Latest Release
- SEP 25, 2024
- 1 Song
- The Longest Ride (Original Soundtrack Album) [G010004203154C] · 2013
- BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE · 2014
- California 37 · 2012
- Songs To Keep You Warm - EP · 2022
- Sparrow · 2018
- Like a Rose · 2013
- Like a Rose · 2013
- The Blade · 2015
- Tennessee Christmas - Single · 2014
- The Blade · 2005
Essential Albums
- Ashley Monroe has been a country star waiting to happen for some years now. Like a Rose—her first solo release since her stint with The Pistol Annies—deserves to be her breakthrough. Cowriting with such stellar tunesmiths as Guy Clark, Lori McKenna, and producer Vince Gill, Monroe delivers a batch of songs notable for sharp wit and honest emotion. There are echoes of Loretta Lynn’s honky-tonk feminism and Emmylou Harris' bittersweet grace. Monroe uses her winsome, pure-toned vocals for powerful statements about life, loss, and survival. Songs like the wry “Two Weeks Late” and the poignant “Used” acknowledge the hard knocks of romance with disarming candor. Monroe manages to sound genuine whether she’s playing the outlaw (“Monroe Suede”), recalling her troubled past (the title track), or watching love slip away (“She’s Driving Me Out of Your Mind"). “Weed Instead of Roses” and the Blake Shelton duet “You Ain’t Dolly (And You Ain’t Porter)” are saved from novelty-tune status by choice details and satiric edges. All told, Like a Rose is the work of a blossoming talent who may finally be getting her due.
Albums
- 2013
Artist Playlists
Appears On
- Pistol Annies
- Pistol Annies
More To Hear
- Carter on melodies. Commentary from Ashley.
- Leslie Jordan talks with Hunter about his latest album, his book, and more.
- The Tennessee artist shares her eclectic playlist with Dave.
- Ashley Monroe talks upcoming album and plays her song picks.
About Ashley Monroe
Singer/songwriter Ashley Monroe showed off her lithe voice on country tunes as a solo artist and with Pistol Annies in the 2010s, then plunged into pop in 2021 with Rosegold.
- HOMETOWN
- Knoxville, TN, United States
- BORN
- September 10, 1986
- GENRE
- Country