Interview: Ashley Monroe succeeded through hard work and sacrifice

Interview: Ashley Monroe succeeded through hard work and sacrifice

When you learn that Ashley Monroe was once part of a country supergroup – Pistol Annies with Miranda Lambert and Angaleena Presley – you figure right away she must be some kind of urban cowgirl, a sweetheart of fantasy, conjured by Nashville execs. In actuality, she is something else indeed, a fine recording artist on her own with six albums under her own name to her credit, the latest one called “Tennessee Lightning,” which is a collection she …