The Highwomen Drop Surprise Live Album Ahead Of First Show In 3 Years

The Highwomen surprise-released a new live album entitled Live At The Gorge 2023 today as they prepare to reunite on Sunday for their first show in three years. The supergroup consisting of Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby also shared a new live music video for “Redesigning Women” alongside the digital album.

On Sunday, The Highwomen will headline the third and final night of Brandi Carlile's “Echoes Through the Canyon” weekend at The Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington state. Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Wynonna Judd and Brittney Spencer are also on the bill for a show that marks The Highwomen’s first performance together since the 2023 edition of the festival.

The 20-track Live At The Gorge 2023 record documents the supergroup’s previous performance at the idyllic George, Washington venue. Brittney Spencer, Tanya Tucker and Allison Russell each sat in with The Highwomen at The Gorge on June 11, 2023.

The Highwomen formed in 2019 and made their debut at Loretta Lynn’s 87th birthday concert. Produced by Dave Cobb, The Highwomen’s self-titled debut album arrived on September 6, 2019. Last September, Amanda Shires told Rolling Stone the group was about to enter the studio to work on new songs. The gig at The Gorge on Sunday will be followed by an appearance at Maren Morris’ concert at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre on July 19.

Read a statement from The Highwomen regarding Live At The Gorge 2023 below:

We weren’t planning on releasing a live album, but in preparing for our upcoming reunion we recently listened back to The Gorge, and whatever happened out there that night came rushing right back…the adrenaline, the near misses, the harmonies locking in at exactly the right second, and the sound of thousands of people singing like they meant every word with their whole chest.

The recordings sound wild, emotional, electric, human and exactly how that night felt. We could really feel the connection, the community and that rare oneness where everybody carried each other for a little while.

And maybe that matters right now because when the world feels like it’s coming apart at the seams, music still gives us a place to meet each other in the middle of it all, to sing too loud, cry in public, laugh at dumb shit, hold each other upright, and walk back out into the world feeling a little less alone a little more whole and a little more ready to keep fighting for each other.

Just us, the crowd, the canyon, and whatever that feeling was. We sure hope you feel it.

Watch The Highwomen’s “Redesigning Women” video and stream the supergroup’s Live At The Gorge 2023 album below:

Live At The Gorge 2023 Tracklist

1. Redesigning Women (Live at The Gorge 2023) feat. Brittney Spencer
2. Highwomen (Live at The Gorge 2023) feat. Brittney Spencer
3. Loose Change (Live at The Gorge 2023)
4. My Name Can’t Be Mama (Live at The Gorge 2023)
5. Old Soul (Live at The Gorge 2023)
6. Don’t Call Me (Live at The Gorge 2023)
7. If She Ever Leaves Me (Live at The Gorge 2023)
8. Cocktail and a Song (Live at The Gorge 2023)
9. Heaven is a Honky Tonk (Live at The Gorge 2023)
10. Always On My Mind (Live at The Gorge 2023)
11. Radio Silence (Live at The Gorge 2023)
12. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Live at The Gorge 2023)
13. My Only Child (Live at The Gorge 2023)
14. Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Live at The Gorge 2023)
15. The Bees (Live at The Gorge 2023)
16. Delta Dawn (Live at The Gorge 2023) with Tanya Tucker
17. My Church (Live at The Gorge 2023)
18. The Chain (Live at The Gorge 2023) feat. Brittney Spencer
19. Crowded Table (Live at The Gorge 2023) feat. Allison Russell and Brittney Spencer
20. Redesigning Women *Drunk Version (Live at The Gorge 2023) feat. Allison Russell and Brittney Spencer