Lady A, Pistol Annies top busy release day
"Golden" is the fourth release from Lady A. Downtown was the first single from the release.
The Pistol Annies drop "Annie Up," the second disc from the trio of Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley. Hush Hush is the first single from the disc, which veers towards the traditional, strong woman songs.
Bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent offer "Brothers of the Highway" (Rounder) Jamie Dailey wrote two of the songs, and they cover from Vince Gill, Wilma Lee Cooper, Bill Monroe and the Louvins.
Georgia native Craig Campbell is out with his second full-length release, "Never Regret" (Bigger Picture). The disc contains a dozen songs.
A second disc of "The Music of Nashville: Season 1, Volume 2" (Big Machine) drops today with more music from Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere and the gang.
Ruth Moody, of the Wailing Jennys, is out with her second solo disc, "These Wilder Things" (Red House) Moody wrote all of the songs except her cover of Bruce Springsteen's Dancing in the Dark. Mark Knopfler, Jerry Douglas and Aoife O'Donovan help out.
More news for Pistol Annies
- 12/15/21: Monroe completes chemo
- 12/01/21: Pistol Annies share their "Snow Globe"
- 09/30/21: It's going to be a "Hell of a Holiday" for Pistol Annies
- 11/13/18: Pistol Annies debut at the top
- 11/02/18: Pistol Annies, The Mavs, Cash out with new sounds
- 10/12/18: Pistol Annies "Stop Drop and Roll One"
- 09/27/18: Pistol Annies plan "Interstate Gospel"
- 05/28/14: Pistol Annies' Presley signs label deal
CD reviews for Pistol Annies
You just knew a Pistol Annies' holiday album would be a little bit twisted. Sometimes more "Merry Christmas from the Family" than, say, "Silent Night." Comprised of three song female voices – Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley – "Hell of a Holiday" is mostly the sound of a group that just wanna have fun during the Christmas season.
The album opens with its title cut, where these women get revved up for Christmas over a pounding drum ...
For those who thought "Hell on Heels" was a one-off side project for Miranda Lambert (along with sidekicks Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe), think again. The Annies, aka "Lonestar Annie" (Lambert), "Hippie Annie" (Monroe), and "Holler Annie" (Presley), are no novelty act. Instead, they tackle material that you just are unlikely to hear on mainstream country radio both in subject matter and sonics.
Like the debut, this one also makes it quite clear that ...
One might think that given the presence of Miranda Lambert, Pistol Annies are some sort of unworthy side, vanity project for Lambert in between discs. They also would be most wrong because this is not just Lambert and a few sidekicks.
Nope. This is a full-fledged, hardcore country trio album (Ashley Monroe and Angeleena Presley are Lambert's partners in crime) and an excellent one at that. The disc takes no prisoners to say the least, making that clear from the get go ...
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