Ashley Monroe to Celebrate 10 Years of 'The Blade' with Special Nashville Performance

Celebrating a decade of her GRAMMY-nominated album The Blade this year, Ashley Monroe has announced a special anniversary show at Nashville’s The Basement East on July 25. The one-night-only event will see Monroe performing her critically acclaimed 2015 album in its entirety. Tickets go on sale here this Friday, April 4 at 9 a.m. CT, with an artist pre-sale beginning on Wednesday, April 2 at 9 a.m. CT. Fans can sign up for the pre-sale at ashleymonroe.com.

Produced by Vince Gill and Justin Niebank (Blake Shelton, Kane Brown), The Blade features collaborations ranging from co-writes with Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert, Jessi Alexander and Luke Laird to background vocals from the likes of Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski, Paul Franklin and Charlie Worsham. The end result boasts enduring staples from Monroe’s catalog, such as the serotonin-boosting “On to Something Good” and the lamenting title track. The album was praised by Pitchfork, The Atlantic, NPR Music, Rolling Stone and more, while landing on numerous year-end lists upon its release.

“I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since I recorded and released The Blade with one of my heroes, Vince Gill,” says Monroe. “I always come back to singing these songs, and can’t wait to sing the record again top to bottom.”

Over the last few years, Monroe has been steadily releasing new music, including the ethereal “There You Are,” the revved-up “Hot Rod Pipe Dream” and the shimmering “Risen Road.” Monroe’s recent work has been lauded by American Songwriter, CMT, Stereogum, and People Magazine, who interviewed Monroe about her musical “fresh start.”

The 3x GRAMMY nominee’s most recent album, 2021’s Rosegold, received widespread acclaim from The Nashville Scene, No Depression, Vulture, Paste Magazine, Garden & Gun, Stereogum and many more. In their 2021 Best Albums of the Year coverage, Vulture proclaimed, “Monroe continues to refine her talents as a writer and a vocalist while expanding her artistic palette in a batch of songs that slides from synth-pop to spectral, psychedelic R&B to gothic pop to lush, orchestral balladry to muted country rock.”

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