Clark, Russell return to school
Thursday, December 14, 2023 – Brandy Clark and Allison Russell will be the New York University's 2024 Americana Artist-in-Residence at its Steinhardt arts program.
Throughout 2024 spring academic semester, they will be working closely with NYU students through a series of lectures, workshops and classroom visits. Clark and Russell will present, curate and moderate a variety of discussions, workshops, classroom visits and performances.
Clark and Russell are the third and fourth Americana artists to participate in the NYU Artist-in-Residence after Rosanne Cash in 2021-22 and Taj Mahal in 2023.
The Americana Foundation, formed by the Americana Music Association to support Americana music, and NYU are building on this collaboration to educate students on the origins, history and cultural impact of Americana music.
More news
- 02/10/25: Carpenter, Clark join forces
- 09/17/24: Russell reschedules tour for Broadway, tour to follow
- 02/04/24: Stapleton, Isbell & The 400 Unit take two GRAMMYS each
- 01/26/24: Clark heads South with new tour dates
- 12/08/23: Clark releases "Dear Insecurity" with Carlile
- 10/27/23: Clark sings of "My Favorite Christmas"
- 10/18/23: Russell releases Spotify singles
- 10/10/23: Clark releases "Dear Insecurity" video
CD reviews
The purpose for 'deluxe editions' of albums is not entirely clear, except perhaps to breathe new life into an aging album. This marketing ploy is especially curious in the case of Brandy Clark's "Your Life is a Record." After all, this already is a fully satisfying album, so why the seconds? However, more Brandy Clark is never a bad thing, so we'll take it.
This new edition includes a couple of live versions of album songs. Both "Who You Thought I Was" and ...
Whenever Brandy Clark's "Your Life is a Record" is described as the work of a smart, female singer/songwriter - an inevitable characterization - you may immediately picture 11 sophisticated pop songs. And make no mistake about it; this music is sophisticated - sophisticated enough, in fact, to attract pop songwriter extraordinaire Randy Newman for a duet on "Bigger Boat." Surprisingly, though, much of the music contained within is also more organic than one might have ...
There are two components to Brandy Clark. First is her songwriting, which gained her much street cred, penning songs for the likes of Miranda Lambert ("Mama's Broken Heart" with Kacey Musgraves and Shane McAnally), The Band Perry ("Better Dig Two"), Keith Urban, Reba McEntire and a slew for Musgraves and Jennifer Nettles. And then there's her own artistic career with her major label debut finally coming close to three years after her extremely well-received (with ...
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