich in storytelling tradition. Can you describe something you cooked or baked recently? Amanda Shires: String cheese, a chocolate peanut butter Power Bar, and a coffee or bottle of water. It can make me feel sluggish, and it makes singing tough. Actor Karolina Wydra is 42. Released in late July, several months after her 40th birthday, its the most deftly uninhibited and grandly cinematic entry in her catalog, and the one thats received the most rhapsodic press. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. I usually feel alright about it. {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, By Daniel Durchholz | Special to the Post-Dispatch, Liberty High student killed in St. Charles shooting could heal you with a smile, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol slams ump C.B. As a member of Isbells band, the 400 Unit, she won a Grammy for their album The Nashville Sound. And in 2019, the Highwomen scored a No. Amanda Shires is an American singer, songwriter, and fiddle player who has performed both as a solo artist and as a part of several music groups. Shires' sonic diversity is remarkable, her fiddle playing is impeccable, and she . One was chocolate and one was strawberry. You might be my ruining, she sings on Stupid Love. Amanda however managed to find what she loves to do and has been sticking with it for some time. It'll take me a minute, but I can get there.. Paste: [3] Production was handled by Lawrence Rothman . If there's any danger in letting both power. That didnt mean that she had stopped writing songs. "When I would write the songs, I don't know what's going to come out, but sometimes I was just so down that the only way I could get better was to take it out on writing a song. So I thought, Maybe Ill write a song with my feelings and send it to Jason.. Amanda Shires 2022 Take It Like A Man Tour Dates. On a humid Friday earlier this month, the singer-songwriter nursed a Diet Coke in a cozy corner of the Bowery Hotel lobby in Manhattan. When Shires was in the hospital giving birth to their daughter, Mercy, in 2015, she had to disclose to her doctor, with her husband and mother in the room, that shed had an abortion. Shires and Jason Isbell, her husband and frequent collaborator. Youre at a truck stop, youre starving, and you have five minutes to assemble a meal. As a novelist and a screenwriter, he enjoys promoting one story or another. "It took me a minute to really learn how to improvise," Shires says of those early years. Model Niki Taylor is 48. Actor Jill Ritchie is 49. She'd been learning to play classical music on the violin at school when her music teacher introduced her to some of Frankie McWhorter's fiddle tunes. "A remarkable blend of empathy and warmth, genuine curiosity and sharp intelligence," says the San Francisco Chronicle. Like, I know that in all of the searching that he did still believe that there was something bigger out there, so I don't have to go trying to learn all these other things. Recording sessions took place at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. As was the case for many artists, Amanda Shires found herself at a personal and professional crossroads more than two years ago when theaters and other performance venues were shuttered around the world to curb the spread of COVID-19. Tell us what's wrong with this post? From left: Shires, Maren Morris, Brandi Carlile and Natalie Hemby of the Highwomen, the supergroup Shires wanted to start after growing frustrated with the lack of women played on country radio. Shires, who is 40 and has been married to the musician Jason Isbell for nine years, wore a white tank that showed off her many tattoos (including a red Mercy on her biceps, the name of the couples 6-year-old daughter), black jean shorts, and despite her dark-auburn hair still being a little wet from the shower a full smoky eye. I feel great! she recalled with a weary laugh. Amanda was on County Strong. Its pretty obvious she earned every bit of it though. Again, especially as a highly visible couple, how does one do that? 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Paste chatted with her between gigs about the Harvard-educated turkey she brined for Christmas, the wok that Jason just gave her, the wisdom of avoiding those truck stop hot dogs, and the time she split her pants on stage in Ireland after eating one too many piessometimes there is a price to be paid for being an overachiever, but that only makes us admire her more. She was floored when they tested some 15 different microphones, searching for the ideal gear to showcase her voice. Amy Salit and Susan Nyakundi produced and edited this interview for broadcast. It gets rid of that feeling that you are still moving when you arent and it kinda settles your stomach. As a whole, To The Sunset, says Shires, "is meant to be a positive thing. And the character you wrote yourslf out to be, In mid-2020, Shires was undergoing some turmoil in her relationship with her husband, fellow, It was a big blur of not being able to get through. That was fun. Bobs Clam Hut in Kittery, Maine has incredible lobster rolls (just about anywhere in Maine will have badass lobster rolls). Two of the many younger musicians he sang with and championed toward the end of his life were Jason Isbell. The strawberry one was new to me. She blogs at lovesmiths.blogspot.com. AS: I dont like to eat a full meal right before I play. AS: After a long drive, I try and hunt down a hard cider as soon as I get out of the van. Amanda Shires is on the phone from her home in Nashville, wrapping up a 45-minute interview by coming back around to the matter that was foremost on her mind at the start of the conversation: planning for her daughter Mercy's very first birthday later that week. Actor Kimberly McCullough is 45. Rothman, who was born in St. Louis and lives in Los Angeles, identifies as gender fluid and uses they/them pronouns. I just wanted somebody to hear it. Singer-songwriter Amanda Shires . It's just that she's been working alongside country music legends since she was 15, so most of the characters who populate her anecdotes . That called for a new tattoo, one that Rothman and fellow artist Brittney Spencer, who sang backup on several sessions, got too. Reverberating guitar chords open the haunting, minor-chord "Hawk for the Dove," the first track on Amanda Shires' new album, Take It Like a Man.Shires' vocals, with Brittney Spencer adding backup, drip with sexual longing, and the roving, stalking rhythms of the song evoke the lover's own passion and raw emotional instinct. Rothman recalled the incredible scene that unfolded when Shires wrote the new albums title track in a kind of creative trance in early January 2021. We . Is there anything special you like to eat before you play a show? Turned everything blurry/I cant see a thing from here. Shires husband, singer-songwriter Jason Isbell, plays guitar on the recording. Touring with John Prine, she forgot a few lines of his playfully grouchy duet In Spite of Ourselves, and promptly went out and got an image of the Easter bunny, referenced in the song, tattooed on her arm. Im on tour right now, but Im looking forward to getting home and playing with it. When he tried to escape the first time, she explained, neatly breaking off a bite-size piece of pecan chocolate chip cookie, they moved him to the kitchen to cook.. And I was really into that.". :). During Bad Behavior, she relished both toying with and shrugging off the possibility of a casual hookup. But I thought, what am I going to do about that, in the event that she does go into country music? Shires is coy about whether the design on her arm depicts the hawk, as in, the pursuer, or the dove. Shires has released seven solo albums starting in 2005, her most recent being Take It Like a Man in 2022. When the pandemic halted touring, she papered the walls with index cards full of promising song ideas, some inspired by how distant her marriage to Isbell had become. AS:About six years ago, on a tour of Ireland, I ate my weight in Irish bread, soups, pies, Irish coffee, cheese plates for dessert, yikes. I sent it to my husband, but he didnt listen to it, she says. I dont feel anything! Amanda hasnt gone without being awarded in her career as shes managed to gain several accolades and proof that shes impressed the right people that can help to further her career. Its become a beautiful thing again., Isbell said the difference is palpable: Youre really hearing her true self on this record.. McWhorter, who had played fiddle in Bob Wills' band, became her teacher, and when Shires was just 15, he asked her to join The Texas Playboys. ", Shires sings and plays fiddle throughout this interview. We also pack a cooler for the van with yogurt, string cheese, snap peas, etc. Bucknor for rejecting handshake: Zero class, Suspect charged in fatal shooting in downtown St. Louis, Man shot and killed after fight in downtown St. Louis, Is Kim Gardner right? She was ready to simply play in bands and paint, and be done with her own music. Singer/songwriter/producer Lawrence Rothman cold-emailed Shires and sent her a song, hoping that she would sing harmony on it. Actor Eva Mendes is 49. There are better fast food options out there, like Chipotle. Rothman wound up producing her latest album, Take It Like a Man, which was released in July. So I sent it to Lawrence and they listened to it and said, Well, thats heartbreaking, but its beautiful. All Rights Reserved. Then I told my friend Dave Cobb about my idea and he really liked it and he said, "I'm going to have you meet Brandi Carlile." (Theres a wonderful video online of her calling a station manager to ask why hes not playing more women. Jason Isbell) - Official Video ft. Jason Isbell Watch on Tour Dates Track to get concert, live stream and tour updates. I ended up splitting my pants during a gig. You can just say I'm crazy. "Hawk For The Dove" is from Amanda Shires' new album 'Take It Like A Man' which is available now on limited edition vinyl, CD, and digital formats: https://a. Amanda Shires 2022 7.5 By Alfred Soto Genre: Folk/Country Label: ATO Reviewed: August 3, 2022 The singer-songwriter, fiddle player, and Highwoman's latest solo album dwells in the space between. It was released on July 29, 2022, through ATO Records. Shires is no stranger to emotionally devastating songs. In the writing and recording of it, she owned the devastating disappointments and unsatisfied but undiminished desires of a grown woman navigating complex public and private lives. Singer, songwriter and fiddle player Amanda Shires still remembers the moment she fell in love with the fiddle. She refuses to ignore things that she thinks are wrong, Isbell said of Shires, and that is a hard way to go about your day.. I was just messing around on the piano, Rothman said, and shes like, Wait, what is that? Shires leaped out of her chair one side of her hair chopped shorter than the other and told Rothman, Dont stop playing! For the next hour, she sat on the floor in deep concentration, scribbling lines and flipping through notebooks and the index cards onto which she transcribes her best ideas. Other March shows include Elle King, Queensryche and Buddy Guy, with the opening of City Winery. I lean into it., Sign up for the Sleeve Notes email: music news, bold reviews and unexpected extras, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Rich in storytelling tradition Amanda Shires, manda Shires has long been striving to bring complexity to the subject of gender in a conservative genre. Follow her on twitter: @fredalovesmith. All Im trying to do is tell the truth that its hard, and that people go through disconnects and that sometimes the idea of finding your way back seems like, Why? Actor Sterling Knight ("Sonny With A Chance") is 34. \"Hawk For The Dove is from Amanda Shires new album Take It Like A Man which is available now on limited edition vinyl, CD, and digital formats: https://atorecords-ffm.com/as_tilam CREDITS Recorded live at the Historic Columbia Studio A in Nashville, TN. It's not often in country musicor pop music for that matterin which an artist addresses a very personal and sensitive subject like abortion through a song. Dont cry, dont have your feelings. In September 2020, Shires and Isbell released a duet called The Problem, a stirring story song about a young couple considering an abortion; all proceeds from the song went to Alabamas Yellowhammer Fund. Amanda seems to be the type of woman that is going to move full ahead without really worrying about someone elses opinion unless she absolutely has to, and while this might make her seem a bit overbearing to some people it does make her seem pretty strong and confident to others. Actor Kevin Connolly ("Entourage") is 49. Jason also just bought me a wok. Actor Karolina Wydra is 42. Amanda Shires is not holding anything back with her latest collection of music. Because Shires and Isbell play in each others bands and back each other on tour when possible, theyre often publicly singing some pretty personal things directly to each other, night after night. To see more, visit Fresh Air. Empty Cups, which features tight harmonies from Morris, is an aching chronicle of a longtime couple drifting apart. Those that think this is easy should probably try it first, youd be surprised how hard learning the violin can be. But she believes that the degree, which she finished in 2017 after taking some time off to have Mercy, helped her become a more precise writer, better able to capture what is vague about emotions and the human experience with as much accuracy as possible, as she put it. The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter has spent most of the pandemic shaping her seventh studio album,. Actor Kimberly McCullough is 45. This includes just about everything she does with her life and while some might wonder at a few of the things she does, shes confident in her course and doesnt worry about what others think or say. Is it hard to be pescatarian on the road? 15-year-old girl shot, killed during robbery in St. Charles McClellan: Too many have lost faith for Kim Gardner to continue "I was in a cycle of finding myself in situations with artists and. AS A SONGWRITER Shiress musical influences are remarkably varied. Shires kept showing up, bringing songs that paired handsomely dramatic melodies with lyrics alive with restless feeling. It might have been easy to miss her since she was primarily in the background and didn't receive a whole lot of focus. No more?" It stays packed, so go before or after the lunch rush. AS: Steamed vegetables: broccoli, green beans, squash, anything in season. When Amanda Shires' daughter Mercy, who turned 4 on Sunday, began to show interest in music, the singer-songwriter started worrying. I also made two cakes for my friend Cory Branans 40th birthday. In 2022, when success in country music is still tied to institutions like radio that dont reward rocking the boat, being as outspoken as Shires is a big risk. Youd think that that sort of industry stature would go a long way toward securing Shires musical future but there was a time, a couple of years back, when she wasnt at all certain that shed ever want to make another album. AS: Its easier than its ever been to be pescatarian or vegetarian on the road. I love to cook, even meats. Thats the animating spirit, too, she said, behind the provocative album title Take It Like a Man.. Paste: She wasnt convinced. I've listened to all of his records. Folks that have this kind of anxiety cant really be told the old chestnut that there are more car wrecks than plane crashes on an average basis since all they might seem to hear is the plane crash part of that sentence. Five years later, Shires spelled out her experiences in a Rolling Stone op-ed advocating for abortion access. Amanda and Jason hold high standards for each other Erika Goldring/Getty Images The next time Jason Isbell told Amanda Shires he wanted to quit, she began talking with his manager about facilitating a trip to rehab. Shes a searcher, and thats probably the thing that she values most in herself and other people, Isbell said. Joined by frequent collaborator and husband Jason Isbell and her band,. Combine an intelligent interviewer with a roster of guests that, according to the Chicago Tribune, would be prized by any talk-show host, and you're bound to get an interesting conversation. Coverage of the coronavirus pandemic on Health News Florida. Last chance! Not long ago, however, Shires thought seriously about giving up on music. I had to sidestep off the stage and find a long coat to borrow until the show was over. Never mind how much her star has risen in recent years. Shires tried, though, through voice lessons. Empty Cups is the third song Shires has released from her forthcoming album Take It Like A Man (out July 29). The wife of singer-songwriter and guitarist Jason Isbell, Shires updated fans about the break-in on Twitter. We highlight the stories of Black Floridians seeking emotional healing and wellness. And after we recorded it, he said, "That's a really good song." The quake in Turkey and Syria left at least 50,000 dead. It made me like, Okay, if you want me to sing like myself, I can do that. In the end, she concluded, We should get to be sexual beings.. How Amanda Shires, part of a country supergroup and power couple, found her own voice By Jewly Height Oct. 11, 2022 6 AM PT Amanda Shires has become a coveted presence at the intersection. All of our family besides me pretty much eats turkey, and they said it turned out great, so I was happy about that. Its the best Thai food in the USA, hands down. Be strong, show your strength, be stoic. The song had sprung from her realization that true strength actually comes from being vulnerable, saying your feelings, and also having the courage to just be which Shires certainly has in spades. Most restaurants have good options, or you can create your own dinner off the sides menu. Actor Jill Ritchie is 49. So I started just taking notes on the radio because in 22 songs, [I heard] one woman's voice and it was a Carrie Underwood song from six years before that or something. Get the latest concert news and more from the St. Louis music scene from Kevin C. Johnson. Obviously Amanda had a clear idea of what to do with her degree. She established herself as a crackerjack fiddler at the age of fifteen when she joined The Texas Playboys, but branched out to become a stunning singer and songwriter. By age 15, she was gigging with the foundational western swing group the Texas Playboys, figuring out how to improvise over jaunty jazz changes. The singer, songwriter and fiddler found comfort with an unexpected collaborator and plumbed new depths on her latest album, Take It Like a Man.. She was, as she put it, slightly pedigreed as a performer and keen to prioritize her singing and songwriting ahead of side musician work by the time she moved to Nashville in 2004. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. Her marriage with Isbell had also hit a rough patch that was reflected in a song she wrote. In fact shes almost won as many times as shes been nominated for an award. In her extended bid to prove that the roles of wife, woman and mother need not be prescriptive, Shires does occasionally over-egg her point. Amanda Shires wasn't trying to name-drop, honest. I want Garth Brooks out there telling people that womens health is a priority. That parts difficult because people get to make assumptions and draw lines and infer whatever they want or project their own stuff onto what we are, she says. I was so wrapped up in the feelings of all that negative energy and being made to feel small., It made her ask herself, Why do I keep putting myself in this situation? Upcoming Dates Past Dates Sat, MAR 11 C2C Country to Country - Bluebird Caf Session London, United Kingdom RSVP Tickets Sun, MAR 12 C2C Country to Country - BBC Radio 2 Stage "The players in the band, they took me seriously as a player, but they also understood that I was a kid.". Actor Eva Mendes is 49. The two had been in touch since Rothman cold-emailed Shires, asking her to contribute vocals to their album Good Morning, America. She sent them a demo of Fault Lines, a portrait of home life edged in resentment and resignation, and Rothman responded quickly, suggesting that the song deserved to be recorded properly. Not because it was my song, but just because we were in a really hard spot. AS: They had all-you-can-eat oysters set up at the Governors Ball in New York last summer. And one day we wound up in the studio and we cut the song. As vast as her circle of connections was, it took someone from outside of it nonbinary, Los Angeles-based pop experimenter Lawrence Rothman to make her feel heard. Amanda was about 10 years old when she obtained her first violin and as you can guess she kept at it for as long as she possibly could and is still one of the best in the business today. 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