We have a nice new video and performance for you today from Amanda Shires whose album ‘Take It Like A Man’ we reviewed earlier this week here at AUK and which lands next Friday. Her latest single ‘Empty Cups’, which features her Highwomen collaborator Maren Morris and husband Jason Isbell on guitar, is a sad tale of someone desperate for their partner’s affection as they reflect on their troubled relationship.
“I recorded ‘Empty Cups’ after everyone left because I didn’t want to accidentally cry or get a shaky voice in front of my friends,” Shires notes. “I asked Maren to sing on this one because our voices blend like sisters and because I knew that wherever my voice wavered, she’d be steady.”
Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter and virtuoso violinist Amanda Shires has shared her new single, 'Hawk For The Dove'. It is the first new single to be unveiled from her forthcoming album 'Take It Like a Man', set for release on 29 July on ATO Records. Shires co-wrote 'Hawk For The Dove'…
Here's a little bit of musical magic. 'Tennessee Rise' by The Tennessee Freedom Singers is a fabulous showcase for some of the most seriously talented singers around. Many of the most celebrated voices in country and Americana have contributed to the song, including Emmylou Harris, Brandi Carlile and Amanda Shires. …
The Highwomen, if you haven't heard, are a like a new up to date female version of the Highway Men (geddit?), the country supergroup from the 80s which included Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. The Highwomen are Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Amanda Shires and Natalie Hemby,…
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