Six-time Grammy nominee singer/songwriter Brandy Clark got into music young. Until the age of five years old her family listened to records instead of TV. At nine, she picked up the guitar and at age 11 she started singing in her first band. To say she is a pro is an understatement. However, Clark didn’t get serious about music until college.
Clark has always loved country music for its epic lyric quality. She moved to Nashville and started out writing but never gave up on her dream of being a performing artist in her own right. Roughly three years ago Clark achieved her goal with her first album “12 Stories.”
Clark said she aims to write “songs that are mini movies.” Her favorite song growing up was “Crazy” by Willy Nelson. She believes his song will last for years to come and hopes to have the same for her own music. She describes music as a “piece of immortality.”
Many artists find the hardest part of the business, to be the concern from their friends and family. After all, the saying “poor starving artist” isn’t popular without reason. Clark has always had a supportive family and friends and has been lucky enough not to confront that particular doubt. For her the hardest part of the music industry is “struggling to find a new way to say something that has been said.” She said it can feel like “pushing a rock uphill.” However, performing in front of a live audience makes everything worth it to Clark. She thrives on “knowing that [she] can do something that connects with people.”
Clark grew up in Washington about two hours south of Seattle. She loves her town and didn’t want to move away but her dream moved her. She says “choosing to follow singing was the hardest and the best thing she ever did.” Now she spends most of her time touring and loves moving around. She particularly enjoys “going to bed in one city and waking up in another.” Those cities love her too as she just finished a run of sold out shows. On June 1 she will be in Utah.
At 7 p.m. at the Depot she and Charlie Worsham will perform. This will be Clark’s first tour out of a support role and she has earned it. Her latest album has two Grammy Nominations and Worsham’s new album “Beginning of Things” is available now. For Clark “even the things that felt like wrong turns put her in the right place.” Tickets can be purchased at ticketoffices.com starting at $69.