Natalie Hemby

Each song is a character study of someone who might hit up a honky-tonk.

She co-wrote all these songs with some real A-listers, including Natalie Hemby, Laurie McKenna, and Shane McAnally, to name just a few.

And I would say there's quite a bit of variety here.

Julie, why don't you set us up for an artist that maybe people aren't quite familiar with, but they definitely need to know.

Yeah, this was around the time that she was in that super group, High Women, who did the, you know, the Highwayman song only made it about women and did like a whole album of stuff.

It was with her and Natalie Hemby and Amanda Shires and Maren Morris.

And I think this was around the time that she was, that she made that documentary about, oh God, was it Tanya Tucker? I think it was Tanya Tucker.

You know, and gave a...

White Liar debuted here at number three, dropped to number 15 last week and has now bounced 12 places straight back up to where it started.

This song was written by Miranda Lambert and Natalie Hemby.

And from Mountain Home Records, here's White Liar.

Hey, white liar Truth comes out a little at a time And it spreads just like a fire Slips off of your tongue like turpentine And I don't know why, white liar

Well, and the fact that you're bringing Lainey onto your record and she's introducing it is great.

And then you're also working with people like Natalie Hemby, who is so incredibly talented.

And I think y'all worked on at least a couple of songs on the record together, right?

Oh, yeah.

Joe Reynolds from Philly here.

My selection today is the demo of Pontoon, written by Natalie Hemby, Luke Laird, and Barry Dean.

The title came about almost by accident.

Natalie and Luke had previously written a Miranda Lambert song called Fine Tune.

Yeah.

Yeah, sometimes.

All right, that was Natalie Hemby.

Okay.

White Liar made its debut at number 3 last week, but it drops to number 15 in its second chart week.

It was written by Miranda Lambert and Natalie Hemby.

Here's J. Lee Roberts and White Liar.

Truth comes out a little at a time And it spreads just like a fire Slips off of your tongue like turpentine And I don't know why, white

It's a foot stomping, jukebox jamming anthem that turns heartbreak into a dance party.

co-written by Natalie Hemby and Barry Dean.

This track is a feel-good cocktail.

George Strait vibes mixed with modern sass.

This track is all about keeping your chin up even when life storms roll in.

Miranda was quoted as saying, no matter how hard things get, there's always a little bluebird inside you waiting to sing.

Fun fact, she co-wrote this with the brilliant Luke Dick and Natalie Hemby, bringing together the perfect mix of country grit and poetic charm.

And just like that little bluebird, it soared straight to the top of the charts, proving Miranda's knack for turning personal resilience into radio gold.

Yeah, great, you know you do a version I'll do a version and we'll both put it out so that's what we did and And sometimes that happens, you know, like I keep a little sort of backlog of melodies and Because I do like writing from a purely melodic standpoint sometimes with certain people.

Like Natalie Hemby and I, when we get together, I love bringing in just a melody with Natalie because I know her lyrical depth is so deep and so amazing that...

if i can come in with a strong melody you know matresa berg is another one that's like i always come ready with a good melody try to what i think is a good melody you know because their lyrical contribution is always so amazing that you know And sometimes lyric for me, sometimes it comes easy.

Sometimes it doesn't.

That's what we write next.

Langley returned the favor on the new album, Crisco, joining Lambert for the song Shakeskin Boots, a cinematic late 60s western strut written with Brendan McLaughlin, Jesse Frashior, and Natalie Hemby.

Their connection had become obvious while making Dandelion.

We're kindred spirits like soul sister, Lambert said when writing Shakeskin Boots.