Brandy Clark Closes 2016 Acoustic Tour on a High Note
Critically Acclaimed Singer/Songwriter Tapped as Special Guest for A Tribute to the Music of Linda Ronstadt
NASHVILLE,
Tenn. – CMA Award winner and four-time GRAMMY nominee, Brandy Clark,
just wrapped a highly successful acoustic tour that Los Angeles Times
said, “delivered a stream of smartly crafted songs,” that will make
radio “hard-pressed to find songs more emotionally and musically
rewarding than Clark’s,” with a bang Sunday in Northampton, Mass. Clark
has now been tapped as a special guest for an esteemed event this
December honoring revolutionary music icon and 11-time GRAMMY Award
winner, Linda Ronstadt.
Tenn. – CMA Award winner and four-time GRAMMY nominee, Brandy Clark,
just wrapped a highly successful acoustic tour that Los Angeles Times
said, “delivered a stream of smartly crafted songs,” that will make
radio “hard-pressed to find songs more emotionally and musically
rewarding than Clark’s,” with a bang Sunday in Northampton, Mass. Clark
has now been tapped as a special guest for an esteemed event this
December honoring revolutionary music icon and 11-time GRAMMY Award
winner, Linda Ronstadt.
With an acoustic performance that made CMT
write, “few artists can make you feel the power of music quite
like Brandy Clark,” the acclaimed songwriter sold out an entire run in
the United Kingdom as well as multiple stops in Los Angeles,
Philadelphia and New York City. The event presented by The Bluegrass
Situation, Goldenvoice and Red Light Management is titled, A Tribute to the Music of Linda Ronstadt,
and will use powerful voices of respected singer/songwriters to honor
the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer in Los Angeles Dec. 11 at The Theatre at
Ace Hotel.
write, “few artists can make you feel the power of music quite
like Brandy Clark,” the acclaimed songwriter sold out an entire run in
the United Kingdom as well as multiple stops in Los Angeles,
Philadelphia and New York City. The event presented by The Bluegrass
Situation, Goldenvoice and Red Light Management is titled, A Tribute to the Music of Linda Ronstadt,
and will use powerful voices of respected singer/songwriters to honor
the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer in Los Angeles Dec. 11 at The Theatre at
Ace Hotel.
Clark, who Washington Post
said is “armed onstage with her own powerful voice and an acoustic
guitar,” will be in great company as the tribute will feature
performances by Ronstadt’s close friends including: Jackson Browne,
Maria Muldaur and David Lindley as well as those to which she was an
influencer: Dawes, Gaby Moreno, Grace Potter and I’m With Her (Sara
Watkins, Aoife O’Donovan, Sarah Jarosz) led by the Watkins Family Hour
house band.
said is “armed onstage with her own powerful voice and an acoustic
guitar,” will be in great company as the tribute will feature
performances by Ronstadt’s close friends including: Jackson Browne,
Maria Muldaur and David Lindley as well as those to which she was an
influencer: Dawes, Gaby Moreno, Grace Potter and I’m With Her (Sara
Watkins, Aoife O’Donovan, Sarah Jarosz) led by the Watkins Family Hour
house band.
“Linda
Ronstadt is one of my favorite artists and biggest musical influences,”
says Clark. “I admire how beloved she is within all music circles, from
pop to rock to country and beyond. I am honored to be part of this
great event and to help raise money for such an important cause.”
All proceeds will benefit The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, a disease that affects Ronstadt.
For more details and ticketing information please visit here.
About The Michael J. Fox Foundation
Since
2000, the foundation has funded more than $450 million to speed a cure
for Parkinson’s disease through an aggressive research agenda and the
development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson’s
today. Learn more at https://www.michaeljfox.org.
2000, the foundation has funded more than $450 million to speed a cure
for Parkinson’s disease through an aggressive research agenda and the
development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson’s
today. Learn more at https://www.michaeljfox.org.
About Brandy Clark
The
Morton, Washington-native received her first of four career GRAMMY
nominations in 2013 in the Best Country Song category for co-writing the
Miranda Lambert No. 1 hit “Mama’s Broken Heart.” She went on to receive
a nod for her critically-acclaimed breakthrough 12 Stories including
inclusion in the all genre New Artist category. Clark won 2014’s CMA
Song of the Year Award for “Follow Your Arrow,” which she co-wrote with
Shane McAnally and Kacey Musgraves, and was also named the 2014 Music
Row Breakthrough Artist of the Year. The Academy of Country Music voters
nominated her for Female Vocalist of the Year in 2015. Her
highly-anticipated follow-up to Stories resulted in a June 2016 release of Big Day In A Small Town and
U.S. and U.K. acoustic tours. For more information, visit
brandyclarkmusic.com. Follow her on Facebook at
facebook.com/TheBrandyClark and on Twitter @TheBrandyClark.
Morton, Washington-native received her first of four career GRAMMY
nominations in 2013 in the Best Country Song category for co-writing the
Miranda Lambert No. 1 hit “Mama’s Broken Heart.” She went on to receive
a nod for her critically-acclaimed breakthrough 12 Stories including
inclusion in the all genre New Artist category. Clark won 2014’s CMA
Song of the Year Award for “Follow Your Arrow,” which she co-wrote with
Shane McAnally and Kacey Musgraves, and was also named the 2014 Music
Row Breakthrough Artist of the Year. The Academy of Country Music voters
nominated her for Female Vocalist of the Year in 2015. Her
highly-anticipated follow-up to Stories resulted in a June 2016 release of Big Day In A Small Town and
U.S. and U.K. acoustic tours. For more information, visit
brandyclarkmusic.com. Follow her on Facebook at
facebook.com/TheBrandyClark and on Twitter @TheBrandyClark.
Photo Credit: David McClister