Price drops surprise EP
Thursday, July 27, 2017 – Margo Price, who enjoyed much acclaim for her "Midwest Farmer's Daughter" debut in 2016, dropped a surprise four-song EP, "Weakness," on Thursday.
The four songs are the title track, "Just Like Love," "Paper Cowboy" and "Good Luck (for Ben Eyestone)."
The songs were out on Third Man Records, Jack White's label. The EP came out today digitally or as a two-piece, 7-inch vinyl set on Friday. Price co-produced with Matt Ross-Spang, Alex Munoz, and Jeremy Ivey, her husband. Price recorded at Sam Phillips Recording in Memphis.
Price is continuing to tour with dates opening for John Prine, Chris Stapleton, Eric Church and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.
More news for Margo Price
- 06/07/24: Price finds "Ways To Be Wicked"
- 10/13/23: Green, Price release new music
- 05/24/21: Simpson, Price, Shovels & Rope join MerleFest
- 01/10/19: Supergroup of Carlile, Shires apparently forms
- 05/15/18: Isbell snags four AMA nominations
- 01/29/18: Price keeps going Nowhere Fast
- 09/06/17: Price announces new CD, tour
- 01/11/17: Price, Cam play Bonnaroo
CD reviews for Margo Price
Margo Price recorded "That's How Rumors Get Started" in Los Angeles, and it doesn't take long to pick up on a distinct El Lay sound driving this 10-song collection. The opener (and title track) finds Price sounding a lot like "Rumors" era Fleetwood Mac - specifically vocally echoing Stevie Nicks. Four songs in, with "Stone Me," Benmont Tench (of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, one of Nicks' favorite bands) adds piano. "That's How Rumors Get ...
Margo Price's surprise EP, "Weakness," is a pleasant surprise, indeed. It may be concise, but it's packed tightly with good stuff.
The project's title cut is a bit confessional and finds Price admitting, "Sometimes my weakness is stronger than me." Price sings it like a down home cowgirl, over a toe-tapping beat. She follows this upbeat track with a moody piece called "Just Like Love," which is played in a minor key, and is a "Jolene"-esque meditation. ...
You don't hear much from singers like Margo Price any more. When she's singing of the farm in the leadoff "Hands of Time," she's not singing some type of stultifying, reverse bro country song. Nope, she's talking about losing the family farm, her father having to work second shift in a prison and buying back the farm.
To say that Price is an anomaly would be a profound understatement. Fortunate to have friends in high places (that would be one Jack White, owner of ...
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