Margo’s Family Band
MARGO PRICE was planning on a busy spring promoting That’s
How Rumors Get Started — her third and hardest-rocking album, co-produced by Sturgill Simpson. But now, the release date is pushed back until the summer, and she is spending her days at home in Nashville, “raising babies, painting, reading, drinking an entire pot of coffee a day,” says Price, pictured here this past winter with her husband and collaborator, Jeremy Ivey, and their daughter, Ramona, who was born last June. “It has definitely come with its challenges, but it’s bringing us closer as a family,” says Price. ”Hard times have always made my and Jeremy’s relationship stronger.”
Price had been on tour non-stop since 2016, releasing two excellent country-rock albums. Ivey had just stepped out on his own, releasing his first LP, The Dream and the
Dreamer, full of adventurous folk rock. “I miss performing so much,” Price says. The couple have been staging livestreams from their home, including an appearance at Willie Nelson’s virtual Luck Reunion. The event raised more than $200,000 for artists and their charities. If the world learns a lesson this year, she says, “I hope humans start to take care of the Earth. We are only visitors here. I also hope everyone can learn to be grateful for real life and learn to live in the moment. We’ve all been spending so much time on our phones, and the irony of that is now it’s become one of our only windows to the outside world.”