Maren Morris Enlists Brothers Osborne, Brandi Carlile for New Girl Album

Maren Morris will have some high-profile guests on her upcoming second albumGirl, as both Brothers Osborne and Brandi Carlile make appearances on the March 8th release.

Carlile guests on the previously released Common, which ponders the difficulty of different people trying to reach understanding. They also performed the song live during Carliles Girls Just Wanna Weekend in January. Brothers Osborne, on whose Greener Pastures Morris was a co-writer, appear on a new song called All My Favorite People. The 14-track albums uplifting title cut was released as the projects lead single in mid-January, and Morris noted she was singing to herself as much as about a system that at present, anyway isnt including very many women.

Looking at the country radio chart the last year, more titles had the word girls in them than actual girls on the radio, she told Rolling Stone Country. I think in my head I wanted to buck the trend a little bit and be like, Im a girl, and Im going to sing about a girl, and Im the girl.

Morris, a multiple nominee at the 2019 Grammy Awards, scored a single nod for Female Artist of the Year at the 2019 ACM Awards when nominations were announced early Wednesday morning. Facing her in the category are Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Ashley McBryde and Grammy Album of the Year winner Kacey Musgraves.

On March 9th, the day afterGirlis released, Morris will launch her Girl: The World Tour, running more than 40 dates with guests including Cassadee Pope and RaeLynn.