BRANDY CLARK RETURNS WITH A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW SELF-TITLED ALBUM, OUT MAY 19 ON WARNER RECORDS
ALBUM PRODUCED BY BRANDI CARLILE
We at Crazy Women Country may be biased, yet as fans of Brandy Clark is how we became friends and started Crazy Women Country. So, it goes without saying we are beyond excited in anticipation always for new music and her self-title album Brandy Clark.
Songwriter, Singer, musician, and 11-time Grammy nominated artist Brandy Clark’s highly anticipated self-titled album comes out May 19, 2023, on Warner Records. What’s better than one beautifully talented Brandy from the Pacific Northwest? The second 9-time Grammy Winning Brandi working on this fantastic album. Produced by Brandi Carlile, Clark’s self-titled album showcases versatility and rawness like her album “12 Stories.”
Of the project, Clark shares, “This album is a return home to me in many ways. Musically it’s the rawest I’ve been since 12 Stories and maybe even rawer. When Brandi and I sat down and talked about working together, one thing that really intrigued me was her saying ‘I see it as your return to the northwest.’ (Since the two of us are both from Washington state). That comment inspired so much for me. It took me back to where and how I grew up. ‘Northwest’ and ‘She Smoked In The House’ were both a result of that early conversation. Working with another recording artist on this project was such a gift that I didn’t even know I needed and changed the way I want to write songs and make records moving forward. My hope is that anyone who hears this album will feel the heart that I put into every note of it.”
Carlile adds, “Brandy is one of the greatest songwriters I’ve ever known. And I feel like I now know exactly who Brandy Clark is through the portal of this singular brilliantly written album. When I heard the songs for this album, they took me back to the first ‘me I heard Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. I was thinking about Tom Petty, The Pretenders, Kim Richey, Sheryl Crow, Shelby Lynne and the soul of 90s Americana before it had a name. Brandy’s voice is like a friend you’ve had your whole life the second you hear it. I know I’m not alone in feeling this way. This is her moment. This is the one. Sometimes an artist only gets one shot at an album like this in their life. This is the ‘me Brandy has chosen to reveal herself to the world as an artist and a woman and I was blessed beyond measure to be the person she trusted to support and facilitate that swan dive.” Recorded at the famed Shangri-La studio in Malibu, CA, the album, Clark’s fourth, features the rawest and most intimate recordings of the CMA winner’s decade-long career as both a hit songwriter for other artists and a performer in her own right. In addition to Clark and Carlile, the album includes special guests Derek Trucks and Lucius as well as Ma, Chamberlain on drums, Sebastian Steinberg on bass, Dave Palmer on piano, Jedd Hughes on guitar, Kyleen King on viola, Josh Neumann on cello, Sista Strings (aka Monique and Chauntee Ross) on cello and violin, Steve Fishell on pedal steel and Jay Carlile on background vocals and harmonica.
- Ain’t Enough Rocks (feat. Derek Trucks)
- Buried
- Tell Her You Don’t Love Her (feat. Lucius)
- Dear Insecurity (feat. Brandi Carlile)
- Come Back To Me
- Northwest
- She Smoked In The House
- Up Above The Clouds – Cecilia’s Song
- All Over Again
- Best Ones
- Take Mine