Amanda Shires

On a forthcoming episode of The Big Interview with Dan Rather, country singer-songwriter Amanda Shires is featured alongside her equally famous husband, Jason Ibell. During the interview, Shires is asked about The Highwomen, her five-year-old, award-winning supergroup alongside Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby and Maren Morris. “I think back about my musical heroes and how few were women, ‘why don’t we just try to do that,’ and shine some light and try and make the lanes a little wider,” she says.

Should the Highwomen win Group of the Year at the 2021 ACM Awards on Sunday night (April 18), the award will go to Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires -- the four women who released the band's debut album in September of 2019. Americana singer-songwriter Shires was...

In January, Amanda Shires asked her fans to contribute to the video for “Our Problem,” a revised version of her “The Problem” single featuring such all-stars as Cyndi Lauper, Peaches, Linda Perry, Valerie June and Sheryl Crow. Today, Shires unveiled the finished project, which includes footage submitted by fans assembled by Deren Ney.

The best songwriters use all the tools at their disposal to craft their music. Among tools like instrumentation, timbre, and arrangement is story, a sometimes-overlooked device for writing incredible music. Amanda Shires is no stranger to story and demonstrates her aptitude as a writer in her emotional single, “The Problem.” The song tells a specific story, but not in an “on-the-nose” fashion; instead, it feels like a memory, slightly faded and filled with more feelings than information. Upon the single’s release, Shires stated, “This song is about making tough decisions and not having to go it alone.”

Country rock couple Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell are not shy about using their platform to express their values. Some of their choices have polarized their audiences, and this past September, they released the song “The Problem”, addressing reproductive rights. On January 22nd, the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Shires enlisted the help of several iconic voices for rendition of the song called “Our Problem”.

Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell have become the premier power couple in country rock, not just by releasing great music, but also by speaking their minds even as it alienated some parts of their fanbase. Now, the dynamic duo have taken their convictions to a national late-night audience, inviting The Tonight Show into their stained-glass studio for a performance of their new abortion-rights single “The Problem”.

The couple’s Friday appearance on Fallon marked the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Friday marked the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal in the U.S. Gov. Bill Lee marked the occasion by tweeting some nonsense about how a medical procedure isn’t health care. Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell appeared on The Late Show Starring Jimmy Fallon performing their duet “The Problem.”

Amanda Shires is asking ordinary women to join her on the music video “Our Problem.” The country star wants an every-day authenticity to the track. “Our Problem,” like last fall’s “My Problem,” is in support of Roe vs Wade. Female singers with powerful voices joined Shires for the track. They...

Andy Downing Editor, Columbus Alive @andydowning33. Amanda Shires released "The Problem" last year on International Safe Abortion Day, with proceeds benefiting the Alabama-based reproductive justice foundation the Yellowhammer Fund. On Friday, Shires revisited the song, first as a new version recorded with an all-star cast of female musicians, including Cyndi...

On Friday, Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where the duo performed “The Problem”. Shires initially released the single featuring her husband and musical partner back in September, 2020 to celebrate International Safe Abortion Day. Shires and Isbell’s Tonight Show performance came just...