Ashley Monroe • Songwriter Session with host Tyler Mahan Coe, 2018
Live Music • 45m
Ashley Monroe performs songs from her 2018 album, “Sparrow,” and talks about the record with Tyler Mahan Coe, host of country music podcast “Cocaine & Rhinestones,” during a Songwriter Session at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
Among the songs Ashley Monroe performs: love song “Hands on You”; “She Wakes Me Up,” inspired by her dog Betty; and “Paying Attention” and “Wild Love,” co-written with Brendan Benson and Waylon Payne. Monroe also candidly discusses the death of her parents, which inspired her songs “Mother’s Daughter,” and “Daddy I Told You.”
Monroe, who was pregnant through the making of “Sparrow,” discusses the parallels between giving birth and making a record, and how pregnancy made her feel stronger and more confident while making the album. She also points to how having her son changed the way she sees the world and sparked her creativity.
The singer-songwriter shares some of her songwriting influences, which range from Dolly Parton to Lynyrd Skynyrd, and prompted by host Tyler Mahan Coe, offers her personal take on what country music is.
FOR MORE
Find out more about our public programming: https://countrymusichalloffame.org/plan-your-visit/exhibits-activities/public-programs/
FOLLOW THE MUSEUM
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/OfficialCMHOF/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/countrymusichof/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/countrymusichof
Up Next in Live Music
-
Remembering Elvis Presley: Songs Fit ...
During “Songs Fit for a King: Top Songwriters Remember Elvis,” Jerry Chesnut, Mac Davis, Dallas Frazier, and Billy Swan discuss and perform their original songs recorded by Country Music Hall of Fame member Elvis Presley.
“Songs Fit for a King” is part of a series of 2012 programs honoring Presl...
-
Richard Thompson • Songwriter Session...
Richard Thompson—singer, songwriter, guitarist, and founding member of the folk-rock band Fairport Convention—shares a nearly hourlong performance and question-and-answer session with an audience at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum during a 2012 Songwriter Session.
Beyond Fairport Conv...
-
Ray Stevens • Songwriter Session, 2014
Ray Stevens performs and tells the stories behind some of his biggest hits, including “Guitarzan,” “Everything is Beautiful,” “Mr. Businessman,” and “The Streak,” during a 2014 Songwriter Session at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
The Country Music Hall of Fame member also performs sn...
