Fresh off her buzzed-about showcase at AmericanaFest 2024, accomplished singer-songwriter Ashley Monroe is sharing a brand new track that’s been a highlight of her recent live sets.
Penned by Jessi Alexander, Margaret Findley, and Sally Barris, “There You Are” is a heartbreaking, piano-driven ballad about a former love that’s left a lasting, painful mark.
“Sally Barris was one of the first people I wrote with in Nashville,” Monroe shares in a statement. “She co-wrote ‘Satisfied,’ ‘Used,’ ‘Weed Instead of Roses’ and a slew of other songs I’ve recorded through the years. Sally taught me new chords, helped my mom and I look for a place to live when we moved from Knoxville, and truly helped shape the way I write.
One day in 2004, she played me a song she had written with Jessi Alexander and Margaret Findley called ‘There You Are,’ and it absolutely slayed me,” she continues. “I’ve played it and sang it just about every time I’ve sat at a piano since 2004, and I feel it just as deep today as I did back then.
I sat down at the antique piano in Gena Johnson’s studio and started playing it one day, and she said, ‘I have to capture this!’ I’m so thankful she did. This song still moves me to my core, and I am so proud and honored to share its power with the world.”
Monroe’s moving new track is the latest in a string of singles and collaborations that she’s shared in recent months, including the breezy “Hot Rod Pipe Dream” in July. Although she hasn’t confirmed any plans for a new album in the immediate future, we can only hope that a follow-up to her impressive 2021 record Rosegold isn’t too far away.
Watch the official performance video for “There You Are” below:
