The GRAMMY Museum was thrilled to welcome 5x GRAMMY Award-winning artist Brittany Howard to the Museum’s 300-seat Ray Charles Rooftop Terrace for an evening of conversation moderated by music journalist Jenny Eliscu celebrating her career, latest project, What Now, and more.
ABOUT BRITTANY HOWARD
With five GRAMMY® wins and sixteen nominations under her belt, powerhouse vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Brittany Howard, released WHAT NOW – the revelatory second solo album and first via Island Records in February 2024. The album found itself on multiple 2024 “must-hear” and “best of” album lists including The New York Times, NPR, Grammy.com, Pitchfork, TIME, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and more. Known for her unique timbre and powerful, soulful, emotionally charged vocals, Brittany Howard has been at the heart of the music scene for over a decade. She is a globally renowned singer, songwriter, and guitarist extraordinaire whose critical acclaim began as front-woman for four-time GRAMMY Award-winning Alabama Shakes. 
WHAT NOW follows massively acclaimed solo debut Jaime—a 2019 LP that earned her 7 GRAMMY® nominations in 4 different genres, winning the award for Best Rock Song with “Stay High.” The album also landed on best-of-the-year lists from the likes of Pitchfork, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and was named NPR’s album of the year. Like Jaime, What Now finds Howard taking the helm as producer and working closely with long-time collaborator Shawn Everett (Beck, The War on Drugs).
Over the course of its 12 tracks, Howard brings her musicality to a shapeshifting sound, encompassing everything from psychedelia and dance music to dream-pop and avant-jazz—a fitting backdrop for an album whose lyrics shift from unbridled outpouring to incisive yet radically idealistic commentary on the state of the human condition. At turns galvanizing, cathartic, and wildly soul-expanding, the result is a monumental step forward for one of the most essential artists of our time.