Price is a "Hard Headed Woman"

The disc, which was recorded at RCA's famed Studio A in. Nashville, includes appearances by Tyler Childers. Price recorded without her long-time band, The Pricetags. "I've been with those players for 10, 13 years," she said. "But I could feel that I needed to make a change, and to change texturally what's going on with the band. But it's a familial bond, different than a friendship."

"I hope this album inspires people to be fearless and take chances and just be unabashedly themselves," Price said, "in a culture that tries as hard as it can to beat us into all being the same."

The first single is "Don't Let the Bastards Get You Down." The song is an "anthem for people who are being overlooked in society and need to be lifted up," Price said, "because we are up against so much right now."

Price was inspired by the message Kris Kristofferson whispered to Sinead O'Connor when she was booed on stage at a Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary show, and got Kristofferson's widow's blessing to include his name on the credits. "I always admired Kris for how he stood by her in that moment, instead of pulling her off the stage like they told him," Price said. It serves as a reminder to anyone who encounters resistance in the face of fighting for justice to keep going, especially when it would be so much easier to capitulate and cower.

"The song was originally written for a movie that never happened, but it feels so timely with everything that's going on in the world," Price said. "The phrase, 'Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down' originates from Margaret Atwood's brilliant 1985 piece of literature, 'The Handmaid's Tale.' It's referred to in Latin and used as a rallying cry for resistance against the oppressive regime that symbolizes resilience and hope in the face of adversity. Nolite te Bastardes Caborundorum."

There are songs that go back to the beginning of Price's early grind, like the western-tinged "Wild at Heart," reflecting on how much her life and the city of Nashville has changed over the years and the need to stay true to oneself.

Price reunited with producer Matt Ross-Spang, with whom she made her first two solo albums. "He's so unpretentious," Price said. "He fully believes in me, he fully believes in my songs. He got us back to feeling it in your gut and not needing everything to be so perfect."

"It felt like there were ghosts and spirits just hanging out," Price said. In perfect kismet, she also launched her own signature Gibson J-45 guitar, inspired by her 1960's Gibson she's had by her side for years as her career took off. It's all part of the continuity that she wishes to create with her art, not just with timeless songs but inspiring future generations of women, mothers and artists in general who don't want to sacrifice their vision, moral compass or family life in favor of mainstream success.