Out Friday, the dynamic and dynamiteHighwomenalbum contains a dozen songs that span classic country and contemporary Americana.
Shires delivers the kiss-off of the year with the shady swagger of Dont Call Me.
Hemby soars on the poignant My Only Child, co-written with pal Miranda Lambert.
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And so much more.
The women were deeply relieved.
It was like a way of them assuming another form outside of their careers.
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I was just so nervous.
You just want to sit on her lap.
I didnt feel inside my own skin on that day because I was just like, Theres Dolly Parton.
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This is Dolly Parton.
Shes right in front of me.
She has got a cloak completely over her entire body.
There is like nothing but tiny high heels and fingernails sticking out of this thing.
She was taken aback that the vocal arrangements unwittingly mirrored that idea.
Because even within our band, we do not all believe the same things.
Were all just doing the best we can.
And so I feel theres just some real full-circle moments here.
Jimmy would come in too soon on something and we had, like, church giggles.
We were just laughing under our breath.
It was the most fun thing ever.
In that moment, I was like, God, this is the power of music.
I felt like we were a bunch of kids just playing one of our favorite songs.
