Monroe goes vinyl
Friday, April 19, 2013 – Ashley Monroe's solo debut album, "Like A Rose," which debuted Top-10 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, was released this week on vinyl.
Fans visiting Monroe's web site on April 20 will get a free download of "Weed Instead of Roses. A special April 20 bundle is available for free shipping through April 30. The bundle, available for $34,99, includes a vinyl and digital albums, a Weed Instead of Roses Rolling Tray and a Weed Instead of Roses Lighter.
Monroe is also set to release five exclusive acoustic video versions of her songs that were recorded using a special 1940's reel-to-reel analog tape recorder.
More news for Ashley Monroe
- 07/17/24: Monroe rides with "Hot Rod Pipe Dream"
- 07/03/24: Monroe has "Hot Rod Pipe Dream"
- 05/17/24: Monroe rides the "Risen Road"
- 03/29/24: Like Eaglesmith, Monroe proclaims "I Like Trains"
- 12/15/21: Monroe completes chemo
- 09/30/21: It's going to be a "Hell of a Holiday" for Pistol Annies
- 07/13/21: Monroe discloses she has blood cancer, expects recovery
- 02/22/21: Monroe goes for the "Rosegold"
CD reviews for Ashley Monroe
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. ...
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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