Brittany Howard Sings Through the Pangs of New Love

Published: March 13, 2024, 9 a.m.

Brittany Howard, the five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, makes vibrant, dynamic music about love.\n\nAs 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 \u201cJaime,\u201d an album named after and dedicated to her older sister, who died at 13, Howard revealed new dimensions of her songwriting and herself.\n\nHer latest album, \u201cWhat Now,\u201d 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: \u201cWas She Just Another Nicely Packaged Pain Delivery System?\u201d by Judith Fetterley.