Monroe rides the "Risen Road"
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Monroe rides the "Risen Road"

Friday, May 17, 2024 – Ashley Monroe released a new single "Risen Road" today.

The song was co-produced by Monroe and Gena Johnson and co-written with Waylon Payne and Brendan Benson. She also released a video of the song.

Monroe, who is one-third of Pistol Annies with Miranda Lambert and Angaleena Presley, said, "I wrote 'Risen Road' in 2015 with two of my favorite people (and amazing artists) Waylon Payne and Brendan Benson. I wanted to paint an honest picture of what my life was like growing up in East Tennessee. The real life details are the truth and part of my story — lovin' pain pills and lovin' Jesus — and making it out alive on the other side."

In March, Monroe released a cover of Fred Eaglesmith's "I Like Trains" and her late 2023 single "Over Everything."

In April, Monroe performed her first headline show in Nashville since 2015, and just recently announced she will be performing at AmericanaFest 2024 following a UK tour supporting Little Big Town on their "Friends of Mine" tour.

Over the past two years, Monroe has remained busy writing and collaborating, most recently appearing on Ben Chapman's single "Is It Ever Really Gone" and co-writing Lambert and Leon Bridges' "If You Were Mine."

Monroe's most recent disc was "Rosegold," which went beyond country music.

Tour dates are:
May 31 – Gardnerville, NV – Back Country Festival 2024
Sept. 10 – Manchester, UK – The Bridgewater Hall #
Sept. 11 – Bristol, UK – Bristol Beacon #
Sept. 12 – Cambridge, UK – Cambridge Corn Exchange #
Sept. 14 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK – O2 City Hall Newcastle #
Sept. 16 – London, UK – Eventim Apollo #
Sept. 17 – Birmingham, UK – Symphony Hall #
Sept. 19 – Glasgow, UK – SEC Armadillo #
Sept. 17-21 – Nashville, TN – AmericanaFest

# - supporting Little Big Town


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CD review - The Blade Ashley Monroe gains more acclaim for other projects than she does for her own solo efforts. Monroe is one third of side group Pistol Annies. She sang with Blake Shelton on his hit "Lonely Tonight." She received praise for her first proper solo album (her ill-fated Satisfied" was released three years after its completion by her former label, Sony), "Like a Rose," in 2013, although that was a release that stood on the strength of the songs because three singles produced zero hits. ...
CD review - Like A Rose From the time the needle lands on the first groove of this album, with its plucky guitar and whirling accordion, until the raucous nod-and-a-wink of the roaring honky-tonk call-and-response of the final song, You Ain't Dolly (And You Ain't Porter), Ashley Monroe's pure country voice, reminiscent of Elizabeth Cook and Dolly Parton, grabs you. Gilded in soft beauty of Vince Gill's and Michael Rhodes' thumping guitars and Paul Franklin's luscious steel licks, the ...


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