Amanda Shires is just days away from releasing her 7th album, Take It Like A Man. Here she is to tell us how this extraordinary album came together.

Marty Duda spoke to Amanda who was at her home in Franklin, Tennessee. With her bandmate in The Highwomen, Brandi Carlisle setting the music world on fire by performing with Joni Mitchell at the Newport Folk Festival yesterday, there’s plenty to talk about. Hear how Amanda grappled with writing about her personal life and eventually came to love and accept her own voice.