Brittany Howard Sings Through the Pangs of New Love

Modern Love

The New York Times

Nytimes, Redemption, Society & Culture, New York Times, Love, Essay, Storytelling, Loss, Nyt

4.4 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Brittany Howard, the five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, makes vibrant, dynamic music about love. As the frontwoman of the band Alabama Shakes, she was celebrated for the power and emotionality of her voice. When she began her solo career in 2019 with “Jaime,” an album named after and dedicated to her older sister, who died at 13, Howard revealed new dimensions of her songwriting and herself. Her latest album, “What Now,” captures the intensity of processing the past and starting anew. Today, Howard reads a Modern Love essay about the courage it takes to fall back in love: “Was She Just Another Nicely Packaged Pain Delivery System?” by Judith Fetterley.

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0:00.0	Love now and don't.
0:03.0	Do you follow?
0:04.0	The last that I love.
0:05.0	Love is stronger than anything.
0:08.0	I feel a lawful love. And I love you more than anything.
0:11.0	There's still love.
0:15.0	From the New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.
0:18.0	This is Modern Love.
0:19.0	And we're continuing on with our anniversary series,
0:22.0	celebrating 20 years of modern love with our favorite
0:25.2	artists. Today I'm talking to an artist I've followed for years. Five-time
0:30.9	Grammy Award-winning musician Brittany Howard.
0:34.3	I was first introduced to Brittany's music right as I was graduating high school.
0:47.0	I was driving around with my friends and someone put on an Alabama Shake song and I remember
0:52.3	grabbing their phone I had to see who was
0:55.0	singing. I couldn't believe the range of her belt.
1:13.0	It makes you feel something.
1:16.0	And now, nearly 10 years later,
1:18.0	Brittany has put out two solo albums.
1:21.0	Her first was dedicated to her older sister who passed away at a
1:24.2	young age. It's called Jamie. It came out in 2019 and it's absolutely gorgeous.
1:28.8	And her new album, What Now, came out earlier this year.
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