Margo Price

{{Short description|American country music singer-songwriter (born 1983)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Margo Price

| image = Margo Price 03 01 2018 -6 (27119807848).jpg

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| caption = Price performing in 2018

| birth_name = Margo Rae Price{{cite web|first=Nicole|last=Russin-McFarland|title=Margo Rae Price goes back to her roots|publisher=The Comeback|url=http://www.thecomeback.co.uk/?p=2479|access-date=March 18, 2016|date=October 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327223950/http://www.thecomeback.co.uk/?p=2479|archive-date=March 27, 2016|url-status=dead}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|4|15}}{{cite tweet|user=MissMargoPrice|author=Margo Price|number=323641191423963136|date=April 15, 2013|title=30 goin on 16|access-date=March 18, 2016 }}{{cite tweet|user=MissMargoPrice|author=Margo Price|number=58760255886204929|date=April 15, 2011|title=Secret WEEN show on my birthday!!!! Shhhhhhhhh.... $12|access-date=March 18, 2016 }}

| birth_place = Aledo, Illinois, United StatesDoyle, Patrick [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/rising-country-star-margo-price-on-why-she-feels-like-one-of-the-men-20160316 Rising Country Star Margo Price on Why She Feels 'Like One of the Men'] Rolling Stone. March 17, 2016

| origin = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

| genre = {{hlist|Country|Americana|outlaw country|country-soul{{cite web|url=https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2017/10/16/margo-price-the-aquarium-drunkard-interview/?curator=MusicREDEF|title=Aquarium Drunkard » Margo Price :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview|website=Aquariumdrunkard.com|date=October 16, 2017|access-date=November 20, 2017}}}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|record producer|author}}

| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|acoustic guitar|piano|drums}}

| years_active = 2013-present

| label = {{hlist|Third Man|Loma Vista{{Cite web|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=July 10, 2020|title=Margo Price's 'That's How Rumors Get Started': Album Review|url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/margo-price-album-review-thats-how-rumors-get-started-1234702977/|access-date=2020-07-13|website=Variety|language=en}}}}

| associated_acts = {{hlist|The Pricetags|Buffalo Clover|Secret Handshake}}

| website = {{Official URL}}

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Margo Rae Price (born April 15, 1983) is an American country singer-songwriter, producer, and author based in Nashville. The Fader called her "country's next star."{{cite web|last1=Cooper|first1=Duncan|title=Country's Next Star, Margo Price, Debuts "Hurtin' on the Bottle"|url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/12/03/margo-price-interview-hurtin-on-the-bottle-video-midwest-farmers-daughter|website=The Fader|access-date=December 3, 2015}} Her debut solo album Midwest Farmer's Daughter was released on Third Man Records on March 25, 2016.{{cite magazine|last1=Hudak|first1=Joseph|title=Margo Price to Release Debut Album on Jack White's Third Man Records|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/margo-price-to-release-debut-album-on-jack-whites-third-man-records-20150918|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=November 16, 2015}}Williams, Matt [https://www.vice.com/en/article/margo-price-midwest-farmers-daughter-nashville-country-interview-2016/ TOUGHER THAN THE REST: COUNTRY SINGER MARGO PRICE ISN’T THE WORLD’S GREATEST LOSER ANYMORE] Vice. March 25, 2016 The album was recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, and was engineered by Matt Ross-Spang. The album was recorded in three days.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2016/03/08/margo-price-interview-midwest-farmers-daughter|title=Meet Margo Price, Your New Favorite Nashville Badass|last=Cooper|first=Duncan|date=March 25, 2016|website=The Fader|access-date=March 25, 2016}} On tour, she is backed by her band The Pricetags.

In December 2018, Price received a nomination for Best New Artist at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2019-grammy-awards-complete-nominations-list|title=61st GRAMMY Awards: Full Nominees List|date=December 7, 2018|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=December 8, 2018}}

Career

Price grew up in the small town of Aledo, Illinois where she played piano and sang in a church choir before studying dance and theater at Northern Illinois University.{{cite web |last1=Thompson|first1=Lindsey|title=Margo Price – All American Made|url=http://nocountryfornewnashville.com/2014/05/02/margo-price-all-american-made-2/|website=Nocountryfornewnashville.com|date=May 3, 2014|access-date=November 17, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-750-margo-price|title=Episode 750 – Margo Price|website=Nocountryfornewnashville.com|date=October 13, 2016 |access-date=October 20, 2017}}

In Nashville, Price worked several jobs, including waiting tables, installing and removing residential siding, and teaching children to dance at a YMCA.{{cite web|last1=Anderson|first1=Skip|title=Neo-country badass Margo Price's dogged resiliency leads her back to Jack White|url=http://nashvillescene.com/nashville/neo-country-badass-margo-prices-dogged-resiliency-leads-her-back-to-jack-white/Content?oid=6158154#CommentsMobile|website=Nashville Scene|access-date=December 3, 2015}} Price and her husband, guitarist Jeremy Ivey, were part of Secret Handshake, a band that only played political songs before she and Ivey started Buffalo Clover and later formed Margo and the Pricetags, which she says was "supposed to be a supergroup." recording artist Sturgill Simpson and Kenny Vaughan, longtime guitarist in Marty Stuart's band, have both been in the lineup at various times.

Rolling Stone Country described Price as "a fixture of the East Nashville music community," and appeared on that publication's list of Country Artists You Need to Know in 2014.{{cite magazine|last1=Moss|first1=Marissa R.|title=10 New Artists You Need to Know: Fall 2014|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/new-country-artists-2014-20141010/margo-price-and-the-price-tags-20141010|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=November 17, 2015}} Fellow Nashville musician Aaron Lee Tasjan calls her "a singular and vital part of this scene, as a thing unto herself."

On April 9, 2016, Price was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live.{{Cite web|url=http://qctimes.com/entertainment/comedy/aledo-native-margo-price-is-musical-guest-on-saturday-night/article_5cfaaccf-87db-5c5b-88a2-2c34f869f5a1.html|title=Aledo native Margo Price is musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend|last=Hancock|first=Amanda|website=The Quad-City Times|date=April 8, 2016 |access-date=April 9, 2016}} On May 17, 2016, she made her UK television debut on Later... with Jools Holland.{{cite tweet|user=MissMargoPrice|author=Margo Price|number=730060452428816386|date=May 10, 2016|title=Can't believe I'll be making my UK TV debut next week on @BBCLater and sharing the stage with @IggyPop! Tune in 5/17|access-date=May 20, 2016}} In addition to her appearance on UK television, her tracks have appeared on shows on BBC Radio 6 Music, notably with Steve Lamacq.{{Cite web|url=http://www.flemingassociatespr.com/margo-prices-debut-album-get-910-steve-lamacqs-roundtable-bbc-6-music/|title=Margo Price's debut album is a '9/10' on Steve Lamacq's Roundtable, BBC 6 Music|date=May 12, 2016|access-date=February 13, 2023|archive-date=May 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512053729/http://www.flemingassociatespr.com/margo-prices-debut-album-get-910-steve-lamacqs-roundtable-bbc-6-music/|url-status=dead}} On October 6, 2016, she appeared on Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. On November 16, 2016, she appeared on Charlie Rose, performing "All American Made" (a Buffalo Clover song) and "Hands of Time" from Midwest Farmer's Daughter.

Price has proven to be popular in the UK, with her album reaching number 1 on the UK Country Albums Chart, embarking on UK tours in 2016 and 2017, performing on Later... with Jools Holland and at the Glastonbury Festival{{cite tweet|user=MissMargoPrice|author=Margo Price|number=878190999796928513|date=June 23, 2017|title=Made it across the pond! We're on Park Stage @GlastoFest today at 1:30pm. Excited to be back in the U.K. & Europe!…|access-date=October 20, 2017}} as well as garnering three nominations from the UK Americana Awards.{{cite web |url=http://theamauk.org/uk-americana-awards-nominations-announced |title=UK Americana Awards Nominations Announced |date=November 15, 2016 |publisher=UK Americana Awards |access-date=October 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204201705/http://theamauk.org/uk-americana-awards-nominations-announced |archive-date=February 4, 2017 |url-status=dead}} She performed as part of the C2C: Country to Country festival in 2018.

In her concerts, Price plays acoustic guitar and electric guitar and sings. In addition there is a second drum kit on stage, and as part of a coda for one or another of her songs, she plays those drums for a several-minute jam with the rest of the band.{{Cite web |url=https://relix.com/blogs/detail/watch-margo-price-slay-a-four-minute-drum-part-while-six-months-pregnant-on-jimmy-kimmel-live/ |title=Watch Margo Price Slay a Four-Minute Drum Part (While Six-Months Pregnant) on Jimmy Kimmel Live |date=February 6, 2019 }} On July 27, 2017, Price released a four-track EP titled Weakness,{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/07/27/539326805/margo-price-explains-her-new-ep-weakness-track-by-track |title=Margo Price Explains Her New EP, Weakness, Track By Track |publisher=NPR |date=July 27, 2017 |access-date=October 20, 2017 |last1=Horn |first1=Rachel }} followed on October 20, 2017, by her second album, All American Made. On July 10, 2020, she released her third album, That's How Rumors Get Started.

On April 8, 2021, it was announced that Price had joined the board of directors for Farm Aid, along with Willie Nelson's wife Annie.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/margo-price-annie-nelson-join-farm-aid-board-directors-1152498/ |title=Margo Price and Annie Nelson Join Farm Aid Board of Directors |first=Andy |last=Greene |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=April 8, 2021 }} On October 4, 2022, Margo released her first memoir, Maybe We’ll Make It: A Memoir, published by University of Texas Press.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/26/margo-price-memoir-interview |title=Country star Margo Price on her memoir: 'My editor said whiskey is basically a character' |newspaper=The Guardian |date=September 26, 2022 }} Her fourth album, Strays, was issued in January 2023.{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/strays-mw0003816329 |title=Margo Price – Strays Album Reviews, Songs & More |website=AllMusic |access-date=February 13, 2023 }}

In 2024, Price collaborated with Mike Campbell (formerly of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) to cover Petty's song "Ways to be Wicked" for the Petty Country Tribute Album. Campbell and Price have previously collaborated on the Dirty Knobs song, "State of Mind", and her own song "Light Me Up". She also worked with Orville Peck on the track "You're an Asshole, I Can't Stand You (And I Want a Divorce)" for his duets album Stampede, released in August 2024.{{Discogs release |id=31377486 |name=Stampede }}. Retrieved August 2, 2024.

Influences

Price cites Tom Petty, Janis Joplin, Bobbie Gentry, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, and Dolly Parton as significant influences. Her voice has also been compared to those of Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette.{{cite magazine |last1=Hudak |first1=Joseph |title=Rising Artist Margo Price Recalls Classic Country in New Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/rising-artist-margo-price-recalls-classic-country-in-new-video-20141002 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=December 3, 2015 }} Price's great-uncle, Bobby Fischer, was a songwriter for George Jones, Conway Twitty, Charley Pride, and Reba McEntire. Nashville Scene noted that she often writes about "life's cruel twists and unjust turns" and that "her matter-of-factness conveys an enduring humility."

Personal life

Price is married to Jeremy Ivey, who plays guitar in her band. In 2010, Price gave birth to twin boys, one of whom died shortly after birth. On June 4, 2019, Price had their third child, a girl.{{cite web |last1=Hermanson |first1=Wendy |title=Margo Price Welcomes Baby Girl |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/margo-price-welcomes-baby-girl/ |website=Taste of Country |date=June 7, 2019 |access-date=July 20, 2020 }}

Discography

Midwest Farmer's Daughter (2016)
All American Made (2017)
That's How Rumors Get Started (2020)
Strays (2023){{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/margo-price-mn0003269644/discography |title=Margo Price Albums and Discography |website=AllMusic |access-date=February 13, 2023 }}
Strays II (2023)

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable" \|+ Accolades for Margo Price
scope="col"\| Year !scope="col"\| Association !scope="col"\| Category !scope="col"\| Nominated work !scope="col"\| Result
rowspan="5"\| 2017 \| rowspan="3"\| UK Americana Awards{{Cite web\|url=https://www.entertainment-focus.com/music-section/music-news/uk-americana-awards-2017-winners-announced/\|title=UK Americana Awards 2017 winners announced\|date=February 4, 2017\|access-date=June 19, 2019}} \| International Album of the Year \| Midwest Farmer's Daughter \| {{nom}}
International Song of the Year \| "Hands of Time" \| {{won}}
International Artist of the Year \| Margo Price \| {{nom}}
American Music Prize{{cite web\|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/72121-margo-price-wins-american-music-prize/\|title=Margo Price Wins American Music Prize – Pitchfork\|website=pitchfork.com\|date=March 8, 2017\|access-date=October 20, 2017}} \| Best Debut Album \| Midwest Farmer's Daughter \| {{won}}
rowspan=3\|Americana Music Honors & Awards{{cite news\|title=2017 Americana Music Awards Nominees — Full List\|url=http://theboot.com/2017-americana-music-awards-nominees/\|last=Stefano\|first=Angela\|work=The Boot\|date=May 9, 2017\|access-date=May 9, 2017}}{{Cite web\|url=https://americanamusic.org/news/americana-announces-2018-honors-awards-nominees\|title=Americana Announces 2018 Honors & Awards Nominees \| AmericanaMusic.org\|website=americanamusic.org\|date=May 14, 2018\|access-date=June 19, 2019}}	Artist of the Year	Margo Price	{{nom}}
rowspan=2\|2018 \| Album of the Year \| All American Made \| {{nom}}
Song of the Year \| "A Little Pain" \| {{won}}

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|+ Accolades for Margo Price

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rowspan="5"| 2017

| rowspan="3"| UK Americana Awards{{Cite web|url=https://www.entertainment-focus.com/music-section/music-news/uk-americana-awards-2017-winners-announced/|title=UK Americana Awards 2017 winners announced|date=February 4, 2017|access-date=June 19, 2019}}

| International Album of the Year

| Midwest Farmer's Daughter

| {{nom}}

International Song of the Year

| "Hands of Time"

| {{won}}

International Artist of the Year

| Margo Price

| {{nom}}

American Music Prize{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/72121-margo-price-wins-american-music-prize/|title=Margo Price Wins American Music Prize – Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|date=March 8, 2017|access-date=October 20, 2017}}

| Best Debut Album

| Midwest Farmer's Daughter

| {{won}}

rowspan=3|Americana Music Honors & Awards{{cite news|title=2017 Americana Music Awards Nominees — Full List|url=http://theboot.com/2017-americana-music-awards-nominees/|last=Stefano|first=Angela|work=The Boot|date=May 9, 2017|access-date=May 9, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://americanamusic.org/news/americana-announces-2018-honors-awards-nominees|title=Americana Announces 2018 Honors & Awards Nominees | AmericanaMusic.org|website=americanamusic.org|date=May 14, 2018|access-date=June 19, 2019}}

Artist of the Year

Margo Price

rowspan=2|2018

| Album of the Year

| All American Made

| {{nom}}

Song of the Year

| "A Little Pain"

| {{won}}