The first line of “Hard Headed Woman,” the new record from Margo Price, begins with a battle cry. There’s a high and lonesome fiddle sounding the alarm, before a gloriously defiant harmony vocal: “I’m a hard headed woman . . . and I don’t owe ya sh*t.” It’s less a song than a preamble, setting the stage for everything that’s to come: an outsider following in the footsteps of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn and the rest of the country outlaws standing up and taking her rightful place.

“Hard Headed Woman” is a collection of 12 solidly country tracks, written by Price and husband/co-writer Jeremy Ivey, along with a couple of shared credits with Rodney Crowell, Kris Kristofferson, along with a cover of a George Jones song (“I Just Don’t Give a Damn”) and a Waylon Jennings song (“

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