The country star embraces the spirit of the West with new single
Ashley McBryde releases an ode to the spirit of the West and the values that shaped it with “Ain’t Enough Cowboy Songs,” available now via Warner Music Nashville.
“Cowboys are the ones doing what needs to be done before it is an emergency,” McBryde states. “If you would simply be where you are, do what you say you’re gonna do and mean what you say when you say it, it would simplify a lot of things.”
Produced by John Osborne, “Ain’t Enough Cowboy Songs” swells with longing from the very first stroke across the fiddle strings – a fitting introduction as McBryde and cowriters Chris Harris and Patrick Savage explored a shared sense of something missing, along with a desire for meaning and reconnection in a changing world.
“This one was all about where we live and the genre we love and realizing that the horse I rode in on got put out to pasture,” McBryde explains. “Instead of us saying, ‘Work ethic’s out the window, stick-to-it code’s pretty much dead and idealism is gone,’ it was easier to say that by saying there is no wild out west. That’s all gone.”
Next week, McBryde will head to Las Vegas to join 23-time Women’s Professional Rodeo Association World Champion Roper Jackie Crawford for a Q&A session at Ariat’s Las Vegas brand shop on Thursday, December 12th, followed by an acoustic performance.
On Friday, December 13th, she will perform with Cody Johnson at MGM Grand Garden Arena before joining him for his Leather Deluxe Tour in 2025 among festival dates at Stagecoach, Country Thunder Arizona, Country Thunder Florida, Country Thunder Wisconsin, and more.
