Let The Girls Play

Twenty-three of country music's rising female stars got together to make a powerful statement.

It's a strange thing to hear Savannah Keyes talk about the things that have gone wrong in her life. It's a strange thing to believe anything has.

They say you can't judge a book by its cover, but if Kim Paige's book came with a list of her songs on it, you'd get pretty close. There's "I Love Beer" and "Go Home L.A.," which are self-explanatory. "Overthinker" is her deepest offering. "We Need a Wife" is not so much tongue-in-cheek as it is a gum-bumping referendum on housework.

It started with a song for Tenille Arts, a Shania Twain song. She was singing "Man! I Feel Like a Woman" in her yard one day and eight years later she finds herself as one of country music's hottest newcomers.

Nashville trio Maybe April are proof that some arranged marriages are meant to be. Three soloists came from three very different parts of the country and were paired up because, essentially, they were the last three picked at gym class.

Kalie Shorr’s “Fight Like a Girl” is everything you expect from the title, and then it's much more. Yes, it’s an anthem for marginalized females in country music, business and life. But it’s also a reminder of what songwriters in Nashville and beyond are fighting for daily.