Miranda Lambert’s Orchestral Nashville Show Heads to Streaming as Live Album and Film
Miranda Lambert is turning one of her most talked-about recent nights into a record. Her live album Songline arrives on November 13, with a companion concert film following on November 20 through Amazon Music.
Both were captured on October 1 at The Truth, Nashville’s new 4,400-capacity venue in the Wedgewood-Houston district, where Lambert headlined its opening night. She performed with her longtime band and a 12-piece orchestra, reworking songs from across her career. The one-night-only show doubled as a launch party for her latest studio album, Crisco, which came out the next day through MCA.
The nine-track set opens with a live “Snakeskin Boots,” which fans can already stream. It continues with the title track “Crisco,” then “Kerosene,” “Bluebird” and “Vice.” A medley joins “Dear Diamond,” “Bathroom Sink” and “Dead Flowers,” before “Tin Man,” “White Liar” and a closing “Gunpowder & Lead.” The mix pairs newer material with the songs that built her reputation, now dressed in string arrangements.
The film uses the same performances and adds interviews with Lambert and several collaborators who shaped her sound: producer Frank Liddell and songwriters Jesse Frasure, Luke Dick and Natalie Hemby. It premieres in the Amazon Music app.
Lambert said she will never forget that night, describing the joy of playing with her band alongside an orchestra and a crowd that was fully behind her. She added that she hopes people who missed it can feel a piece of the evening.
The release belongs to Amazon Music’s Songline franchise, which invites artists to strip back and reimagine their songs in an intimate setting. The Truth show was first aired as a Songline Live special on October 7 across Amazon Music, Prime Video and Twitch, as part of the platform’s Country Music Month programming. At the time, the album and film were slated for November 6 and November 13, but both have since moved back a week.
Crisco itself is a 12-track record co-produced by Lambert and Frasure. It leans on country’s old links with disco, mixing heartbreak and hope, honky-tonks and roller rinks. “Snakeskin Boots” is its current radio single and features Ella Langley on the studio version. Lambert marked the album’s arrival with a second release show at Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth on October 6, close to her home turf.
For fans, Songline offers a different take on tracks they may already know, with orchestration changing the weight of songs like “Tin Man” and “Bluebird.” It also gives those who could not get into a sold-out room a way to see what happened in it.
The album drops Friday, with the film arriving the following week.
