Margo Price has performed countless shows and faced numerous audiences, but one concert stands out clearly in her memory: the night after Donald Trump was elected president. On November 9, 2016, Price took the stage at The Hamilton in D.C., a show she describes as both cathartic and challenging. “That is definitely one show I will never forget,” Price shares from her tour bus during a stop in St. Louis. “I’d been crying all day, but playing was cathartic.”
Earlier that day, Price had also performed an emotionally charged set for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. “Walking into NPR was surreal,” she recalls. “It felt like a ghost town.” She closed the session with her song “About to Find Out,” a biting tune she has since dedicated to Trump, wearing a shirt emblazoned with “Icky Trump.”
Price’s music often takes on new layers of meaning over time, her lyrics resonating with changing circumstances. Songs like “All American Made,” originally written during the Obama era, continue to resonate today with their critiques of the American Dream.
Currently on tour with the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Price is performing a mix of fan favorites and new tracks, while also working on a new album. This latest project, rooted in her musical origins, serves as a “middle finger to AI,” emphasizing the organic, unpolished sound that defines her style. “When I play country music, it’s probably more rock-and-roll than when I’m trying to sing rock-and-roll,” she says. “It comes from deep in my gut and a sharper place. It feels good to be back.”
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