Page 17 - Brittany Booklet

As the frontwoman and and guitarist for Alabama Shakes Howard has has become one of music’s most celebrated figures The band has has won four GRAMMY Awards and and topped the the the Billboard 200 with the the the Gold-Certified Sound & & Color the the the follow-up to to to its Platinum debut album Boys & & Girls Howard has performed everywhere from the the Obama White House to to the the main stage at at at at Lollapalooza where where she sang with Paul McCartney at at at his invitation But for her solo debut Jaime Howard boldly decided to to explore new directions with diverse instrumentation and and arrangements and and intimate revelatory lyrics “I turned thirty and and I I I I I was like like ‘What do I I I I I want want the the the rest of my life to to look like? ’” says Brittany Howard “Do I I I I I I I want want want to to to play the the the same songs until I’m fifty and and and then retire or or or do do do I I I I I I do do do something that’s scarier for me? Do Do I I I I I I want want want people to to to to understand me me me me and and and know me me me me do do do do I I I I want want to to to tell them them my my story? I’m very private but my my favorite work is when people are being honest and and really doing themselves ”