Jul 31, 2020
Jasmine Rae caps off her release week by
joining me to discuss Taking
the Long Way, the 2006 album that saw The
Chicks rising from the ashes of controversy and
persecution to create one of their best records. We dig into the
album’s backstory, frontwoman Natalie Maines
taking a leading role in the band’s songwriting for the first time,
parallels to their new album ‘Gaslighter’, the rock’n’roll
collaborators who joined the band on this album, their decision to
make the lyrics explicitly personal and specific in a way they
never had on previous records and more.
Plus, we discuss what it’s like to launch a new record (and play
shows) in the midst of the pandemic in Australia, and the
precarious nature of planning anything.