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Miranda Lambert - The Weight Of These Wings
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Farawayhills
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In breaks between tours, Miranda often goes to other artists' concerts, in both large and small venues - some of which she posts about afterwards, and some which we only hear about incidentally. I already knew she'd been to a Lake Street Dive concert last week, with her friend April, because she posted pictures of them with the group (I'd be grateful, by the way, if people didn't try to jump to conclusions about the gentleman with them, who is an Austin singer-songwriter - when she goes with a girlfriend, they usually also have a male friend, who accompanies them as an escort, and hopefully helps to deter random strangers from pestering them.)
https://twitter.com/mirandalambert/status/1038147494163763201
Lake Street Dive are one of her favourite bands, and they asked her to join them to sing one of their songs "I Can Change". So far, I've only seen clips of this, recorded on phones - and I'm grateful to concert goers who post material like that, especially when they are from other fan bases, and wouldn't have expected to see a collaboration.
However, Rolling Stone have now posted an article on the event, and have included a better quality video. (I'm pleased to get that - Like most of this group's work, "I Can Change" is in a Blues style, which Miranda is known to love. Lake Street Dive's lead singer, Rachael Price, is the other artist performing in the video).
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/...with-lake-street-dive-on-i-can-change-722154/
https://twitter.com/mirandalambert/status/1038147494163763201
Lake Street Dive are one of her favourite bands, and they asked her to join them to sing one of their songs "I Can Change". So far, I've only seen clips of this, recorded on phones - and I'm grateful to concert goers who post material like that, especially when they are from other fan bases, and wouldn't have expected to see a collaboration.
However, Rolling Stone have now posted an article on the event, and have included a better quality video. (I'm pleased to get that - Like most of this group's work, "I Can Change" is in a Blues style, which Miranda is known to love. Lake Street Dive's lead singer, Rachael Price, is the other artist performing in the video).
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/...with-lake-street-dive-on-i-can-change-722154/
Farawayhills
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Dolly Parton's soundtrack album, "Dumplin'", which features Miranda, as well as several other artists, is scheduled for a Nov 30th release. As well as the information mentioned in an earlier post, I've since heard that Mavis Staples, Elle King, Alison Krauss, and Rhonda Vincent will also be on the record. The tracks will be a mixture of new material, written by Dolly and Linda Perry, with covers of Dolly's earlier songs, performed by the guest artists - but I haven't yet seen a detailed listing of the songs.
Dumplin' is based on a novel, which deals with body weight issues, and the problems of teenage anxiety. The central character is named after Dolly's sister, Willadene. The film will be distributed on Netflix.
Dumplin' is based on a novel, which deals with body weight issues, and the problems of teenage anxiety. The central character is named after Dolly's sister, Willadene. The film will be distributed on Netflix.
Farawayhills
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The Lambert clan had a family day out recently at the Oklahoma State Fair, where Miranda showed her horse, and seems to have had a lot of general fun
https://twitter.com/mirandalambert/status/1041927900444995584
I think it was good to see this, for several reasons:
---it helps to dispel the climate of a feud between her and Oklahoma, stirred up on social media, seemingly by a number of obsessive Shelton supporters, who won't move on, and harass fans, particularly those who have the state and her name in their social media tags.
---it takes her back to the circuit where she first got into showing her Gypsy Vanner - she does this at other places, but this was where it began for her, and she has friends on the circuit. (Some of the riders show in Western gear - but she prefers "full English" style, which is appropriate for this breed)
---it was an opportunity to relax with her family between the ending of the Bandwagon Tour, and the coming season where she is about to start the Hall of Fame concerts, followed by likely Pistol Annies promotion.
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In fact, her first Artist In Residence concert at the Hall of Fame is tonight, and the Oak Ridge Boys sent flowers to her dressing room (I admire that veteran group for consistently showing support for the younger artists who are carrying on the performance torch. I'm sure it means a lot to them)
https://twitter.com/oakridgeboys/status/1042555462107971584
Thanks to Devon RanFan, this is the set list she followed tonight (I love the way she's spreading the songs through the album eras, and including deep album cuts. A nice tribute to Allison Moorer, one of her heroes. It looks as if Ashley Monroe, Natalie Hemby, and Miranda's father Rick were all involved. I would guess that she may concentrate on The Weight of These Wings in the second concert)
1. Love Is Looking For You
2. Greyhound Bound For Nowhere
3. Bring Me Down
4. Desperation
5. More Like Her
6. Dead Flowers
7. Airstream Song
8. Virginia Bluebell
9. White Liar
10. Heart Like Mine
11. Me & Your Cigarettes
12. A Soft Place To Fall
13. Oklahoma Sky
14. Gravity’s A *****
15. Dear Diamond
16. Tomboy
17. I’ve Got Wheels
https://twitter.com/mirandalambert/status/1041927900444995584
I think it was good to see this, for several reasons:
---it helps to dispel the climate of a feud between her and Oklahoma, stirred up on social media, seemingly by a number of obsessive Shelton supporters, who won't move on, and harass fans, particularly those who have the state and her name in their social media tags.
---it takes her back to the circuit where she first got into showing her Gypsy Vanner - she does this at other places, but this was where it began for her, and she has friends on the circuit. (Some of the riders show in Western gear - but she prefers "full English" style, which is appropriate for this breed)
---it was an opportunity to relax with her family between the ending of the Bandwagon Tour, and the coming season where she is about to start the Hall of Fame concerts, followed by likely Pistol Annies promotion.
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In fact, her first Artist In Residence concert at the Hall of Fame is tonight, and the Oak Ridge Boys sent flowers to her dressing room (I admire that veteran group for consistently showing support for the younger artists who are carrying on the performance torch. I'm sure it means a lot to them)
https://twitter.com/oakridgeboys/status/1042555462107971584
Thanks to Devon RanFan, this is the set list she followed tonight (I love the way she's spreading the songs through the album eras, and including deep album cuts. A nice tribute to Allison Moorer, one of her heroes. It looks as if Ashley Monroe, Natalie Hemby, and Miranda's father Rick were all involved. I would guess that she may concentrate on The Weight of These Wings in the second concert)
1. Love Is Looking For You
2. Greyhound Bound For Nowhere
3. Bring Me Down
4. Desperation
5. More Like Her
6. Dead Flowers
7. Airstream Song
8. Virginia Bluebell
9. White Liar
10. Heart Like Mine
11. Me & Your Cigarettes
12. A Soft Place To Fall
13. Oklahoma Sky
14. Gravity’s A *****
15. Dear Diamond
16. Tomboy
17. I’ve Got Wheels
Farawayhills
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The Hall of Fame posted this picture (left to right, Ashley, Rick, Allison, Miranda, Natalie)
https://twitter.com/countrymusichof/status/1042775668759699456
Although two hits (White Liar, co written with Natalie, and Heart Like Mine, co-written with Ashley), were included; as were two recent cuts from TWOTW, which I don't think have been featured before - the main focus was clearly on older songs which were never singles - which she called "ones that got away". An unusual choice for a 17 song prestige set - but I think one that suited the idea of a residency, focusing on her career as a whole, stressing the songwriting and reinforcing the fact that Country Music is a wider spectrum than radio plays.
The choice of Allison Moorer, who is clearly associated more with Alt Country, as the "senior" guest artist also seems to confirm the suggestion in TWOTW that Miranda is focusing rather more of her career nowadays in an off-Mainstream direction. "Oklahoma Sky" was the song she wrote as a present for Miranda's wedding (which already seems water under a few bridges now). They sang it together, and Allison said of it "The dudes, they come and go. The song remains. We’ve still got the song.” That reportedly got a huge whoop from the audience!
The Tennessean, & Sounds Like Nashville have reviews here:
https://eu.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/09/20/miranda-lambert-plays-country-music-hall-fame-residency-setlist/1336951002/
Miranda Lambert Plays First Show as Hall of Fame Artist-in-Residence | Sounds Like Nashville
https://twitter.com/countrymusichof/status/1042775668759699456
Although two hits (White Liar, co written with Natalie, and Heart Like Mine, co-written with Ashley), were included; as were two recent cuts from TWOTW, which I don't think have been featured before - the main focus was clearly on older songs which were never singles - which she called "ones that got away". An unusual choice for a 17 song prestige set - but I think one that suited the idea of a residency, focusing on her career as a whole, stressing the songwriting and reinforcing the fact that Country Music is a wider spectrum than radio plays.
The choice of Allison Moorer, who is clearly associated more with Alt Country, as the "senior" guest artist also seems to confirm the suggestion in TWOTW that Miranda is focusing rather more of her career nowadays in an off-Mainstream direction. "Oklahoma Sky" was the song she wrote as a present for Miranda's wedding (which already seems water under a few bridges now). They sang it together, and Allison said of it "The dudes, they come and go. The song remains. We’ve still got the song.” That reportedly got a huge whoop from the audience!
The Tennessean, & Sounds Like Nashville have reviews here:
https://eu.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/09/20/miranda-lambert-plays-country-music-hall-fame-residency-setlist/1336951002/
Miranda Lambert Plays First Show as Hall of Fame Artist-in-Residence | Sounds Like Nashville
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Momin
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I saw some videos on Miranda's Instagram account. I thoroughly enjoyed the acoustic versions of all the songs she performed. It was very intimate, simple and yet heartfelt. I also love how she included so many songs from her previous albums that weren't singles. It only goes on to show that she included all those songs because she genuinely wanted them there and she also recognized something special in them. Perhaps their long-termness or their authenticity. Whatever it was, she still seems to be in love with those songs. These are timeless songs that continue to resonate with audiences. They know these deep cuts by ear really well, if not by lyrics, and they continue to request them. I believe there are rarely any artists in the country mainstream format who would have very memorable non-single songs on their albums or that audiences listen to those very often. They are mostly forgetful album fillers that have no depth to them. It makes my heart happy to see artists like Miranda bring back old gems that still strike a chord after all these years.
Momin
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I loved this performance! I'm not too familiar with Lake Street Drive. In fact, this is the only song I've heard by them. But does seem like they're right up Miranda's alley.
lizcarlo
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Farawayhills
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I'm not sure if this link will work, as the paper includes specific session markers in the address. (If not you may be able to find it by searching on Washington Post articles by Emily Yahr)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/life...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.86b96eb70be7
As some may know, Emily has been a strong supporter of women in Country Music, and more generally of the Roots-leaning side of the genre. - so the theme of this article is not surprising. (It's also not surprising that the great majority of radio programmers declined to comment. More disappointingly, Sony Nashville also declined to comment - though I would reiterate what I've been saying in the Pistol Annies' thread, that most of the promotion seems to be coming from Shopkeeper and from Miranda's personal teams, rather than from the label.)
Much of Emily's article does focus on Miranda (which is why I've posted it here) - but even those of you who don't like Miranda might want to read it, as the issues about masculinity on radio, and the apparent dislike of musical depth and many of the more challenging themes, are general - and may also increasingly affect Carrie. (I won't dwell on that point, though, as there is little hard evidence to indicate exactly what it is happening in her case, and I know many of you think she will continue to be an exception, and it it's only a matter of time for her radio run to reassert itself). All I'll say now is that the sector of music I mainly follow has long known that they and their audience don't generally need commercial radio support to be able to sustain the career aspects that are more important to them - and that trend has continued as radio has increasingly narrowed its playlist priorities in recent years - but artists (and their fans) obviously differ in the extent to which their career focus and future expectations do rely more on that medium.
[edit] I've extracted this section by another advocate of women's recordings, Elaina Smith, as it may be of most interest to Carrie fans and fans of other artists:
Elaina Smith, co-host of the nationally syndicated “Nash Nights Live,” worked in adult contemporary and pop radio before moving to Nashville. She was shocked when she heard country programmers say they’re told to never play two songs by women back-to-back. Smith was especially disturbed by their reasoning: allegedly, female listeners, the target demo, don’t like to hear female voices on the radio.
Smith, who launched a podcast this fall called Women Want to Hear Women, is one of many in Nashville determined to debunk that problematic thinking, and raise awareness about the challenges women face in the industry. “Nothing is ever going to change unless it’s known and we can be open about it,” Smith said.
One of the numerous issues with that two-song policy, Smith said, is audiences don’t have time to get familiar with the tracks, so they’re less likely to become hits.
“Everything is about familiarity,” Smith said. “If a song isn’t doing that well and it’s a guy, I feel like they’re more prone to keep pushing it . . . but these songs [by women] aren’t getting chances that male songs are getting, in my experience and observation.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/life...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.86b96eb70be7
As some may know, Emily has been a strong supporter of women in Country Music, and more generally of the Roots-leaning side of the genre. - so the theme of this article is not surprising. (It's also not surprising that the great majority of radio programmers declined to comment. More disappointingly, Sony Nashville also declined to comment - though I would reiterate what I've been saying in the Pistol Annies' thread, that most of the promotion seems to be coming from Shopkeeper and from Miranda's personal teams, rather than from the label.)
Much of Emily's article does focus on Miranda (which is why I've posted it here) - but even those of you who don't like Miranda might want to read it, as the issues about masculinity on radio, and the apparent dislike of musical depth and many of the more challenging themes, are general - and may also increasingly affect Carrie. (I won't dwell on that point, though, as there is little hard evidence to indicate exactly what it is happening in her case, and I know many of you think she will continue to be an exception, and it it's only a matter of time for her radio run to reassert itself). All I'll say now is that the sector of music I mainly follow has long known that they and their audience don't generally need commercial radio support to be able to sustain the career aspects that are more important to them - and that trend has continued as radio has increasingly narrowed its playlist priorities in recent years - but artists (and their fans) obviously differ in the extent to which their career focus and future expectations do rely more on that medium.
[edit] I've extracted this section by another advocate of women's recordings, Elaina Smith, as it may be of most interest to Carrie fans and fans of other artists:
Elaina Smith, co-host of the nationally syndicated “Nash Nights Live,” worked in adult contemporary and pop radio before moving to Nashville. She was shocked when she heard country programmers say they’re told to never play two songs by women back-to-back. Smith was especially disturbed by their reasoning: allegedly, female listeners, the target demo, don’t like to hear female voices on the radio.
Smith, who launched a podcast this fall called Women Want to Hear Women, is one of many in Nashville determined to debunk that problematic thinking, and raise awareness about the challenges women face in the industry. “Nothing is ever going to change unless it’s known and we can be open about it,” Smith said.
One of the numerous issues with that two-song policy, Smith said, is audiences don’t have time to get familiar with the tracks, so they’re less likely to become hits.
“Everything is about familiarity,” Smith said. “If a song isn’t doing that well and it’s a guy, I feel like they’re more prone to keep pushing it . . . but these songs [by women] aren’t getting chances that male songs are getting, in my experience and observation.”
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Farawayhills
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Was that the comment about having to find someone with the right anatomical details? Lol (I wonder how the host reacted!)
Miranda did sing an earlier featured part on one of his albums back in 2007 - that was more in a power ballad style - written by Brett James and Hillary Lindsey. Aldean has had a career roughly similar in time span to Carrie's and Miranda's, and is probably best known for a mixture of emotive power ballads, and Southern Rock. He did dabble in Bro Country more recently (though he wasn't one of the worst offenders). The latest song, "Drowns the Whiskey" is interesting, because it contains definite elements of Neo-traditional style. That has been unfashionable on recent Mainstream radio, and some commentators mentioned that it may mark a shift by programmers away from Bro Country. Miranda may have played a part in choosing the style, because when he asked her for a collaboration, she turned down the first song he sent her, and he had to rethink the type of song.
"Drowns the Whiskey" spent two weeks at number one, I think, and also gained a couple of award nominations. I would say that (if it is not just a one-off exception) that would be more significant in stylistic terms, though - rather than being a pointer to Miranda's own radio prospects. It does, at least, suggest that there isn't a "blacklist" conspiracy against her, but her vocal part in the song is not very prominent, and - as she points out - they are not sowing any real sign of playing her solo work. I think her part in the video is stronger than on record - the juxtaposition of the two characters, wistfully drinking separately was quite effective. Someone on Twitter said it could represent a retrospective of "Before He Cheats", with the two protagonists, the cheater and the avenger, both reflecting, months later about where events have separately led them.
lizcarlo
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I'm in nostalgic mood for Miranda old music. Wanted to post throwback of one of my favorite early Miranda songs. In my opinion its still such a good song.
Listening to her early songs you could see such a talented young artist. I love that Miranda has continued to be such talented artists who consistently makes music that's so relatable.
Listening to her early songs you could see such a talented young artist. I love that Miranda has continued to be such talented artists who consistently makes music that's so relatable.
carriecountrystar
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I'm surprised no one is talking about Miranda's secret sudden wedding! HAHA
Farawayhills
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There is a thread about it in the celebrity gossip section (which seems the best place, since 90% of what's being discussed in the media is gossip). She didn't announce it to fans until just after St Valentine's Day, although the wedding seems to have taken place in mid January - and she hasn't spoken about it since.
For those interested in clues about her feelings, about a week before the wedding, she posted this quote from Edward Abbey (a writer, radical political theorist, and environmental activist who died in the 1980s)
"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.”
She finished that post with the words Music. Magic. Life. 2019. Cheers.
As for "The Weight of These Wings", I think that remarkable era has passed - her work in the last few months has been concentrated on the Pistol Annies
For those interested in clues about her feelings, about a week before the wedding, she posted this quote from Edward Abbey (a writer, radical political theorist, and environmental activist who died in the 1980s)
"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.”
She finished that post with the words Music. Magic. Life. 2019. Cheers.
As for "The Weight of These Wings", I think that remarkable era has passed - her work in the last few months has been concentrated on the Pistol Annies
Farawayhills
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A great view of the early days here (and a reminder of how young most of them looked back then!)
(As it appears to be a publicity video from Epic Records (the first of the four Sony imprints she's been on), I would guess the date at around 2005. "Kerosene" was the first album Frank produced for her, and the only one released on Epic. "Me and Charlie Talking," was her debut single for Sony, released in October 2004)
(As it appears to be a publicity video from Epic Records (the first of the four Sony imprints she's been on), I would guess the date at around 2005. "Kerosene" was the first album Frank produced for her, and the only one released on Epic. "Me and Charlie Talking," was her debut single for Sony, released in October 2004)
lizcarlo
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I have always loved country. It was Miranda who was the first modern country artist I had real interest in around that time. I'll never forget browsing tv and seeing Kerosene video and hearing the music. I stopped and listened. Loved the song and still do to be honest
.. She has grown to be very talented artist. In fact Miranda has really good discography. I'm so happy she continued to make music she loves (including Pistol Annies) because she is such gifted artist. Thanks for posting.