Brittney McKenna
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                        Produced by Brandi Carlile, the eponymous 11-song collection offers snapshots of Brandy Clark the person, not Brandy Clark the pen-for-hire.
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                        Roots music has always had rule-breakers, but its shift this century toward genre-twisting innovation owes a lot to a 2000 album by three kids barely old enough to vote.
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                        East Nashville, where many artists and industry folks work and live, was hit particularly hard by the tornado that swept through the city in the early hours of Tuesday.
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                        There's a sharp crackle of anxiety beneath the crushed velvet pop sheen of Caroline Rose's latest track.
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                        The country singer's ninth album shows why Womack is one of American roots music's foremost auteurs.