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'I'm Gonna Listen To Myself Again': Ashley Monroe On Singing Through Pain

The country singer and her producer Dave Cobb discuss working through trauma and pairing classic country influences with larger-than-life orchestration to create Sparrow.
Monroe isn't shy about her accomplishments on <em>Sparrow</em>; the singer admits to blasting the album in her car.

Ashley Monroe doesn't feel famous. She knows she's in a good place in her career, she's gotten critical acclaim for her music and she's partnered with household country names like Miranda Lambert. But when it comes to the big, poppy sound of modern country music, she's always felt like somewhat of an outsider. When she went looking for a producer for her new album, she wanted someone who could understand that.

Enter , who's been quietly shaking up Nashville by helping outsider musicians make it big in the mainstream and has produced for breakout stars like

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