<p><em>Session that garnered two-of-six GRAMMY nominations for Clark, unreleased track now at digital retail and streaming; <a href="http://ebmediapr.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=8c2b6ee37a9e18082133cda47&;id=9ca3d864b7&;e=cf1e7f8964">click here to stream“You’re Drunk”</a></em></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-34595" src="http://www.countrymusicnewsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/Brandy-Clark-Country-Music-News.jpg" alt="Brandy Clark on Country Music News Blog" width="400" height="400" />It’s been just over a year since critically-acclaimed touring artist <strong>Brandy Clark</strong> released her sophomore album <em>Big Day in a Small Town</em>, which garnered two 2017 GRAMMY nominations for Best Country Album and Best Country Solo Performance (“Love Can Go To Hell”). As reported today by <a href="http://ebmediapr.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=8c2b6ee37a9e18082133cda47&;id=ed65bd9928&;e=cf1e7f8964"><em>Rolling Stone Country</em></a>, the songstress who has been heralded as “country music’s most reliable character witness” (<em>The Washington Post</em>) returns with new music in a digital release of the sharply witty <strong>“You’re Drunk,” </strong><a href="http://ebmediapr.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=8c2b6ee37a9e18082133cda47&;id=c59ab905b0&;e=cf1e7f8964">available now</a>.</p>
<p>Written with her longtime collaborators Josh Osborne and Shane McAnally while in a West Hollywood hotel room writing for <em>Big Day</em>, Clark shares its origin: “It&#8217;s funny, I never took this song seriously if that makes sense. However, when we went in to cut it, it immediately became a favorite—it just came to life—but, at the time, it just didn&#8217;t fit overall vibe on <em>Big Day</em>… I remember thinking even then we’d have to find a way to get it out.” Clark soon took a band on the road with her, bridging beyond the singer/songwriter moniker that launched her career, and that change also expanded what she could perform live with such a strong musician in upright bass player Vanessa McGowan. “It’s such a different song than say ‘Three Kids No Husband,’ but like that song, I didn’t realize how much the audience loved it until I played ‘You’re Drunk’ live. Their response is so exciting; I’m happy to now have it available for the fans asking ‘where can I hear this?’”</p>
<p>Dubbed by <em>Garden &; Gun</em> as “the best songwriter in Nashville,” Clark has established herself as one of country music’s greatest storytellers. Last year marked several successful acoustic tours and the release of <em>Big Day in a Small Town</em>, which was produced by Jay Joyce and has been revered as &#8220;gritty and visceral&#8221; (<em>Associated Press</em>), &#8220;aggressive and big-grinned&#8221; (<em>SPIN</em>) and also “made her one of country’s driving forces” (<em>TIME</em>). <em>Rolling Stone</em> praised, “it&#8217;s music tooled alternately for stadiums and songwriting circles, commercial and public radio, line-dance bars and coffee shops…Clark is good at bending country boilerplate.”</p>
<p><em>Big Day in a Small Town</em> is self-proclaimed &#8220;cousin&#8221; to Clark&#8217;s critically acclaimed debut album, <em>12 Stories, </em>which was featured on &#8220;Best of&#8221; lists from <em>New York Magazine</em>, NPR, <em>Rolling Stone</em>,<em> The New Yorker</em>, <em>New York Post and The Boston Globe</em> in 2013. That same year, <em>Los Angeles Times</em> called it “the country debut of the year.&#8221;</p>
<p><em><u>ABOUT BRANDY CLARK</u></em><br />
The Morton, Washington-native received her first of six career GRAMMY nominations in 2013 in the Best Country Song category for co-writing the <a title="Miranda Lambert" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMLambert/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fmiranda-lambert-tickets%2F">Miranda Lambert</a> No. 1 hit “Mama’s Broken Heart.” Her talent as a storyteller had quickly propelled her into critical acclaim as one of Nashville&#8217;s best tunesmiths when she quietly released her debut album <em>12 Stories</em>, which went on to be named &#8220;best album of 2013&#8221; by <em>The Boston Globe</em>, <em>New York Magazine</em>, NPR, <em>The New York Post</em>, and more. She won the 2014 CMA Song of the Year Award for “Follow Your Arrow,” which she co-wrote with Shane McAnally and <a title="Kacey Musgraves" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMusgraves/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkacey-musgraves-tickets%2F">Kacey Musgraves</a>, and was also named the 2014 <em>Music Row </em>Breakthrough Artist of the Year. The Academy of Country Music voters nominated her for Female Vocalist of the Year in 2015.<br />
Brandy released her sophomore album <em>Big Day In A Small Town</em> in June of 2016, which garnered two GRAMMY nominations for Best Country Album and Best Country Solo Performance (&#8220;Love Can Go To Hell&#8221;) and topped more than ten major critics&#8217; &#8220;Best of 2016&#8221; lists including NPR, <em>Rolling Stone</em>, <em>Entertainment Weekly</em> and <em>Billboard</em>, establishing Clark as one of country music&#8217;s most talented artists, beloved by fans, critics, and fellow entertainers alike.<br />
For more information, visit <a href="http://ebmediapr.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=8c2b6ee37a9e18082133cda47&;id=d861ace744&;e=cf1e7f8964">brandyclarkmusic.com</a>. Follow her on Facebook at <a href="http://ebmediapr.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8c2b6ee37a9e18082133cda47&;id=09ddaa944c&;e=cf1e7f8964">facebook.com/TheBrandyClark</a> and on Twitter <a href="http://ebmediapr.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8c2b6ee37a9e18082133cda47&;id=41923c9688&;e=cf1e7f8964">@TheBrandyClark</a>.</p>