Miranda Lambert is returning to her Kerosene era (cue pyrotechnics) with her 10th studio album. Lambert teased her upcoming album, out later this year, with her brand new single "Wranglers." The song is reminiscent of her spunky roots, and fans can't get enough.
Lambert confirmed that she's bringing back the fire with this album: "There's always been a little bit of feisty on every record, but this song feel like it could go back to the Kerosene album or be on the same album as 'Gunpowder and Lead,'" she told Country Living, while promoting her Lone River partnership. "It definitely is a bit of a throwback to my really good revenge days, and I love that."
In the past year, Miranda Lambert's life has been full of changes, but they're all bringing her closer to the core of her personal brand. As the release of her new album, out of Austin's Arlyn Studios, looms, Lambert is eager get back on the road in her tour bus, Elvira.
Touring since she was 19 years old, Lambert explains that her Velvet Rodeo Las Vegas residency was a welcome opportunity to slow down. "I've been on the road for so long, but Vegas was a good break from the crazy grind of the road. We love it so much, but I'm also ready to get back in it and go back to what I know," she explained.
Lambert took her final bow in Vegas and signed her first new record deal in more than 20 years, launching her into a new chapter. Lambert explained it was "time to move on" from Sony Music Nashville, and her new partnership with Republic Records and Big Loud has offered her "new inspiration and new fire to make a new album."
She describes her first record with Republic Records as "a real honky tonk record" and "the most 'me' record I've made in a really long time."
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As a part of her new beginning, Lambert is shifting her focus back to her home state of Texas.
With the help of her Nashville-based record label, Big Loud Records, the "Mama's Broken Heart" songstress is supporting the very music scene that kickstarted her own career.
With her longtime songwriting partner and fellow Texan, Jon Randall, Miranda launched her own label: Big Loud Texas. Lambert will serve as a mentor for the "amazing talent coming from that region and from that touring circuit."
"I feel like we've got to keep it alive, because it isn't only influential to country music, it's influential to all genres," she said of the Texas music scene.
Through her partnership with Lone River, Lambert is putting two of her mentees, Ashley Cooke and Kameron Marlowe, center stage at Lone River's ACM kickoff event, Lone River Collective on May 15. The event will showcase these rising stars along with booths from like-minded brands (think cowgirl hats, boots, rhinestones, and western flare).
The event highlights the best of country and Texas including Miranda Lambert and Lone River's founder and CEO Katie Beal Brown along with the all new Blackberry Ranch Water, representing Lambert's home town of Lindale, formerly the Blackberry Capital of the World.
"I grew up picking blackberries in Lindale and canning them with my mom—and now I'm a big fan of muddling them in my cocktails," Lambert shared. "Knowing that this is a girl from Texas who started her own company and who’s really building something, our stories aligned in a way. It's a lifestyle and we both love that lifestyle."
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Maggie Horton is the Associate News Editor at Country Living. She covers all things entertainment from celebrity news to TV shows and movies. When she's not posting to social media, researching the latest celebrity gossip or binging the hottest new TV series, you can find her at a local concert or outside enjoying nature.
