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47-479: In 2016, when Shires was finishing her record My Piece of Land in music producer Dave Cobb 's studio, Shires had an idea to create a female country supergroup in homage to the legendary Highwaymen country supergroup (consisting of Johnny Cash , Waylon Jennings , Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson ). At the same time, the lack of representation of women artists on country music radio and at country music festivals had been publicly discussed by many, influenced by

94-731: A recording studio in a bedroom-sized room at the back of his house and named it Low Country Sound. After meeting Sturgill Simpson at a Billy Joe Shaver concert, Cobb produced Simpson's debut studio album High Top Mountain (2013) and its follow-up, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014). Recorded at Cobb's Low Country Sound studio in only four days, Cobb used many different vintage recording techniques, avoiding any electronic recording approaches for this particular album. Cobb began working with Jason Isbell in 2013. Isbell's album Southeastern , recorded in Cobb's home and studio,

141-404: A Troubled Man’s Mind , who came to prominence half a year prior with the viral single " Rich Men North of Richmond ". While most of the songs were already released as acoustic recordings, they were re-recorded and provided new arrangements by Cobb. Cobb has said he focuses on the performer's voice, aiming for an end product which sounds natural. Cobb often plays guitar, and occasionally drums, on

188-696: A beach shack on Cape Cod, a summer of introspection led to the inception of Loose Future . In partnership with Sam Evian , a producer who has previously worked with Big Thief and Cassandra Jenkins , Andrews was able to expand her aural palate and transition into a new sonic world. Pitchfork asserts that "the smooth, radiant production doesn't amount to commercial pandering: it's assured, exploratory, and warm music that mirrors Andrews' newly opened heart." On Loose Future , "Andrews channels her Pop influences to make her brightest, freest songs to date." The ten-track album "is about freedom, renewal, self-love and saving commitment for tomorrow". These themes stem from

235-703: A refuge," while BrooklynVegan describes the album as "more proof that Courtney is a force to be reckoned with". Upon its release in Europe, May Your Kindness Remain received No. 1 placement on the Euro Americana Chart for April 2018, as well as placing No. 1 on the UK Americana Albums Charts, UK Independent Albums Breakers Charts, No. 5 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. The Daily Telegraph called

282-484: A voice she has – it always lifts me up" and Paste magazine recounts that the album is "a rare blend of power and feeling that can bring you to your knees". Naming May Your Kindness Remain as the album of the week, Stereogum describes the album as "...a head-spinning discovery, a warm and gorgeous and fully formed piece of work. The kindness isn't just in the lyrics. It's in the way music like this can nourish you, can make your insides glow. An album like this can be

329-418: Is a classic answer song. The band recorded 15 songs, but only 12 tracks made it on the album. Songwriters included the aforementioned Jimmy Webb , Rodney Clawson , Maggie Chapman , Lori McKenna , Jason Isbell , Peter Levin, Miranda Lambert , Ray LaMontagne , among many others. Many of the songs flip gender roles, with additions of characters like refugee, preacher, Freedom Rider, and a healer, compared to

376-519: Is a thirteen-time Grammy Award winning American record producer based in Nashville, Tennessee , best known for producing the work of Chris Stapleton , Brandi Carlile , John Prine , Sturgill Simpson , Jason Isbell , The Highwomen , Take That , Rival Sons , and Zayn Malik , among others. Cobb is also a contributor to the six million-selling 2018 A Star Is Born soundtrack and produced " Always Remember Us This Way " for Lady Gaga . Cobb

423-442: Is shot at FAME. In 2015, Cobb founded Low Country Sound (LCS), a record label imprint of Elektra that has a distribution deal with Atlantic Records . The debut project for Low Country Sound was the 2015 record Delilah by Anderson East , who is currently signed with the label. The same year, Cobb co-produced Chris Stapleton 's debut studio album Traveller at the historic RCA Studio A on Nashville's Music Row , which

470-604: The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards . In July 2021 she participated as a solo artist at the Newport Folk Festival . Andrews' debut poetry collection, Old Monarch, was published by Andrews McMeel Publishing in 2021. Cleveland Review of Books said the collection "taps into the folklores of the American frontier". Andrews' eighth studio album was released in October 2022 under Fat Possum Records . Written from

517-509: The MeToo movement and journalists like Marissa Moss. While on tour in her van, listening to country radio, Shires kept a running list of artists and noticed that there were few women. When she called to request they play more women artists, she was directed to a Facebook page lottery system. Cobb recommended Shires call Carlile, whom she didn't know. Carlile thought it would be fun, and would be an interesting creative project. The Highwomen project

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564-691: The "International Artist of the Year" award by the UK Americana Awards for May Your Kindness Remain in February 2018. On March 31, 2018, following the release of May Your Kindness Remain , Andrews made her US national television debut on CBS This Morning Saturday where she performed "May Your Kindness Remain", "Kindness of Strangers", and "Two Cold Nights in Buffalo". Shortly after, the band appeared on NPR 's World Cafe series performing

611-721: The "O" Back in Country . Over the next several years, Cobb produced more albums by Jennings, as well as albums by such rock bands as Rival Sons , and co-produced Jamey Johnson 's That Lonesome Song (2008) and The Guitar Song (2009). In 2009, thanks to his professional connection to Jennings, Cobb produced the Oak Ridge Boys ' record The Boys Are Back , encouraging the band to record outside their standard catalog. The group then went on to cover songs by The White Stripes , Neil Young and John Lee Hooker . In 2011 Cobb moved to Nashville, Tennessee . Cobb established

658-459: The No. 6 best country album of 2016. While naming it the No. 38 best album of 2016, American Songwriter called the single "How Quickly Your Heart Mends" the No. 4 song of 2016 and continued to praise Andrews' songwriting saying "she writes with such empathy and insight that she gives Lucinda a run for her money". The single "Rookie Dreaming" was placed on the year end Heavy Rotation list by NPR and

705-592: The UK and Europe by Loose . It was well received by US critics. In addition to being The Bluegrass Situation's Album of the Year, Rolling Stone named Honest Life one of the Top 40 country albums of 2016 as well as naming Andrews one of ten new country artists people need to know. Stereogum praised Andrews' songwriting, calling it "an expert marriage of gracefully confessional songwriting with country-folk arrangements that recall Joni Mitchell " while naming Honest Life

752-520: The United Kingdom, The Guardian similarly called the album one of the 25 Best Albums of 2018. Andrews released her seventh studio album Old Flowers on July 24, 2020, via Fat Possum Records / Loose . The album initially had a June release date, but Andrews moved its release back due to the COVID-19 pandemic 's impact on vinyl record production and independent record stores. The album

799-711: The album "another absolute beauty, a set of nuanced, compassionate portraits and vignettes of good people in difficult circumstances". Additionally, MYKR placed in at No. 19 in Sweden for general music charts upon its release. The album received positive reception in the United States as well, placing No. 12 on the US Top New Artist Albums Chart and No. 14 on the US Americana/Folk Albums chart. Andrews subsequently received

846-467: The album was recorded over eight days at a rented house-turned-studio in Los Angeles, California. In addition to Andrews on vocals and electric and acoustic guitar, the album features Dillon Warnek (electric guitar), Daniel Walter (organ, Wurlitzer , accordion), Charles Wicklander (piano, Wurlitzer), William Mapp (drums, percussion), Alex Sabel (bass) and C.C. White (backing vocals). Of the album and

893-506: The album's release and full 2010–2011 tours, acting as their keyboardist and backing vocalist. In 2011, Andrews relocated to Seattle , Washington . It was there that she began playing electric guitar in long-time admirer Damien Jurado 's band. It was while living in Belgium for four months playing guitar and singing with Belgian star Milow that the songs for Honest Life , Andrews' fifth studio album, started taking shape. Written on

940-648: The album's title track. In May 2018, Andrews was nominated for "Emerging Artist of the Year" by the Americana Music Association in the United States. She later performed on air at the Americana Music and Honors awards ceremony on September 13, 2018, at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. In June 2018, Rolling Stone named May Your Kindness Remain as one of the 25 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2018. In

987-696: The albums being recorded at the studio, as does The Oak Ridge Boys' 2018 release, 17th Avenue Revival , referring to the studio's location on 17th Avenue in Nashville. In 2022, Cobb produced Gavin DeGraw 's eighth album titled Face the River , the album 4 by Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, as well as Sammy Hagar and the Circle 's album Crazy Times . In 2024, Cobb produced singer-songwriter Oliver Anthony 's debut album Hymnal of

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1034-599: The artist's experiences growing up in the South . It contains song contributions by Zac Brown , Anderson East , Jason Isbell, Shooter Jennings, Jamey Johnson, Miranda Lambert , Morgane and Chris Stapleton among others. It was officially released on March 18, 2016. RCA Studio A was saved from demolition, and in July 2016, Cobb began a long-term residency at the studio. The title of Chris Stapleton's 2017 releases From A Room: Volume 1 and From A Room: Volume 2 refer to

1081-409: The audience. Other songs performed included "My Only Child", an ode to "suburban moms" performed by Hemby who wrote the track with Shires and Miranda Lambert , "Loose Change", a nod to 70s country written by Morris, Daniel Layus of Augustana , and Maggie Chapman , featuring Morris on lead vocals and "Cocktail and a Song" which was written solely by Shires in honor of her father. Carlile later invited

1128-563: The back of heartbreak and homesickness, Honest Life tells the story of Andrews' first true growing pains as a woman, the desire to fit somewhere when nowhere fits and the longing to return home to the people she knows and loves. The album was produced entirely by Andrews at Litho Studios in Seattle with audio engineer Floyd Reitsma and was released on August 19, 2016, in North America by Mama Bird Recording Co. and on January 20, 2017, in

1175-628: The characters drawn by the Highwaymen songs. Following the release of their album, the band have infrequently performed together. In 2022, they performed " Somewhere Down The Road " at the Kennedy Center Honors in tribute to Amy Grant , who was one of the honorees. They also performed " Coal Miner's Daughter " during a tribute show on CMT following the death of Loretta Lynn , with Brittney Spencer standing in for Morris. Dave Cobb Dave Cobb (born July 9, 1974)

1222-454: The collaboration as a pirate ship experience, said that they see the project as an incubator project that highlights mentorship and support of fellow women artists. Morris hadn't worked with Cobb before, and remarked on how much she liked tracking live. The band recorded live vocals, live band, harmonies in unison, where the musicians were recording together live in an organic environment at historic RCA Studio A , which Cobb now owns. As part of

1269-595: The experience, some of the members got matching Highwomen tattoos. The group made their live debut on April 1, 2019 at Loretta Lynn 's 87th birthday concert held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville . There, Natalie Hemby was officially revealed as the final member and the quartet performed " It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels ". Their debut single, "Redesigning Women", and its associated music video featuring female artists including Tanya Tucker , Cam , Lauren Alaina , Cassadee Pope and Wynonna Judd

1316-660: The inspiration behind its ten songs, Andrews comments, "The people that I've met on the road these past few years got me thinking about my childhood, and the people around me that I've known, and the stories that come from my family. It became clear how many people are struggling through the same issues. People are constantly chasing that bigger life. A lot of people are poor in America—and because of those unattainable goals, they're also mentally unstable, or sad, or depressed or unfulfilled. A lot of people—myself included at some point in my life—are loving somebody through this. That's sort of

1363-500: The inspiration derived from new discovery, predominantly drives the organic quality of a song. Cobb lives in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville , Tennessee . Cobb is married; he and his wife, who is from Albania , have one daughter together. One of Cobb's paternal cousins from Georgia is the singer-songwriter Brent Cobb . Additionally, Cobb said he grew up with musician Butch Walker . Cobb has talked about

1410-458: The late 1990s he joined Britpop band The Tender Idols, featuring Ian Webber (vocals), Danny Howes (guitar), Guy Strauss (drums) and Joe Jones (bass), and Cobb on guitar and bass. The band signed with New York record label Emagine and released three LPs , the second of which Dave Cobb co-produced. Cobb's involvement in the recording process got him interested in working in the recording studio and led to him recording and producing other bands he

1457-442: The long-term passion that turned into a serious hobby where he explores different types of wine, especially from Paso Robles and other California vineyards. Courtney Marie Andrews Courtney Marie Andrews (born November 7, 1990) is an American singer-songwriter originally from Phoenix, Arizona . She released her first widely distributed and breakthrough studio album, Honest Life , in 2016. From 2010 to 2011, Andrews

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1504-470: The records he produces. Cobb cites Jimmy Miller ( Sticky Fingers , Exile on Main Street ) as an important influence in his approach to producing, as well as Glyn Johns and Brendan O'Brien . Current influences include Gabriel Roth ( Daptone Records ). Cobb also is known to not have a preference over analog recordings versus digital, instead believing the spontaneous nature of creativity as well as

1551-593: The rest of the Highwomen to join her during her headlining set where, as they originally intended, the group performed alongside other female artists including Amy Ray , Courtney Marie Andrews , Dolly Parton , Jade Bird , Judy Collins , Linda Perry , Lucy Dacus , Our Native Daughters, Sheryl Crow , The First Ladies of Bluegrass, and Yola Carter . Shires said the plan was always to debut their music at Newport with Dolly Parton. The band wore custom suits by Manuel . Their cover of " The Chain " by Fleetwood Mac from

1598-538: The soundtrack of the movie The Kitchen debuted during the film's first trailer and was officially released on August 2, 2019. The title track of their self-titled debut album was released on August 13, 2019. Written by Carlile and Shires with Jimmy Webb , the original writer of " Highwayman ", the track that originally inspired the Highwomen's formation, it tells the story of various women throughout history and features guest vocals from British country soul singer Yola Carter and backing vocals from Sheryl Crow . The song

1645-420: The theme of the record: coming to terms with depression and the reality of the world we're living in." May Your Kindness Remain received critical acclaim for its release in the United States from Rolling Stone , NPR Music, Chicago Tribune , American Songwriter , WXPN The Key, Bluegrass Situation and more. Of the single and Andrews, Fader declares "Kindness of Strangers' rules...incredible cut...what

1692-595: Was an auxiliary member of Jimmy Eat World , appearing on their 2010 studio album Invented and acting as their keyboardist and backing vocalist on the subsequent tour. Andrews began playing guitar and writing songs at the age of 13 or 14 and began performing at 15. In September 2009, Jim Adkins of the band Jimmy Eat World asked Andrews to sing with him on a live cover of Wilco and Feist 's song "You and I". In 2010, she recorded backing vocals for Jimmy Eat World on five songs for their studio album Invented . She subsequently joined them on stage to perform during

1739-410: Was an effort to chronicle an acoustic sound similar to what is found on Simon And Garfunkel 's Bridge over Troubled Water , where a non-traditional recording environment was captured to provide an organic, live and "warm" sound. The same year, Cobb began work producing Early Morning Shakes , the third studio album from Whiskey Myers , a Country Southern rock band from Palestine, Texas . The record

1786-715: Was born in Savannah, Georgia , to Mary Cobb (née Floyd) and David Cobb, Sr.. He attended The Cottage School in Roswell . Cobb said his family was very religious and was active in the Pentecostal faith (his maternal grandmother was a minister). Cobb began playing drums and taking guitar lessons at church when he was four years old. Cobb's career in music began as a session musician in Atlanta , sometimes working with producers Dallas Austin and Jermaine Dupri . In

1833-401: Was friends with. Cobb left the band and moved to Los Angeles, California in 2004. Cobb's manager, Andrew Brightman, introduced him to Shooter Jennings , and the two became friends, connecting over shared interest in bands like Ministry , Skinny Puppy , and Nine Inch Nails . Jennings also expanded Cobb's country music education and, in 2005, Cobb produced Jennings' debut solo album Put

1880-489: Was joined by pedal steel guitarist B. J. Cole on both songs and Jools Holland joined the pair on "Honest Life". May Your Kindness Remain is Andrews' sixth studio album and the follow-up to her breakthrough studio album, Honest Life . The album was released on March 23, 2018, in the UK and Europe by Loose and the rest of the world by Fat Possum Records and Mama Bird Recording Co. Produced by Mark Howard ( Lucinda Williams , Bob Dylan , Emmylou Harris , Tom Waits ),

1927-408: Was met with immediate critical acclaim from The New York Times and it received 5 stars from The Times . Rolling Stone described the single "It Must Be Someone Else's Fault" as bringing "to mind classic Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell , but Andrews' bell-clear voice and fearless message of introspection are unmistakably her own". The album received a nomination for Best Americana Album at

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1974-750: Was placed on their "Folk Alley's 10 Favorite Albums of 2016" list. Upon its release in the UK/EU, Honest Life reached No. 1 on the Official UK Americana Chart and No. 1 on the Independent Album Breakers Chart after the first week. It received a five-star review from The Daily Telegraph who called it "an absolutely perfect little gem of an album" and four-star reviews from both Mojo and Q magazines. On April 11, Courtney performed "Table for One" and "Honest Life" on Later... with Jools Holland . She

2021-410: Was released on 19 July 2019, with their self-titled debut album (set for release on September 6) becoming available for pre-order on the same day. The song was promoted by country singer Dierks Bentley who released a comedic reading of the lyrics to his YouTube Channel which received praise from Carlile and Morris. Their second single, "Crowded Table", written by band member Hemby and Lori McKenna ,

2068-506: Was released on February 4, 2014. Cobb met singer-songwriter Anderson East at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe , and Cobb ended up producing East's 2015 album Delilah , which was recorded at FAME Studios in North Alabama's Muscle Shoals . Rodney Hall from FAME allowed the pair into the archives—in the vault they found George Jackson 's song, "Find 'Em, Fool 'Em, Forget 'Em," which is now a track on Delilah. The video for "Find 'Em"

2115-400: Was released on July 26, 2019. In July 2019, the Highwomen performed their first ever full live set at the 60th annual Newport Folk Festival , previewing songs from their upcoming album including "If She Ever Leaves Me", written by Shires, her husband Jason Isbell and Chris Thompkins. With Carlile on lead vocals, Isbell described it as "the first gay country song" which elicited applause from

2162-651: Was slated for demolition. The album would go on to top the Billboard Year-End Top Country Albums chart in 2016 and 2017, and win the Grammy Award for Best Country Album . On March 18, 2016, the collaborative album Southern Family was released on the Low Country Sound imprint. Produced and curated by Cobb, the concept album was inspired by the album White Mansions , with themes centered on family values and

2209-447: Was widely hinted at by Carlile, Morris and Shires before it was officially announced on April 6, 2019. With the name paying homage to The Highwaymen, the Highwomen were originally intended to leave the fourth spot in their line-up vacant to allow other female collaborators to join them, with Chely Wright , Courtney Marie Andrews , Margo Price , Janelle Monáe and Sheryl Crow mentioned as potential guests. The band, who jokingly refer to

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