Brandy Clark Finds Americana Music Right Here at Home

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“Small towns get a bad rap,” laments singer-songwriter Brandy Clark. But when she thinks of Morton, the timber town south of Mount Rainier where she grew up, she remembers that when her father died in a logging accident, the amassed mourners were so numerous the memorial service had to be held in the school gym. Small-town affection runs through Clark’s impressive catalog of country songs, some recorded by megastars like Reba McEntire and Miranda Lambert, and others on her own albums. Even the Tony-nominated Broadway musical she cowrote, Shucked, celebrates the rural life, with a dollop of

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