GRAMMY award winner and Grand Ole Opry member Ashley McBryde performed the title track from her critically acclaimed album The Devil I Know via Warner Music Nashville on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” yesterday, Thursday, December 7.
“Ashley McBryde writes about the outcasts – the best characters in her songs are downtrodden, stuck and determined as ever. ‘The Devil I Know’ is an anthem for all of them,” Vulture observes of the only country song on their top 10 “Best Songs of 2023,” while praising “McBryde knows the power of saying just enough — like painting a toxic relationship as ‘suitcase marks on a hardwood floor’ — and when to let everything boil over, which she expresses in a fiery chorus.”
“Arkansas native McBryde has deeply entrenched unflinching, blue-collar honesty as her trademark brand in country music,” boasts Tennessean, as Variety opines of the album, “the faithful already knew it would be one of the genre’s most satisfying efforts in 2023, even before she actually delivered on that promise with emotional ballads like ‘Light in the Kitchen,’ pure barnburners like ‘Made for This,’ or actual heart-destroyers like ‘Learned to Lie.’”
“The album’s songs are infectious and assured…Lyrically, they’re tighter than a bowline knot, bursting with colorful details,” boasts Garden & Gun, as Holler praises, “Once again weaving together country ditties, rock-tinged rompers and biker-bar riffs, with The Devil I Know, Ashley McBryde has plotted out an all-encompassing journey. The record features arena-sized regrets, a couple of classic country odes and a few bouts of bold and visceral vulnerability.”
As she gears up to close out the U.S. portion of the first leg of The Devil I Know Tour Presented by Ariat among multiple sold-out dates, McBryde will make a triumphant soon-to-be-sold-out return to the U.K. and Ireland at the top of the year. The second leg will kick off February 22 in Charleston, S.C. with tickets available at AshleyMcBryde.com.
Fans can watch McBryde perform “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” with Lindsey Stirling on CMA Country Christmas airing Thursday, December 14 at 8pm ET on ABC and Friday, December 15 on Hulu and Disney+.
The Devil I Know Tour Presented by Ariat
Dec. 10 Keswick Theatre^ Glenside, PA
Dec. 14 Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences# Charleston, WV
Dec. 15 The Fillmore Charlotte# Charlotte, NC
Dec. 16 Rams Head Live# Baltimore, MD
Jan. 17 O2 Guildhall<= Southampton, UK
Jan. 19 O2 Academy<= Bristol, UK
Jan. 20 Eventim Apollo<= London, UK
Jan. 21 O2 Institute<= Birmingham, UK
Jan. 23 Albert Hall<= Manchester, UK
Jan. 24 Barrowlands<= Glasgow, UK
Jan. 25 Barrowlands<= Glasgow, UK
Jan. 27 Waterfront Auditorium<= Belfast, NI
Jan. 28 3Olympia Theatre<= Dublin, Ireland
Feb. 22 North Charleston Performing Arts Center~ Charleston, SC
Feb. 23 The Tabernacle~ Atlanta, GA
Feb. 24 IP Casino Resort Spa – Studio A Biloxi, MS
March 1 Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts# Boone, NC
March 2 Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium# Chattanooga, TN
March 15 The Van Buren^ Phoenix, AZ
March 16 Brooklyn Bowl^ Las Vegas, NV
March 17 The Magnolia^ El Cajon, CA
March 19 The Theatre at Ace Hotel^ Los Angeles, CA
March 20 The Fillmore^ San Francisco, CA
March 22 Hult Center for the Performing Arts^ Eugene, OR
March 23 Roseland Theater^ Portland, OR
March 25 The Commodore Ballroom^ Vancouver, BC
March 27 Stephens Performing Arts Center Pocatello, ID
March 28 Ogden Theatre ^ Denver, CO
April 3 Florida Theatre~ Jacksonville, FL
April 4 House of Blues Orlando~ Orlando, FL
April 19 Palace Theatre+ Louisville, KY
April 20 Tennessee Theatre+ Knoxville, TN
April 25 Rialto Square Theatre% Joliet, IL
April 26 The Factory% St. Louis, MO
May 2 House of Blues Houston+ Houston, TX
May 3 Billy Bob’s Texas Fort Worth, TX
May 9 Uptown Theater# Kansas City, MO
May 10 Choctaw Grand Theater Durant, OK
May 11 Stiefel Center for the Performing Arts# Salina, KS
May 30 Murat Theatre< Indianapolis, IN
May 31 The Fillmore< Detroit, MI
June 1 Goodyear Theater< Akron, OH
June 13 Paramount Theatre< Cedar Rapids, IA
June 15 The Astro< La Vista, NE
Support:
^ Kasey Tyndall
< Harper O’Neill
= Corey Kent
~ Meg McRee
# Will Jones
+ Bella White
% JD Clayton
About Ashley McBryde
GRAMMY, CMA and ACM award winner Ashley McBryde cut her teeth playing country songs in biker bars – and it shows. The Grand Ole Opry member’s 2018 major label debut Girl Going Nowhere (Warner Music Nashville) charmed The New York Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, Paste, The Washington Post and more, all en route to landing a GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Album. McBryde closed out 2019 with ACM New Female Artist, CMT Breakout Artist, a New Artist of the Year win at the 53rd Annual CMA Awards and two nominations for the 2020 GRAMMYs for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance for “Girl Goin’ Nowhere.” Her follow-up Never Will was tagged by Rolling Stone as one of the most anticipated of the year alongside NPR, who also ranked her Top 10 RIAA Platinum-Certified single “One Night Standards” as one of the best songs of 2019. The album earned McBryde a 2021 GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Album, making Never Will the only album nominated for Country Album of the Year by the ACMs, CMAs and the Recording Academy in the same award season. Her GRAMMY-winning duet with Carly Pearce, “Never Wanted To Be That Girl,” went all the way to No. 1 and earned McBryde and Pearce the ACM and CMA award for Musical Event of the Year. McBryde was also honored with the 2022 CMA International Artist Achievement Award for the most significant creative growth, development and promotion of the country music industry outside of the United States. Her collaborative project Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville featuring Brothers Osborne, Brandy Clark, Pillbox Patti, Caylee Hammack, Aaron Raitiere and Benjy Davis earned McBryde her third consecutive GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Album, making her a six-time GRAMMY nominee. The project earned McBryde her second consecutive nomination for CMA Album of the Year, along with Music Video of the Year for her chart-climbing single “Light On In The Kitchen” from her latest critically acclaimed album, The Devil I Know. McBryde is currently on her headlining The Devil I Know Tour Presented by Ariat and heads to the U.K. at the top of the year before kicking off the second U.S. leg in February 2024. For more information, visit Ashley McBryde.com or follow her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and YouTube.