Miranda Lambert on Mentoring Ella Langley, Reconciling with Kacey Musgraves & Country’s New Era

Miranda Lambert rose as one of country’s true female superstars throughout the 2000s and 2010s — an era when women with her level of success in Nashville were few and far between. Lambert sat down with Joe and Jon to discuss country music’s long-running cold war with female performers having a front-row seat to a new version of success as the co-writer of Ella Langley’s record-setting “Choosin’ Texas.” She also talks about her new country disco album “Crisco” — out Oct. 2. — reconciling with Kacey Musgraves on their song “Horses and Divorces, remembering Dolly Parton and more.

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