Nation supergroup The Highwomen launch self-titled debut album: Stream
The Highwomen, the nation supergroup that includes Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris, and Amanda Shires, have immediately shared their self-titled debut album. Stream the entire thing beneath through Apple Music and Spotify.
Since driving onto the scene earlier this summer time with their debut efficiency at Newport People Competition, The Highwomen have been the supply of nice hype. The quartet introduced their existence with the highly effective feminist anthem “Redesigning Girls”, which they adopted with second single “Crowded Desk”. Final month, they shared their titular tune, a transforming of the traditional “The Highwaymen” by the outlaw nation supergroup of the identical identify that includes Johnny Money, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. The unique songwriter, Jimmy Webb, had a hand within the rewrite.
(Look: Newport People Competition 2019 Picture Gallery: Dolly Parton, Kermit the Frog, The Highwomen)
Becoming a member of the first foursome on “Highwomen” and at Newport have been Yola and Sheryl Crow, simply a few of the many visitor artists who seem on the LP. Shires’ husband, Jason Isbell, performs guitar on the file, whereas Carlile’s frequent twin collaborators Phil and Tim Hanseroth each sing and respectively play bass and guitar. Different contributors embrace Chris Powell (drums), Peter Levin (keys), and producer Dave Cobb (guitar). Along with songwriting by Carlile, Hemby, Morris, Shires, Isbell, and the Hanseroths, observe credit additionally go to Rodney Clawson, Lori McKenna, Miranda Lambert and Ray LaMontagne.
Talking to Rolling Stone about what the formation of The Highwomen has meant, Carlile mentioned,
“The Highwomen has turn into an adjective for any transcendent ladies’s group. For anybody who needs to step apart and amplify the ladies to the left and proper, and never compete. Which is definitely radical and revolutionary. It’s radical as a result of it’s not straightforward to seek out. And it’s revolutionary as a result of so many people are afraid to confess we’re competing. It’s such a tough factor to confess about your self.”
Take a hearken to The Highwomen beneath.
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