Tag: Amanda Shires
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John Prine; For Better, Or Worse; 2016 on Oh Boy
This was Prine’s 17th studio album and one of my favorites from his late career: a series of duets with great female singers, including Iris DeMent, Alison Krauss, Amanda Shires, Morgane Stapleton, Lee Ann Womack, Susan Tedeschi, Holly Williams, Kathy Mattea, Miranda Lambert, and Kacey Musgraves – plus Fiona Prine! It’s basically a follow up…
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John Prine, The Tree of Forgiveness, 2018 on Oh Boy
John Prine’s final studio album, released in 2018. Prine died in April 2020, from complications related to Covid-19. It’s one hell of a swan song, with guest vocals from Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, and Jason Isbell and songs co-written with Pat MacLaughlin, Dan Auerbach, and Phil Spector. Recorded in RCA Studio A in Nashville, with…
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Amanda Shires, Take It Like a Man, 2022 on ATO Records
Eighth solo LP from Amanda Shires, recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville. I’m cautious not to read any songwriter too literally or autobiographically, but it is hard not to (now) read this as foreshadowing her divorce from Jason Isbell, making it part of a group of records about the dissolution of their marriage. Guests…
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Various Artists, Live Forever: A Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver, 2022 on New West Records
Fantastic collection of covers of the original outlaw country troubador. Standouts for me are Miranda Lambert and Margo Price but really all the tracks are wonderful. Produced by Charlie Sexton and Freddy Fletcher. My copy is the limited edition on “Old Chunk of Coal” grey vinyl via Vinyl Me Please.
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Lowe Country: The Songs Of Nick Lowe, 2012 on Fiesta Red Records
I’m a huge fan of cover albums, and especially tribute/compilations of covers devoted to specific artists. While they can be uneven, I like hearing an artists work reinterpreted in different ways. This compilation brings country, roots, Americana artists together to cover the songs of English singer/songwriter Nick Lowe. Like Elvis Costello (whom he produced, and…
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Lilly Hiatt, Walking Proof, 2020 on New West
Lilly Hiatt, Walking Proof, 2020 on New West Blue limited edition vinyl copy of Hiatt’s fourth full length and second on New West. Great follow up to Trinity Lane. Produced by Lincoln Parish of Cage the Elephant with guest vocals from Amanda Shires, Aaron Lee Tasjan, and (her father) John Hiatt With a “color your…
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The Highwomen, self-titled, 2019 on Elektra.
The Highwomen, self-titled, 2019 on Elektra. Supergroup bringing together the talents of Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Natalie Hemby, & Amanda Shires One of the last shows I saw before the pandemic was Carlile at Madison Square Garden with Mavis Staples which included a mini Highwomen reunion (without Morris but with Staples).