When the ball goes in the pocket, you win. Writing songs isnt so cut and dried, he says. SHIRES: I didnt know I was going to work it into a song until I got to the to writing it. After trailing off there, she draws a thorny conclusion about the web of intimate, familial dependency: "Maybe being human is an orphaned condition and what's missing isn't what should be found. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. (Playing guitar, singing) Like a common loon, I started hearing birds, birdsong everywhere. But I thought, what am I going to do about that, in the event that she does go into country music? Jason Isbell and his wife, Amanda Shires, were walking around last weekend in Newport, Rhode Island, where they played the Newport Folk Festival. And I return to them often. Jason Isbell) Official Video ft. Jason Isbell Watch on Tour Dates Track to get concert, live stream and tour updates. If youre just joining us, my guest is songwriter, singer, musician Amanda Shires. What does that phrase mean to you? Shes not really a rock & roll kid, for lack of a better term. I was like, Thats 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. Shires new album, Take it Like a Man, includes several songs she wrote during a rough period in her marriage to musician Jason Isbell. Recently, I had an ectopic pregnancy, she tweeted. Its just like you would expect, but theres real, scientific proof for it now. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. SHIRES: And I think Sheryl Crow plays bass on that one. Never one to shy away from his beliefs, Isbell implored his fellow man, in Alabama or otherwise, to get vaccinated, that is, if they wanted to see him perform in person, hoping to make a difference. I would she would set us up in the in the closet of the bail bonds office. If writing came easier sober, playing live was terrifying at first, he says. SHIRES: Thats all you have to say? Then I told my friend Dave Cobb about my idea and he really liked it, and he said, Im going to have you meet Brandi Carlile. But I just got up on a stage and took the fiddle and started playing it. Is there a song that you could play a Leonard Cohen song you could play an excerpt of for us in tribute to him since were both such great fans? I see you talking, but I cant hear a thing. In 2020, The Highwomen won Album of the Year at the Americana Music Honors and Awards ceremony. This has been the hardest year. If you want a boxer, Ill step in the ring for you. Isbell said he had to cancel his Asheville shows scheduled for Jan. 11-12, but he and his team are working to reschedule shows in Louisville, Columbus, Wilkes-Barre and Wilmington. And I think they probably had conversations that you would, if you were that close to each other, about that stuff and didnt bring it up. Were you in Texas at the time? So I would be studying my pieces. I am Terry Gross. And from there, he introduced me to Frankie McWhorter. And if you want another kind of love, Ill wear a mask for you. And one day we wound up in the studio and we cut the song. In the decade-plus that Shires has been making solo albums in addition to working as a side person with Billy Joe Shaver, Justin Townes Earle and, eventually, her husband and fellow singer-songwriter Jason Isbell she's expressed self-consciousness about the shivers and tremors in her singing voice, tried to smooth them out of her delivery and ultimately embraced its untameness. Is there a song that youd like to do? Warblers and wrens, hymn at my throat, shook and quivering. GROSS: How did you find that out? And in this case, I wanted Jason to also come in and sing it, too. Like, I know that in all of the searching that he did still believe that there was something bigger out there. We found out that, yes, our grandmothers are pro-choice. Lawrence Rothman has been a model of self accepting themselves. If you share your story or share your beliefs, youre going to get some haters and trolls. Click the audio link above to get the full experience, On channeling her feelings about her marriage into writing Fault Lines and showing it to Isbell, I went and I sat down in my barn of internal wandering, and this is after some kind of nebulous argument, and I wrote Fault Lines and then I texted it to him, just like youd imagine, I said, I just wrote this song. And then in my mind I thought, Well, if he couldnt hear the frequency of my voice before, maybe he could hear it through music, you know? When Roe is overturned, some healthcare workers may feel afraid to help people. We try to have as much fun as possible singing a bunch of sad-ass songs, he said from the stage with one of the few grins hed allow himself. SHIRES: No, not until a couple of years ago. Amanda Shires. "I'm daring to do what she couldn't bring herself to do," Shires ruminates, shadowed by her own feathery harmonies. When we left off, we were talking about when Shires was 15 and started playing fiddle with the Texas Playboys, which used to be Bob Wills band. SHIRES: Ive listened to all of his records. When youre trying to make a tough decision, you need a lot of support. And it was a Carrie Underwood song from it was, like, six years before that or something. Theyre just songs because everybody goes through troubles in their relationship. And she also plays in her husband, Jason Isbells, band. SHIRES: But some of the words are funny. Is a chrysalis a butterfly? Its not more threatening than the idea of taking away the services and the work that doctors and nurses do. In my case, I blame the education system, but I didnt even know what an ectopic pregnancy was. During the #MeToo moment, much emphasis has been rightly placed on the need for women to guard themselves against the unrestrained appetites of male perpetrators. Amanda Shires has become a coveted presence at the intersection of nervy artistry and activism, folk and country acclaim, rock attitude and Nashville influence. And then my orchestra teacher recommended me to a private violin teacher. Michael Schmelling. Which brings up the question, why were Jason and I, and Margo Price, the biggest celebrities quasi-celebrities at the march in Nashville? We have Olivia Rodrigo and Phoebe Bridgers speaking up, and Ariana Grande. Amanda Shires appeared on The Late Late Show to perform her recent song Take It Like a Man. Playing with her band, the singer offered an emotive take on the Likewise, the changes underway to the Supreme Court after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg could also mean that abortion rights will come under fire nationally. And it just worked when we did it. SHIRES: But I like it because I like to imagine like, if he was alive and I got to play this for him, I would be singing Im your Amanda. GROSS: With the Texas Playboys when youre performing with them or something that you learned from one of your teachers but that really made you fall in love with the style and that epitomizes what that style is. And I said, I dont know. Ninety-five percent of study participants who did have an abortion still stood by their decision. I know the cost of flight is landing. I had no problem taking direction, but and I had no problem helping when I needed to help, so. I just fell in love with the music, is what happened. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. The Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist from Green Hill, Ala., made headlines in 2021 for requiring proof of vaccination or proof of a recent negative COVID test to attend his concerts. Im your Amanda. It was keeping me up at night. Its you, Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris. Then Im like, This is coming out now., Jason Isbell on the Art of the Livestream, Supporting Indie Record Stores, and That Feral Hogs Meme, Devon Gilfillian to Cover Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On' With Jason Isbell, Grace Potter, Jason Isbell Blasts Van Morrison, Covers 'Into the Mystic'. Were you just, like, the cute kid who could play but, you know that audiences would go wild over because you were a girl in the band and there wasnt much of that? So I couldnt really get into it. And if anyone asks me, Ill say whats true I dont know. "Last night you walked me to my car / You said, 'You won't be getting far before you turn around,'" she sings, her phrasing seesawing and scampering. How did you come up with the image of my hands are two empty cups? The former Drive-By Truckers newfound sobriety, a recurring topic of discussion (and of his exceptional songwriting), may have cost him some of his sense of adventure, but it has undoubtedly focused his attention on his craft. The 100 Best Albums of 2022. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. And I know that he feels the same way I do. The singer, songwriter and fiddler found comfort with an unexpected collaborator and plumbed new depths on her latest album, Take It Like a Man. Amanda We want to hear it. Having recently moved to Nashville with Shires whose own fourth solo album, Down Fell the Doves, comes out next week the newlyweds will sequester themselves in different corners of the house to write new songs, then play them for each other. Jason Isbell and his wife, Amanda Shires, were walking around last weekend in Newport, Rhode Island, where they played the Newport Folk Festival. When she paints a picture of motherhood in the subdued jangle-pop number "Charms," she doesn't dwell on its oft-idealized and sentimentalized facets. And Milk Cow Blues goes like this. She was going to school. Thats the song Faultlines, performed by Amanda Shires with Zach Setchfield on guitar in Amandas home studio outside of Nashville, Tenn. Thats one of the songs on her new album, Take It Like a Man. So lets talk about that song a little bit. Our guest will be Mark Bergen, author of the new book Like, Comment, Subscribe in which he reports on how YouTube ushered in a world of abundant content and creativity of influencers and online hustlers, of information overload and endless culture wars. Editors picks I also received responses from trolls. I guess for awhile youve been looking for the exit. As Delta Variant Spreads, Artists and Venues Scramble to Keep Concerts Safe (Rolling Stone), Live Nation Allows Artists to Require Vaccination or Proof of Negative Test Result for U.S. Concerts (Variety), This is a BETA experience. Im Terry Gross. "Isn't it just like a daughter to make a fool of you? SHIRES: (Singing) Im well aware of what the nights made of. GROSS: What I hear in your voice is that it rings out. SHIRES: I mean OK Im going to call her up after this, too. The election is November 8. Tax ID: 26-2810489, Copyright 2022 Fresh Air. Thats what I want. And you got your start professionally at age 15 playing fiddle with the Texas Playboys. I know they enjoy it. The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time Oh, I could have crowed. GROSS: OK. "I did a parking lot pirouette / I said, 'You're right I'm not done with you yet.'" (Playing fiddle). She was in her home recording studio with her fiddle and with guitarist Zach Setchfield, and they played a few songs. 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 has released seven solo albums starting in 2005, her most recent being Take It Like a Man in 2022. And healer seemed fitting for me not only because it happened that way, but my moms a nurse. 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