Dolly Parton is your idea of a feminist icon.
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Ashley Monroe is a country girl, through and through. The Tennessee native has been helping Nashville's best and brightest reach the top of the country charts for years; writing and harmonizing with superstars like Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, and BFF Miranda Lambert. While her solo material has been met with more modest success, her latest album, The Blade, has all the makings of an instant classic. Darkly irresistible, the record revisits the neotraditional sound that made her 2013 effort, Like A Rose, a cult classic without once sounding like a retread. To celebrate, we recently invited the 28-year-old singer-songwriter by our offices in New York and asked her what makes country girls like her tick.
1. You stand by your man and expect him to stand by you.
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2. Dolly Parton is your idea of a feminist icon.
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