Elizaveta Porodina/Courtesy of the artist Also, during this time when I was leaving, I was thinking about how Mercy was you know, picked up a kazoo, and she could play a kazoo. And sometimes, you know, you can, like, cup your hands and drink water from them or you could cup your hands and I dont know. Learn more about his tour. GROSS: Yeah. Soon after a Supreme Court draft ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked last month, Amanda Shires shared some personal news on social media. SHIRES: Oh, yeah. GROSS: Oh, I wish he could have heard you do it. They do tell you that going out and helping other people really helps you a lot. ", In the bruising roots rocker "Eve's Daughter," propelled by a tense groove and serrated, scraggy guitar riffs, Shires plays the part of a woman so desperate to expand her horizons and satisfy her hunger that she's unafraid to take risks in the name of escape. The song is named "Parking Lot Pirouette" for its protagonist's graceful forwardness, her decisive movement to prolong a pleasurable dalliance. GROSS: So this track features you, Natalie Hemby and Yola as a guest artist on it. 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. In 2020, The Highwomen won Album of the Year at the Americana Music Honors and Awards ceremony. We want to hear it. Someone saw me sleeping naked in the noon sun. And all I could think to say/Was everythings going to be OK/Its gonna be all right/Im on your side, he sings. I dont care if somebody wants to put a target on me. And I thought if Im going to get any rest, Im going to have to do something about this. Like, I know that in all of the searching that he did still believe that there was something bigger out there. Do you need the reasons why? Thats, like, part of your identity on Twitter. She has performed as a member of the Texas Playboys, Thrift Store Cowboys, and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, as well as in a duo with Rod Picott. So I started just taking notes on the radio because in 22 songs, [I heard] one womans voice and it was a Carrie Underwood song from six years before that or something. Wills was the father of western swing. But I had about seven different album sequences going on. So either you have surgery or I think you die. Amanda Rose Shires (born March 5, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and fiddle player. GROSS: Oh, thats great. You may opt-out by, U.S. Victoria is scheduled to open for Isbell on this tour. So lets hear a little bit of that song. I laid hands upon the world. I dont feel like it matches whats going on inside my brain. So one of the things you learned, like, I think in the past few years is that your grandfather had spent years in prison. I got up to sing, and I was like, oh, crap. She performs in several settings and has received awards in each of them. Do you think God still sees me, coming out of this twilight sleep? she asks, before the band carries the song out with a powerful extended coda. Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell depict a couple having an honest, difficult conversation about abortion in the new song The Problem.. Lets start with a track from the new album. Dont support artists who dont support your rights. Well, why dont you sing some of it for us? Shires plays fiddle in the band. And so I felt in my mind, I felt those things. What happened between now and then? 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? GROSS: You forced yourself in the position of having him hear you play? But anyway so I went and I sat down in my barn of internal wandering. Im Terry Gross. Lets get back to my interview with Amanda Shires, a great singer and songwriter who also co-founded the band The Highwomen, which is a kind of all-star country music band. And my stuff worked. And the reason I think that my grandmother knew is because also lately, we found out that my moms oldest sister isnt doesnt have the same dad as her, as my granddad. I dont have certain kinds of fatigue. Fully renovated in 1994, the Ryman has never been more vibrant, attracting entertainers and fans from around the globe to enjoy its now legendary acoustics and rich history.Connect with the Ryman Auditorium:Like the Ryman Auditorium on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/rymanfbCheck out the Ryman Auditorium on INSTAGRAM: ttp://bit.ly/RymanInstagram Follow the Ryman Auditorium on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/tweettherymanBEHIND THE SCENES with Amanda Shires | Backstage at the Ryman | Ryman Auditoriumhttp://www.youtube.com/user/RymanAuditorium#AmandaShires, #Ryman, #TheHighwomen, #RymanAuditorium, #BackstageattheRyman And youve called on country music stars to speak out, too. You can just say Im crazy. Is there a song that youd like to do? Its a lot like writing a song about it. GROSS: Well, I want to play a song performed by The Highwomen, and the song is actually called The Highwomen, and its a song sung from the point of view of different women. SHIRES: Sure. And a lot of its multilayered, the meaning take it like a man. Im going to play fiddle and Im going to sing in. And for a lot of folks, that can be the most boring part of the three-part string ensemble thing. No more? But through the process of making the record and all the things that go with that, the hours and the tedium, it got easier for us to have conversations, not because we were doing the work of addressing the problems, but because we found common ground on something again, which has always been music and words.. So hold on to your thoughts. We just couldnt get along. She gets pregnant and wants to have an abortion, although she doesnt feel great about it. Amanda Shires is in Serious Trouble in Hawk for the Dove Fallon Performance Theyve ended shows with Neil Youngs Like a Hurricane or Van Morrisons Into the Mystic. Tonight its the Rolling Stones Cant You Hear Me Knocking, and its ecstatic. Her new album is called Take It Like A Man.. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. credit: John Shearer. Elizaveta Porodina/Courtesy of the artist, Naming The Beast: Jason Isbell And Amanda Shires On Speaking Up In 2017. And luckily, my teacher was one of those good and rare teachers that notices when you know, when a student needs a little more help. Another is a freedom rider who died during the Freedom Rides. SHIRES: And I think Sheryl Crow plays bass on that one. But I think folks forget that access to abortion and reproductive healthcare is not just about terminating unwanted pregnancy. And I said, OK, well, Ill be the healer. While the idea was mine, it wasnt only me that made this Highwomen be a thing. SHIRES: She did. GROSS: You know, youve said that a lot of the songs on this album come from a troubled period of your marriage to songwriter and singer Jason Isbell, who you perform with and who plays on this album. Im going to change the subject here. In 2020, she penned an op-ed for Rolling Stone about why abortion rights matter. Thank you for doing the interview. People forget, Shires says. SHIRES: (Singing) If you want a lover, Ill do anything you ask me to. Jason Isbell Releases Death Wish' From New Album Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Kitty Eisele adapted it for the web. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) Three months after an emergency heart transplant, Grammy-nominated keyboardist, producer, songwriter and artist Peter Levin And it was much safer for us to sleep in the closet with the TV at the bail bonding place than to be left to her own devices at home. On August 9, 2021 The majority of people are in favor of womens reproductive rights and health; its others were trying to get to. When the ball goes in the pocket, you win. Writing songs isnt so cut and dried, he says. Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires to Serve as Record Store Days 2023 Ambassadors. So Amanda, you took fiddle lessons from Frankie McWhorter, who played with Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys from 60 to 62 62 was the year that Bob Wills had a heart attack and retired for a long time from music. If we tell our stories, it helps other people feel empowered. I was learning orchestra and classical music in school and privately. My family left Honduras when they killed the Sandinistas. And he was there for 25 years. Its as opposed to being in the uterus, where it belongs. I heard witchcraft in the whispers and I knew my time had come. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. Im your Amanda. And Empty Cups wasnt even the hardest one for me to put on there. My daughter was about a year old, and I was getting into my touring van because I hadnt worked my way into a bus yet. But through the process of making the record and, you know, all the things that go with that, the hours and the tedium, it got easier for us to have conversations, not because we were doing the work of addressing the problems but because we were found common ground on something again, which has always been music and words. But whatever. Tax ID: 26-2810489, Copyright 2022 Fresh Air. And we had a TV that wed watch, you know, Saturday Night Live on Saturdays. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Her latest album is called Take It Like A Man. Well be right back. 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. The Problem wraps up by driving home the weight of the decision for her character. Some people are upset at the way iPhones charge. And then, really, while the idea was mine, it wasnt only me that made The Highwomen be a thing. The most-watched episode was from April 8th, filmed the day after John Prine Where are our Nashville folks? And then you also youve got guys thatll back you up. Interracial marriages cant happen. Privacy rights are going to be gone. Its not competition, Isbell makes clear with a chuckle. Demographer Diana Greene Foster conducted a 10-year study tracking both people who had abortions and people who were denied abortions. Say whatever feels better or whatever. Her study essentially proves that when folks cant have an abortion, it affects their mental health, their economic standing, their overall well-being. If you share your story or share your beliefs, youre going to get some haters and trolls. The South is in need of a lot of help, Shires tells Rolling Stone. Thats the trick.. They arent helping. You can say its all my fault. SHIRES: (Singing) Im well aware of what the nights made of. I guess for awhile youve been looking for the exit. 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