Miranda Lambert photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.
“Life,” according to the teaching of Buddha, “is suffering.”
“Life,” wrote The Road Less Traveled author M. Scott Peck, “is difficult.”
The characters in Miranda Lambert’s best-known songs — “Kerosene,” “Gunpowder & Lead” and the current “White Liar” — know suffering and difficulty well. Domestic violence, dishonesty and cheating are all some of the least savory characteristics of human beings, but they are human traits and behaviors nonetheless. Miranda understands, and it’s part of the reason she sings the kinds of songs she does.
“I think life is a good struggle,” she told The Worcester Telegram. “Nothing comes easy in life, and people need to work hard to make it, no matter what one’s profession is. I love what I do and hope to get to continue making records and entertaining people at my concerts. Hopefully listening to the struggles in my songs, folks can forget about theirs for the hour and a half that they come to my show.”
Lots of people are getting the chance to see Miranda. She opened for Kenny Chesney this summer on his Sun City Carnival shows, and next year, she’ll hit the road with Brad Paisley and Justin Moore on the American Saturday Night Tour.
In the meantime, she’s taking her songs about struggles — and about overcoming them — to smaller towns in a solo tour. She plays this weekend in Worcester, Mass.; Johnstown, Pa.; and Reading, Pa.
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Miranda is GREAT!!! i love all her music. she is an awsome person and a fantastic singer. but she don't get the playtime on the raqdio that she should!!!!
Miranda is so awesome i Love all her songs, and she should be #1 on GAC top countdown.
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The headline is misleading. Buddhism says that life is suffering as long as we hold on to the conventional way of looking at the world. But Zen and other schools offer an alternative. So to imply that Miranda is a "Zen country star" because she agrees that life is tough is a shallow if not intentional misreading of Buddhism. Whether she's Zen or not, I love her music and am really enjoying her latest single, White Liar."
MIRANDA DOES NOT GET THE CREDIT SHE DERSERVES SHE IS A AWSOME PREFORMER AND SINGER
You got that right Dave ! We love love the way miranda sings.
The song " Me and Charlie talking" got me hooked on her singing.
And she should have won more awards than she has. She sings a lot better than some.
When is Miranda coming to the Toronto area/? She would love playing the magnificent and historic Massey Hall. She combines the wondrous qualities of Allison Krauss, the Beautiful Emmy Lou and Bonnie Raitt.
Great article!!! Miranda is def the best!!!
Love Miranda. Nice to see an article about her.
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Miranda is more than a superstar country artist, Shes also a superstar person and country as a can of peas ! Countrys best singer and most beautiful star !