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Miranda Lambert, Palomino era

Farawayhills

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Although there have been some hints and speculation discussed in the Wildcard thread, it's confirmed that Miranda's new album is due for release next month - so it is time for a new era thread. The new title will be "Palomino", and It seems we should expect an independent feel, some spinoff from the Marfa tapes, a Western ethos, an emphasis on character and storyline, some enigmatic lyrics, and some dramatic costumes from her longtime stylist, Tiffany Gifford.

Miranda co-produced the album, with Jon Randall and Luke Dick (who also feature as frequent co-writers, as do Natalie Hemby and Jack Ingram). This is the tracklist:
1. Actin’ Up (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Jon Randall)
2. Scenes (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby)
3. In His Arms (Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall)
4. Geraldene (Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall)
5. Tourist (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby)
6. Music City Queen feat. The B-52’s (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby)
7. Strange (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby)
8. Wandering Spirit (Mick Jagger, James Rippeto)
9. I’ll Be Lovin’ You (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Jon Randall)
10. That’s What Makes the Jukebox Play (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby)
11. Country Money (Miranda Lambert, Aaron Raitiere, Mikey Reaves)
12. If I Was a Cowboy (Miranda Lambert, Jesse Frasure)
13. Waxahachie (Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall)
14. Pursuit of Happiness (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby)
15. Carousel (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby)

That listing comes from this site, which contains some detailed analysis of the album's making, and is well worth a full read:
https://www.tenntexas.com/2022/03/miranda-lamberts-musical-journey-palomino-arrives-april-29th/

Meanwhile, Miranda has been performing on this side of the Atlantic, with a return to C2C (the reason she missed the ACM awards for the first time in 17 years). Some of you might like to read Michelle Lindsay's review of the Glasgow show:
https://highwayqueens.com/2022/03/1...ry-festival-glasgow-hydro-13-03-22/#more-5412
 
Momin

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One of the things I love about Miranda is that she makes music about things other than romantic love. There's a lot of social commentary in her lyrics and in her shows. A favourite from TWOTW for me was "Well-Rested" which, more than a song about the conflict between new and old love, is a song about the human experience/condition after going through a difficult time.

I was listening to "Strange" today with the lyrics and it has social commentary too.

"Sun keeps shining in the middle of the night" - a comment on late-night culture or being up mindlessly on your phone.
"Urban feels suburban, Main Street ain't Main" - the growing urbanization and metropolitanization everywhere.
"Couple hundred dollars feels more like change" - perhaps a note on inflation, rising prices, the decline in value of money
"Country don't twang, rock 'n' roll ain't loud" - this is perhaps the most obvious one; I have personally not heard her comment on the state of the country music or the way it sounds previously (or at least I don't remember) so the inclusion of this lyric speaks a lot about how she approaches her music, what she likes, what she values and the sounds she wants to retain in her music.
"Everybody's lookin' for a little cheap fame" - to me, this is the influencer culture and how everybody wants a shortcut to the top
 
lizcarlo

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I am so excited for her new album. She is always so talented with writing and her artistry in general. I really like her two new songs. Love how she blends fresh sounds with country different sounds. If I Was a Cowboy song is such twangy fresh Miranda sound. Actin Up is so much fun. Love the vibe of the song. Strange is such acoustic catchy subtle song that only Miranda could do. Love how her music is always so relatable and has her stamp no matter what type of country music she does. She has such unique way about her artistry you know its Miranda. So excited for her new music. These new songs are so amazing.
 
lizcarlo

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miranda lambert gram on Instagram: "‘We go to 36 places on the record. When you listen to the album, think of it as a map.’ — @mirandalambert Palomino drops NEXT WEEK! 🤩🗺📍🎠"

mirandalambertgramApril 18, 2022 on : "‘We go to 36 places on the record. When you listen to the album, think of it as a map.’ — @mirandalambert Palomino drops NEXT WEEK...".
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‘We go to 36 places on the record. When you listen to the album, think of it as a map.’ — @mirandalambert
Palomino drops NEXT WEEK! 🤩🗺📍🎠
 
lizcarlo

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Miranda Lambert Sounds Perfectly at Home on the Wandering Travelogue ‘Palomino’: Album Review

The country star notches yet another rock-solid entry in one of the 21st century’s most ruthlessly consistent discographies.
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“Palomino” is Miranda Lambert’s fourth studio album of the past decade, but that number doesn’t quite capture the tear she’s been on. That period also saw her release three albums with her trio Pistol Annies, as well as last year’s stripped-down demo collection “The Marfa Tapes,” on which Lambert and fellow Texans Jack Ingram and Jon Randall traded tunes and banter over a campfire. And she’s hardly been cranking out assembly-line product: 2016’s purgative post-divorce double-album “The Weight of These Wings” seemed strenuously positioned to be her masterpiece — fairly so, because it was — and while 2019’s “Wildcard” was far lighter in tone, it also saw Lambert stretching her sound to accommodate new genres, from new wave to Motörhead-style heavy metal. Nothing she’s done of late has been a radical departure, but she’s taken pains to avoid resting on her laurels.

Considering that track record, “Palomino’s” most surprising quality is its seeming effortlessness. While it’s considerably more polished than “The Marfa Tapes,” some of that project’s first-take spirit survives here, and Lambert sees no need to stray too far outside her wheelhouse. Playing to her strengths without falling into a rut, it’s yet another rock-solid entry in one of the 21st century’s most ruthlessly consistent discographies.

Presented as a loose travelogue, “Palomino” follows a motley cast of characters as they drift across the southern U.S., fueled by “gasoline, memories and nicotine.” Nomadic restlessness is hardly a new theme for Lambert — or any country singer, for that matter — but it’s one that suits her particular gift for navigating the many shades of gray between liberation and longing. Her voice is impeccable, and only seems to be improving with age; the lingering “Nashville Star” pyrotechnics and gum-smacking sociopathy of her early work have long since been toned down, replaced by an ever-even tone, nicely burnished by strategic splashes of grit.

But as always, Lambert’s true vocal genius lies not just in her range but in her phrasing. “Palomino” has no shortage of classic Lambertian one-liners that only she could properly pull off, whether she’s throwing shade (“You’re trailer park-pretty, but you’re never gonna be Jolene”), cheekily self-mythologizing (“This dove never really gets lonesome / Never begged, never borrowed, but I stole some”) or sketching out an entire short story in a few tossed-off bars. (“Waxahachie’s” opening couplet is a song unto itself: “Nobody ever left New Orleans as mad as I was / I wrote a lipstick letter on the mirror with a bourbon buzz.”)

“Waxahachie” is one of three songs from “The Marfa Tapes” resurrected here, and while some listeners might miss the warts-and-all intimacy of the 2021 recordings, each of them blossoms with a full-band treatment. None more so than “In His Arms,” on which Lambert’s lovelorn vocal floats alongside gossamer brushstrokes of pedal steel and organ, producing a perfect little slice of nocturnal melancholy, all the more effective for resisting the urge to reach for the rafters.

Aside from those Lambert-Ingram-Randall compositions, the core songwriting trio at work on “Palomino” comprises the star and longtime co-conspirators Natalie Hemby and Luke Dick, responsible for roughly half the album’s tracks. Lambert and Hemby’s collaborations reach all the way back to 2009’s “Revolution,” and the group has a knack for expertly crafted country-pop gems that don’t reinvent the wheel so much as find an idiosyncratic new rhinestone pattern to bedazzle the spokes. Their best work here is saved for the closer. Structured like a Nicholas Sparks take on “Pancho and Lefty,” “Carousel” tells the story of a circus performer’s tragic love affair with a trapeze artist named Harlan Giovanni, as she looks back on her sequined ’80s glory days from her home in Nacogdoches. If that premise sounds like a gooey slab of kitsch, the song is anything but — it’s an absolute heartbreaker, the kind of high-concept tearjerker that requires a Reba-caliber interpreter to really put across, and Lambert nails every line. It’s the best ballad she’s sung since “Tin Man,” and one of her best, period.

“Palomino’s” middle stretch sees Lambert venturing out on a limb somewhat, with entertaining if unspectacular results. “Music City Queen” is an ode to a run-down riverboat casino, with featured guests the B-52s offering ironic commentary and interpolating “Proud Mary” in the background; the song is every bit as tacky as its subject, which of course is the point. The album’s sole cover comes right after: a propulsive take on Mick Jagger’s 1993 solo track “Wandering Spirit.” Lambert gives it a faithful reading, and the globe-trotting lyrics jibe with the record’s overall theme, but only Rob McNelley’s unhinged slide guitar really lingers in the memory when the song’s over.

Much better are the lead-off single “If I Was a Cowboy” (a clear tip of the Stetson to Beyoncé’s “If I Were a Boy”) and the shuffle-time jam “I’ll Be Lovin’ You.” The latter is probably the most infectious song here, and the likeliest candidate to succeed “Bluebird” as “Palomino’s” slow-building crossover. It’s easy to imagine a track like this ending up in the hands of any number of hit-hunting younger singers, but impossible to imagine anyone else investing it with Lambert’s precise calibration of wistfulness and swagger. And that goes for the rest of the album too. For all of “Palomino’s” celebrations of highway vagabondage, and all of Lambert’s promises to “never be a number on a population sign,” she’s never sounded more perfectly at home.
 
Momin

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Heard the whole album from top to bottom. I think it is absolutely brilliant and feels like a very important record in her whole discography! She continues to reinvent the wheel and be so stylistically different than anything that's out there right now. It's very radio-friendly yet very rock and alt-leaning too. Her instrumentation always sounds like many people in the same room playing instruments live together - with each of them standing out and audible. Not lost in the noise of all the bass and loud production.
 
lizcarlo

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Miranda is one of the most talented artists in music industry. In my opinion she is one of the most consistent artists who music is so good. I can go back to any of her albums and enjoy them so much. Her writing is so good. Love how her different sides to her personality shines through on this record. Love hearing her have fun. She has such gift to make you feel what she is writing and singing even if you can't personally relate. Miranda is such wonderful artist to follow ever since I saw Kerosene on tv. She takes risks to makes her own music she loves. As someone who adores country music love how she explores the different flavors country genre has to offer in her career. No matter what different type of country she makes her distinct writing lets you know it's her stamp of talent. Palomino has such unique country rock alternative fresh country sound. Miranda is such an exciting artist to follow.
 
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100 most influential

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'Country Queen' Miranda Lambert Is Among Time's 100 Most Influential People​

By Kelly FisherMay 23, 2022
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Time unveiled its list of 100 most influential people of 2022 — and the list includes reigning Academy of Country Music Awards Entertainer of the Year, Miranda Lambert. She’s the only country artist to make this year’s list, which comes at the heels of a new album (Palomino), in the midst of a revived era of her co-headlining tour with Little Big Town, with a highly-anticipated Las Vegas Residency in the works and more.
“I’m so honored to join this year’s class of #TIME100. I only ever wanted to sing and write songs and thanks to y’all I’ve gotten to do that and so much more. Thank y’all for being on this journey with me💖,” Lambert shared on Instagram on Monday morning (May 23). Fans and fellow artists flooded the comments with congratulatory messages for Lambert, applauding her for “as always … representing women & country music so well!”

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Miranda Lambert on Instagram: "I’m so honored to join this year’s class of #TIME100. I only ever wanted to sing and write songs and thanks to y’all I’ve gotten to do that and so much more. Thank y’all for being on this journey with me💖"

30K likes, 545 comments - mirandalambertMay 23, 2022 on : "I’m so honored to join this year’s class of #TIME100. I only ever wanted to sing and write songs and thanks to y’all I’ve gotten ...".
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Elle King, singer-songwriter and Lambert’s duet partner on “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home),” spoke to the achievements and characteristics that make Lambert so influential: “…she’s all about making everybody feel welcome. And there is not one inauthentic hair on her head.
“Of course, in this industry, you’ve got to have good music. And Miranda is a true country queen,” King continued. “Her shows are incredible; from start to finish, she gives it her absolute all. It was an honor to collaborate with her on our duet last year, which broke decades-long country records. But the reason that I like Miranda so much is because she is one of the absolute funniest people I’ve ever met. When she and I get together, we don’t lose our voices because we’re singing or because we’re drinking. It’s because we laugh the whole time.”
Lambert is one of several innovators on the list, along with Zendaya, Taika Waititi and others. The list also includes artists like Andrew Garfield, Sara Jessica Parker, Pete Davidson and Mila Kunis. It includes icons like Mary J. Blige, Adele, Jon Batiste and more. See the full Time list here.
 
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