It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a decade since local outlaw country and Americana artist Margo Price released her breakout debut album Midwest Farmer’s Daughter, launching her to international fame as one of the stars of alt, neotraditionalist country, earning universal critical acclaim, and even landing her on SNL as musical guest mere weeks later. Followup All American Made would drop the following year, equally lauded by critics and even more commercially successful, and Price would land a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist not long after, cementing her status as one of the essential fixtures of modern country- the good kind, the real kind, the kind we wish Nashville still had a lot more of (that “No Country” is our name is referring to the cookie-cutter mainstream and bro country the city has become all too saturated with, not real-deal artists like Price, who we’ve long been fans of). Born and raised in Illinois, Margo dropped out of college and moved to Nashville more than 20 years ago, finding her way into the local scene playing in various bands and honing her chops as a songwriter. Though she’s been world renowned for 10 years now, we still fondly remember her as a scrappy fixture of local dives, and for her excellent early 2010s project Buffalo Clover, as well as early, supergroup iteration of her band, Margo and The Price Tags (which at one time featured Sturgill Simpson).
Channeling a retro, soulful, classic country and roots rock sound, Price has, over the years, collaborated with and earned accolades from so many stars of country, rock, folk, Americana, and bluegrass, toured the world many times over, and has evolved her sound with further releases into the 2020s, exploring a bit more rock, soul, and even indie pop with 2020’s That’s How Rumors Get Started and 2023’s Strays. For her latest, recently released fifth album Hard Headed Woman, recorded at home in Nashville at the legendary RCA Studio A, with producer Matt Ross-Spang, returning after working on Margo’s first two records, Price again leans into his retro country roots, delivering some of the most vulnerable, introspective, sociopolitically charged, and timeless songs of her career. In celebration of her latest, Margo is currently on the road for the Wild at Heat Tour, which, of course, includes a stop at home in Nashville, Nov. 20 at The Ryman Auditorium, where she’s played some incredible shows over the years. Rattlesnake Milk are set to open, and tickets are still available right here! We’re thrilled to announce that we’re also giving away a pair of tickets to this one as well, so if you’d like to try your luck, preview the lineup and enter below.
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Margo Price and Rattlesnake Milk will perform Thursday, Nov. 20 at The Ryman Auditorium. The show is all ages, begins at 7:30 p.m. (doors at 6:30 p.m.), and tickets are available for $35.55-49.16.