Pushkin.

Margot Price is no stranger to struggle.

In early March, a tornado raged through her home base of Nashville just as she was preparing

to release her third apple.

A month later, as Tennessee residents were ordered to shelter in place to prevent the

spread of COVID-19, Margot's husband and longtime collaborator Jeremy Ivy.

He was a tested positive for the coronavirus.

While taking care of her sick husband and two young kids, Margot decided to push back the

release of her new album.

It may seem like a no-brainer, but for Margot, it was a really tough decision.

And with her simultaneously not being able to be on the road, like she usually is right

now, things in her life just feel a bit upside down.

But Margot Price is a gifted songwriter who always manages to turn adversity into a great

song.

In the past, she's written her way through personal devastation, like the loss of a family

farm, and the death of an infant son.

Her new album, That's How Rumors Get Started, pulls from that same well.

But musically, owes a debt to more carefree rock music like the Stones, Tom Petty, and Fleetwood

Mac.

In this interview, Margot tells Bruce Hevlam how plain and open-mic at a best-western hotel

made her a better songwriter.

She also talks about hawking her wedding ring to record her first album, and how spending

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