If we tell our stories, it helps other people feel empowered. Amanda Shires is in Serious Trouble in Hawk for the Dove Fallon Performance GROSS: OK. And then my orchestra teacher recommended me to a private violin teacher. It's a sentiment that Shires has echoed many times since. In a June 2022 follow-up, the artist detailed for Rolling Stone her experience of ending a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy in August 2021. Not saying something is not helping. In the past, white men have said otherwise. You can call me serious trouble. I want Garth Brooks out there telling people that womens health is a priority. You had an abortion. On top of that, Shires notes, the pro-life stance doesnt typically extend past birth. As it turns out, it did start some conversations within our own families. Shires told her producer Dave Cobb, who also served as bassist in the album's indie rock-leaning band (with Isbell on lead guitar), "My violin needs to sound like it's in an aquarium, but more bright. Where the fuck are the rest of them? GROSS: That your Father had spent 25 years in Alcatraz? I wouldnt go back and change it. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time One is a Honduran asylum-seeker who died while trying to cross the border. Sign up for Rolling Stones Newsletter. Like, I know that in all of the searching that he did still believe that there was something bigger out there. I had people threatening me. I hope you get well soon. Isbell responded, Thank you Aimee. 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, WNET is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. JASON ISBELL: (Singing) What do you want to do? You slammed the door so hard I still hear rattling spoons. So its probably important to stay alive before you start questioning your liberty.. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1lq9aEQTour the Ryman: http://bit.ly/tourtherymanVisit the Ryman Calendar: http://bit.ly/rymanconcertsAbout the Ryman Auditorium:Established in 1982 as the Union Gospel Tabernacle and renamed for the visionary who constructed it, Captain Tom G. Ryman, the Ryman Auditorium is a National Historic Landmark and cultural epicenter of Nashville, TN. I was lucky. Probably nobody enjoys it as much as I do, but its not a necessity for survival. GROSS: So that was Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys from 1940, their song, New San Antonio Rose, with Leon McAuliffe on steel guitar. Well, why dont you sing some of it for us? See where your favorite artists and songs rank on the Rolling Stone Charts. Which would I rather have? SHIRES: I just I have never been a fan of the way my voice sounds. 2023 WNET. A few hours later, his band is peeling the wallpaper with their customary encore cover tune. SHIRES: I forced myself in that position. She was going to school. So lets do that. I would she would set us up in the in the closet of the bail bonds office. While the idea was mine, it wasnt only me that made this Highwomen be a thing. But anyway, he just grabbed my hand and held it. And sometimes Tommy would show me stuff on guitar, like a melody to play, and then see if I could memorize it or retain it or whatever. And if you want another kind of love, Ill wear a mask for you. SHIRES: I didnt know anything about them. And then and neither of them told us that stuff. To see more, visit. Thats abundantly clear on his breakout new album, Southeastern, one of the years best in any genre. And I guess when we got to the third album sequence that I had, Jason was like, why isnt Fault Lines on there? And then more recently, just about a year ago, in August of 2021, you had an ectopic pregnancy. GROSS: The bail bondsmen are often their offices are often located in a very low-rent part of town. Shires plays fiddle in the band. 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. So she did daytime job. And because I was in the time of my life where I was having a disconnect in my marriage and not feeling great in with music but I discovered that it takes a lot to be vulnerable, and it takes a lot to talk to folks and to understand each other. And so you know Ill say, I dont know, but no ones going to be asking me. And a lot of its multilayered, the meaning take it like a man. Her new album is Take It Like a Man. And I also went to Greece and hung out at his house. Shires plays fiddle in her husband Jason Isbells band, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) Three months after an emergency heart transplant, Grammy-nominated keyboardist, producer, songwriter and artist Peter Levin 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. Former Drive-By Trucker is enjoying a breakout moment with new album 'Southeastern'. Here Are The Republicans Who Want Him Kicked Out, Rupert Murdoch Must Tell Fox News Hosts To Stop Spreading Election Lies, Congressional Democrats Demand, Trump Attacks Rupert Murdoch And Fox NewsAgainClaiming Destruction Of America Amid Defamation Lawsuit, These U.S.-Listed Stocks SurgeAlibaba, Baidu And MoreAfter Chinas Economic Rebound, Top NFL Prospect Jalen Carter Charged For Alleged Role In Fatal Street Race, Bite-Sized TikTok Poetry Blows UpAlong With Growing Claims Of Plagiarism, As Delta Variant Spreads, Artists and Venues Scramble to Keep Concerts Safe, Live Nation Allows Artists to Require Vaccination or Proof of Negative Test Result for U.S. Concerts. And the fallopian tube just cant it it cant expand enough to accommodate a growing fetus. And I was really into that.. She sings of the excruciating awareness of both mirroring and superseding her own mother. GROSS: Well, in 2020, you and your husband, Jason Isbell, recorded a duet of a song you wrote called The Problem. And the song is from the perspective of a teenage couple. SHIRES: Theres a medication that you cant take right now after, you know, about two weeks after this happened to me. Her latest album is called Take It Like A Man. Well be right back. If youre just joining us, my guest is songwriter, singer and musician Amanda Shires. It's not often in country musicor pop music for that matterin which an artist addresses a very personal and sensitive subject like abortion through a song. When it came down to it, when I finally got it done and recorded, Amy Coney Barrett had gotten sworn in. Its no fun but well be alright.. And in this certain period of time, there was a lot. It was love at first listen. And these guys are in their 70s and 80s, and it was very much like hanging out with lots of granddads. 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. My family left Honduras when they killed the Sandinistas. McWhorter, who had played fiddle in Bob Wills band, became her teacher, and when Shires was just 15, he asked her to join The Texas Playboys. And while I I know the voice that I have is what I have. GROSS: Amanda Shires, its been such a pleasure to talk with you. SHIRES: Ive listened to all of his records. Whereas before, I would just, in my mind, wish it was something different like Etta James or something. The election is November 8. And so I got to do that basically because I was willing to work in a group and play a part and do just that thing and show up on time. ISBELL: (Singing) And all I could think to say was. So I started just taking notes on the radio because I heard it. (Playing fiddle). I didnt start learning how to accept my voice until recently. It makes it feel like youre tough enough for the fight, all the way down to your bones. A parking lot at night is a setting in which many women have learned to feel unsafe, to hurry about their business with heightened awareness that any strange figure approaching may have sinister intentions. And she was like, I had no idea. 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. Wade was leaked last month, Amanda Shires shared some personal news on social media. Also, during this time when I was leaving, I was thinking about how [my daughter] Mercy picked up a kazoo and she could play a kazoo. Recognition has been building steadily; he won Song of the Year at the 2012 Americana Honors and Awards at the Ryman Auditorium last September for Alabama Pines. He calls his superb backing band the 400 Unit, after the psychiatric ward of a hospital near Muscle Shoals, the part of the state where he grew up. Why didnt more people show up and speak up? Shires has an MFA in poetry, and she's exacting in her use of imagery to portray sensuality as a force both internal and physical. (Singing) Time was all Id want. Amid the rise in infections, it was reported last week that one of the worlds most prominent concert promoters, Live Nation, will allow artists performing at its venues to require guests in the U.S. to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test. I laid hands upon the world. When the band step back from their microphones to begin the extended breakdown, Isbell smiles like a boy on a great adventure. 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. And I thought if Im going to get any rest, Im going to have to do something about this. BRANDI CARLILE: (Singing) I was a Highwoman and a mother from my youth. You know, its Jimmy Webbs song originally, but. Along Shires started playing fiddle professionally when she was 15 with the band the Texas Playboys, which used to be led by Bob Wills, the father of Western Swing. In an interview on MSNBC Monday, Isbell stated the response he has received from people who work at the venues and in the music business has been positive because they understand we could go back to not working at all, adding that smaller venues might not be able to reopen if they go through another round of shutdowns. feeling fine but well have to cancel the next few shows, He then shared his symptoms and expressed his gratitude for getting vaccinated: Lotta sinus drainage type stuff, scratchy in my throat and some muscle aches but no cough or breathing issues fyi. But his voice is much stronger and clearer than it was in the Truckers. And I said, OK. And then I fell in love. He asserted that the band would cancel the concert if any venue refused to agree to their requirements. Ive listened to all of his records. Its a great song, so I thought wed play some of it. If youre just joining us, my guest is songwriter, singer, musician Amanda Shires. Or did you keep the songs, like, kind of secret for a while? But whatever. Demographer Diana Greene Foster conducted a 10-year study tracking both people who had abortions and people who were denied abortions. When it reopened, he was in the first 200. fiddle-playing damn Texan. In a new interview, Shires who returns with her latest album Take It Like a Man in July goes deeper into her own experiences and calls on artists, especially those in Nashville, to start using the platforms theyve been given. Michael Schmelling. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. Im not joking. On Shires' latest record, her songwriting is more fearless and vulnerable than ever but as always, it's a reflection of an artist focused intently on community, equality Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Amy Salit, Phyllis Myers, Sam Briger, Lauren Krenzel, Heidi Saman, Therese Madden, Ann Marie Baldonado, Thea Chaloner, Seth Kelley and Susan Nyakundi. You can say I lost my grip. That one speaks to me. Singer, songwriter and fiddle player Amanda Shires still remembers the moment she fell in love with the fiddle. The 100 Best Albums of 2022. Roberta Shorrock directs the show. And one day, we wound up in the studio, and we cut the song. What does that phrase mean to you? Well close with the opening track from Amanda Shires new album. Not standing up for folks is not helping and its not right. The song is named "Parking Lot Pirouette" for its protagonist's graceful forwardness, her decisive movement to prolong a pleasurable dalliance. GROSS: That sounds really, really awful. I am Terry Gross. I dont understand why its such a big issue, as big of an issue as it is. The players in the band, they took me seriously as a player, but they also understood that I was a kid.. GROSS: Thats the title song from the new album. 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. Since writing that op-ed, I have had reproductive healthcare that some might call an abortion when I was hospitalized in Texas on August 9, 2021, with a ruptured fallopian tube caused by an ectopic pregnancy. But this part of my life in our marriage was difficult. (Playing guitar, singing) Like a common loon, I started hearing birds, birdsong everywhere. For those who are unfamiliar, it is impossible for an ectopic pregnancy to go to term. My guest, Amanda Shires, is a singer, songwriter and fiddle player. And, you know, she. Interracial marriages cant happen. Privacy rights are going to be gone. SHIRES: No, not until a couple of years ago. It is not trapped in your throat. When I wrote my first piece for Rolling Stone, Id had an abortion before. They do tell you that going out and helping other people really helps you a lot. GROSS: Whoa. She co-founded the country supergroup The Highwomen, which includes Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby. The Mandalorian Season Three Gets Off to a Disappointing Start People forget, Shires says. Elizaveta Porodina/Courtesy of the artist It rings out like its supposed to. And here it sits. And usually that works. 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 after we recorded it, he said, Thats a really good song. And I said, Thats all you have to say. We have to work hard now to mobilize and help people vote. Moon, in all your splendor. Is there a song that youd like to do? And how did you figure out what you wanted your point of view to be, you know, like, who the song would be about? GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. GROSS: One of the things I love about his music is the way he combined the spiritual and the profane in his songs and the spiritual and, like, anger and resentment and despair. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. I know what the cost is in the octaves of consequence. On your Twitter, you describe yourself as a disciple of Leonard Cohen. Hearing Shires spell that out is invigorating. I think a lot of women are born healers and nurturers. Im all for freedom, but I think if youre dead, you dont have any freedoms at all, Isbell said. It doesnt have to be Im Your Man. I just know that youve done that. SHIRES: Thats well, see, Im accepting that it sounds like its supposed to now. How did you manage to do that? I think thats what people keep forgetting. GROSS: And me of you, so thank you. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. And I kept imagining, like, how I had nothing left to give and nothing I could do or say to make anything feel right, like, within me somehow. Long before weathering the isolating COVID-19 pandemic, Shires had endured years of studio experiences where producers and musicians undermined her 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 hide caption. But I thought, what am I going to do about that in the event that she does go into country music? This fight is about more than just abortion. Rock & roll kids just let decisions make themselves. And we had a TV that wed watch, you know, Saturday Night Live on Saturdays. So theres thinking my thinking is that my granddad married my grandmother knowing that she was pregnant with somebody elses child. SHIRES: You want to come to the play the show tomorrow night, too? It was love at first listen, Shires says of the fiddle songs. No more? Shires character wrestles with the decision and the right thing to do in her situation, while Isbells character offers his support for whatever decision she makes. And if anyone asks me, Ill say whats true I dont know. When youre trying to make a tough decision, you need a lot of support. Can you play something that you think kind of epitomizes the style that you learned and fell in love with? A moonlit pass that only she would know still hears my broken song of love. Thats what I want. So Im going to ask you to play one more song from your new album, to perform it for us. This is FRESH AIR. Another is a freedom rider who died during the Freedom Rides. And I followed a dress code. 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: I didnt know I was going to work it into a song until I got to the to writing it. 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