Los Angeles, Jan 22 (IANS): At a concert, singer Miranda Lambert opened up about her hard year and how songwriting has helped her during some pretty dark times in the past few months.

Performing at Nashville's City Winery alongside her friends Ashley Monroe, Shane McAnally and Nicolle Galyon, the Grammy winner let her emotions speak for themselves, reports eonline.com.

Shortly before singing a track written by her guitarist Scotty Wray, Lambert got emotional about how important her close friends and family have been for her since her divorce from Blake Shelton.

"So this song, I don't know if I can do it without crying. Scotty Wray has been with me since I was 17. For a long time, he was my band. We have been through everything together, good and bad," Lambert told the crowd. 

"We both went through a really sh---y 2015 and we have the tattoos to prove it. He wrote a song a long time ago called 'Scars' ... I never felt like I could sing it until now," she added. 

After her intimate concert, Lambert took to Instagram to thank those who were in the audience and shared the special moment with her.

"Last night was magical. I feel so blessed to call these incredibly talented people my friends," she wrote.