What A Song Can Do

## ***What A Song Can Do***Studio Album by Lady A

* Chapter One
* Bonus Videos Edition

## Singles from *What A Song Can Do*

1. Like A Lady
 Released: March 15th, 2021

2.  What A Song Can Do
 Released: January 31st, 2022

***What A Song Can Do*** is the ninth studio album by American country music trio Lady A. It was released on October 22nd, 2021, through BMLG Records.

## Background

On March 15th, "Like A Lady", the album's first single, was released. The single charted moderately.

On June 10th, Lady A released "Things He Handed Down" as a promotional single.

On June 14th, Lady A announced VIA Instagram that What A Song Can Do (Chapter One) had been made available for pre-order, stating:

On October 14th, Lady A announced that an album release party for *What A Song Can Do* would be held at the Assembly Food Hall in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22nd to promote the album.

On October 22nd, Hillary Scott shared a few of her thoughts on the album through Instagram, stating: This record is one of our most personal to date. In these 14 tracks we celebrate life and love with a grateful heart, search for hope, and confess our struggles. If I could share with you my deepest prayer, though, is that you can listen and feel your way through your own stories and experiences as you take it in. 'What A Song Can Do' is our love letter to you and I'm so overjoyed to say that it's available everywhere now!

## Critical Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that "The 14 songs never deviate from the middle of the road, a path they follow with the urgency of a Sunday afternoon drive [...] they give the arrangements enough room to be breezy and help keep the melody in the forefront -- tricks that make for a very pleasant listen, even if it is quite a familiar one."

## Singles

Like A Lady
March 15th, 2021What A Song Can Do
January 31st, 2022
### Promotional Singles

Things He Handed Down
June 10th, 2021Where Would I Be
August 20th, 2021

## Album Artwork

### Album Photoshoot

On November 3rd, 2021, Lady A published the 316th installment of their YouTube series Webisode Wednesdays. In this installment, the viewer is taken throughout the process of an album photoshoot.

The photography for the *What A Song Can Do* photoshoot was captured by Hodges Usry.

* The Living Room
* The Studio
* The Yard
* The Caddy
* The Vocal Booth

## Album Trailers

Lady A - What A Song Can Do (Chapter One) - Album TrailerLady A – What A Song Can Do (Album Trailer)
## Credits

### Lady A

* **Hillary Scott** - vocals [All tracks]
* **Charles Kelley** - vocals [All tracks]
* **Dave Haywood** - vocals [All tracks] acoustic guitar [All tracks] bouzouki [Track 8] mandolin [Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 10-13] percussion [Track 8] resonator guitar [Track 8] strings [Tracks 1, 8] synthesizer [Track 1] tambourine [Track 10] bar noise [Track 1]

### Additional Musicians

* **Roy Agee** - trombone [Track 11] bass trombone [Track 11]
* **David Angell** - violin [Track 7]
* **Monisa Angell** - viola [Track 7]
* **Kevin Bate** - cello [Track 7]
* **Jenny Bifano** - violin [Track 7]
* **Tom Bukovac** - electric guitar [All tracks except 11 & 13]
* **Julian Bunetta** - programming [Track 9]
* **Vinnie Ciesielski** - flugelhorn [Track 11] trumpet [Track 11] horn arrangements [Track 11]
* **Dave Cohen** - B-3 organ [Tracks 1, 2, 6, 14] keyboards [Track 3] piano [Tracks 2, 4-7] programming [Track 11] synthesizer [Tracks 4, 5, 7, 11, 12] synth bass [Track 11]
* **David Davidson** - violin [Track 3]
* **Stuart Duncan** - fiddle [Track 3]
* **Justin Ebach** - electric guitar [Track 5] programming [Track 5] synthesizer [Track 5] synth bass [Track 5]
* **Sam Ellis** - programming [Track 2]
* **Alicia Engstrom** - violin [Track 7]
* **Shannon Forrest** - drums [Tracks 10, 11, 13] percussion [Track 13]
* **Paul Franklin** - steel guitar [Tracks 2, 4, 5, 10, 13, 14]
* **Jesse Frasure** - programming [Track 4]
* **Chris Gelbuda** - electric guitar [Track 11]
* **Austin Hoke** - cello [Track 7]
* **Dann Huff** - bouzouki [Track 5] dobro [Tracks 3, 5] dobro solo [Track 5] electric guitar [Tracks 1-3, 5, 6, 9-12, 14] electric guitar solo [Tracks 1-3, 6, 9, 12, 14] high string acoustic guitar [Track 5] programming [Tracks 2-4, 9-13] synthesizer [Tracks 10, 13] synth bass [Track 3]
* **David Huff** - programming [All tracks] synth bass [Track 10]
* **Jun Iwasaki** - violin [Track 7]
* **Martin Johnson** - electric guitar [Track 3]
* **Charlie Judge** - B-3 organ [Tracks 9, 11] piano [Tracks 2, 11] synthesizer [Tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13] synth bass [Track 12]
* **Betsy Lamb** - viola [Track 7]
* **Tony Lucido** - bass guitar [Tracks 10, 11, 13]
* **Justin Niebank** - programming [All tracks except 3]
* **Brandon Paddock** - dobro [Track 3] programming [Track 3]
* **Carly Pearce** - featured vocals [Track 9]
* **Jordan Reynolds** - programming [Track 1]
* **Thomas Rhett** - featured vocals [Track 9]
* **Jerry Roe** - drums [Tracks 8, 9] percussion [Track 8]
* **Darius Rucker** - featured vocals [Track 9]
* **Jimmie Lee Sloas** - bass guitar [Tracks 1-9, 12, 14]
* **Aaron Sterling** - drums [Tracks 1-7, 12, 14] percussion [Tracks 3, 6, 7, 14]
* **Ilya Toshinsky** - acoustic guitar [All tracks except 3 & 7] banjo [Tracks 3, 5, 9] dobro [Track 7] mandolin [Track 3]
* **Alysa Vanderheym** - synthesizer [Track 10] background vocals [Track 10]
* **Derek Wells** - electric guitar [Tracks 10, 11, 13] electric guitar solo [Track 11]
* **Kris Wilkinson** - string arrangements [Track 7]
* **Karen Winkelmann** - violin [Track 7]

## References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What\_a\_Song\_Can\_Do\_(Chapter\_One)
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What\_a\_Song\_Can\_Do
3. https://www.instagram.com/p/CVBSBf3JP1k/?utm\_medium=copy\_link
4. https://www.instagram.com/p/CVS4rs9gidj/?utm\_medium=copy\_link
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WNlzXVML-4