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I didn’t ask Shires about the nod to the track that was supposedly written for her, an unguarded acoustic number exploring the excitement and anxieties of a fresh passion, but she offered an explanation.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025

Shires was once one half of a relatively high-profile couple on the Americana music scene.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025

“Surely you understand that line,” Shires says, her arms trembling.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025

But it’s also full of colorful songwriting, of Shires doing tarot with a mermaid, wandering New York listening to Billy Joel or catching her now-former partner behaving nonchalantly on a home security camera.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025

But I cannot believe that the mountain stock ever received this dreggy mixture from the Shires.

From The Welsh Pony Described in two letters to a friend by Dargan, Olive Tilford