Brandy Clark: Big Day in a Small Town
Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2016
BRANDY CLARK'S 2013 DEBUT, 12 Stories, heralded a Nashville songwriting renaissance, alongside pathfinders like Kacey Musgraves and Eric Church. Its sequel, and proper major label debut, ups the ante: It's music tooled alternately for stadiums and songwriting circles, commercial and public radio, line-dance bars and coffee shops.
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