Ashley Monroe Releases New Single “Magnolia” Alongside Official Music Video

ASHLEY MONROE RELEASES NEW SINGLE “MAGNOLIA” ALONGSIDE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

New Album Tennessee Lightning Out 8th August

Featuring Special Guests T Bone Burnett, Marty Stuart, Brittney Spencer, Karen Fairchild, Butch Walker and More

Credit: Erika Rock

NASHVILLE, TN. – Today, the 3x GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter Ashley Monroe released “Magnolia”, the latest single from her forthcoming album Tennessee Lightning, set for release on 8th August via her label Mountainrose Sparrow. Co-written with Waylon Payne and Brendan Benson, the new single arrives with an official video shot in Muscle Shoals, AL directed by Erika Rock.

Watch the official video for “Magnolia

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“Waylon Payne, Brendan Benson and I wrote this song back in 2015. It’s haunted me ever since. We were on a Bobbie Gentry train-of-thought that day… musing as to what she might be up to these days and talking about how much her music affected us” says Monroe. “We let ourselves get deep into the Mississippi Delta. I definitely honed in on that part of my own soul. I like sleeping on sheets of satin too… but you sure can’t hide my gingham soul.”

About the video, she adds: “From the day we wrote this song, I saw the scenes I was singing about in my mind. And when it finally came time to shoot the video, I knew we had to go to the Delta. We didn’t have time to go all the way to Mississippi, but we went to Muscle Shoals and with a little help from our friends, we were able to create exactly what I had envisioned.”

Next month, Monroe will celebrate the 10th anniversary of her GRAMMY-nominated 2015 album The Blade with a one-night-only show at Nashville’s The Basement East on 25th July, where she will perform the record in its entirety. In August, she’ll celebrate the release of Tennessee Lightning with a performance at The Grand Ole Opry on release day before heading to the UK and Europe for a run of co-headlining shows with Fancy Hagood. Find a full list of dates below or visit her website.

Ashley Monroe 2025 Tour Dates:

25th July – Nashville, TN – The Basement East (The Blade 10-Year Anniversary Show)

8th August – Nashville, TN – Grand Ole Opry

21st August – Manchester, UK – Band On the Wall *

22nd August – Leicestershire, UK – The Long Road Festival

25th August – Glasgow, UK – Saint Luke’s *

27th August – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall *

28th August – Amsterdam, NL – Melkweg *

19th-21st September – Bristol, TN – Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion

* with Fancy Hagood

“Magnolia” follows the release of “Bitter Swisher Sweet” (feat. Brittney Spencer) that Stereogum called “a cool, swaggering country track perfect for carefree summer nights chilling with friends,” while Music Row suggested, “Fire one up, take a deep hit, close your eyes and nod along”. In April, Monroe announced her new album with the smoldering love song “The Touch” (feat. Marty Stuart) that was hailed by The New York Times as “pristine”. Watch an acoustic performance of the song HERE. Last year, Monroe released official videos for “There You Are”, “Hot Rod Pipe Dream” and “Risen Road” which all appear on the forthcoming album.

Tennessee Lightning was co-produced by Monroe with GRAMMY-winning producer/engineer Gena Johnson (John Prine, Jason Isbell) and features special guests T Bone Burnett, Brittney Spencer, Waylon Payne, Brendan Benson, Butch Walker, Karen Fairchild and Armand Hutton. The result is a rich, multifaceted meditation on identity, purpose, and meaning from an artist who’s learned to see herself, and the world around her, in a whole new light following a life-altering diagnosis.

“When I got diagnosed with lymphoma and started my treatment, I stopped writing, I stopped hearing melodies, I stopped thinking about songs at all,” Monroe recalls. For six months, she focused almost exclusively on her recovery and her family as she underwent a grueling regimen of injections and transfusions.

“When I finally went into remission, I could feel the life and the music start flowing in my veins again,” she explains. “It was like a flood, just this rush of inspiration.” Along with that inspiration came a newfound clarity and gratitude, as well as a vision for this new album.

“I feel like I’ve emerged from these last few years with a pretty profound perspective shift. I’ve learned to be more in the moment, to appreciate what’s right in front of me and enjoy every second I get to spend doing what I love with the people I care about.”

Tennessee Lightning:

1. I’m Gonna Run (feat. T Bone Burnett) (Ashley Monroe, Sally Barris)

2. Risen Road (Ashley Monroe, Brendan Benson, Waylon Payne)

3. Closer (Ashley Monroe, Ashley Ray, Ben West)

4. The Touch (feat. Marty Stuart) (Ashley Monroe, Marty Stuart)

5. Magnolia (Ashley Monroe, Waylon Payne, Brendan Benson)

6. My Favorite Movie (Ashley Monroe, Vince Gill)

7. Hot Rod Pipe Dream (Ashley Monroe, Brendan Benson)

8. Amen Love (Ashley Monroe, Ashley Ray, Summer Overstreet )

9. Moth (Ashley Monroe, Carter Faith, Connie Harrington, Jessi Alexander)

10. Bitter Swisher Sweet (feat. Brittney Spencer) (Ashley Monroe, Emily Landis, Logan Wall)

11. You and Me (Jay Robinson)