As a songwriter, Brandy Clark has racked up several significant hits (Miranda Lambert's "Mama's Broken Heart," the Band Perry's number one hit "Better Dig Two," Kacey Musgraves' "Follow Your Arrow"). Taken together with her recording work, Clark emerges as a formidable contemporary country talent, one rooted in classic country but with a keen eye for the present, telling modern stories that are placed within a timeless tradition. Her 2013 solo debut 12 Stories was acclaimed as one of the best country records of the year, and she graduated to the major-label Warner Bros. for 20...