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  • Amanda Shires, Take It Like a Man, 2022 on ATO Records

    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…

  • Sarah Jarosz, Polaroid Lovers, 2024 on Rounder Records

    Sarah Jarosz, Polaroid Lovers, 2024 on Rounder Records

    Seventh studio album from Jarosz (who is also part of I’m With Her), produced by Daniel Tashian and recorded at Sound Emporium in Nashville TN. Tashian, Natalie Hemby, Ruston Kelly and others share co-writing credits on different tracks. My copy—direct from Rounder Records’ Store—is a Memphis Record Pressing issue on “purple translucent marble” vinyl.

  • Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour, 2018 on MCA Nashville

    Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour, 2018 on MCA Nashville

    Musgrave’s fourth album on MCA Nashville, produced by Musgraves with Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk, with songs co-written by Musgraves with folks like Shane McAnally, Natalie Hemby, Luke Laird, and the producers. Though still on the MCA Nashville label, it’s very much an album that starts to wander deliberately outside of contemporary country conventions, moving…

  • Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Dragons, 2019 on Magnolia Music

    Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Dragons, 2019 on Magnolia Music

    Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Dragons, 2019 on Magnolia Music This is the Magnolia Record Club version on black and white vinyl. The Lone Bellow guest on the title track, Ellie Holcomb on See the World, Lori McKenna on You Want What You Can’t Have, and Natalie Hemby on Maybe Check out Magnolia Record Club…

  • The Highwomen, self-titled, 2019 on Elektra.

    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).