Reverberating guitar chords open the haunting, minor-chord “Hawk for the Dove,” the first track on Amanda Shires’ new album, Take It Like a Man. Shires’ vocals, with Brittney Spencer adding backup, drip with sexual longing, and the roving, stalking rhythms […]
Amanda Shires, Mountain Stage 2018
One of my new year’s resolutions is to feature more individual photographers. First up is Chad Cochran, better known in the music photography world as cowtownchad, whom I first met several years ago at an Ohio festival. Since then we […]
Amanda Shires, Ryman Auditorium 2018
“Bewildered, bewildered, you have no complaint. You are what you are, and you ain’t what you ain’t.” — John Prine 1971 In the fall of 1971, just as the Central Park leaves were turning, I was sitting in the A&R […]
In addition to the artists noted in this week’s title, the past few weeks have seen the ND photographers capturing other legends, including Rodney Crowell, Graham Nash, Dave Alvin, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Sam Bush, Byron Berline, and Steve Earle, as […]
Amanda Shires at the Ryman Auditorium 10.26.18
Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires with guest Todd Snider at the Ryman Auditorium 10.26.18
