Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot welcome Margo Price back to the show to discuss her memoir, "Maybe We'll Make It." Since her first appearance in 2018, Price has recorded two albums, joined the board of Farm Aid and met almost all of her heroes. Plus, Jim and Greg review the new albums from Robyn Hitchcock and Plains, a new group from Waxahatchee and Jess Williamson.
Robyn Hitchcock's new album Shufflemania is at least his 22nd album since 1981. As longtime fans, Jim and Greg are both happy Hitchcock is back with his first new work in five years. They both agree it is among his best albums.
Plains is a new group made up of Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee and Jess Williamson. The two songwriters share a family history with country music and their album I Walked With You A Ways is a celebration of the genre. Greg enjoys hearing this side of the artists, but Jim finds it a bit of a place-holder album.
Margo Price made a big splash with her 2016 album, Midwest Farmer's Daughter on Jack White's Third Man Records. But, as she details in her first book Maybe We'll Make It, she was anything but an overnight success. Jim and Greg welcome Price back to the show with a wide-ranging interview that covers questions of what might have been and desperate schemes Price cooked up to get around music industry gate-keepers.
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