VIDEO: GREAT COMET's Brittain Ashford Unveils New Prairie Empire Music Video 'Circles'

Brittain Ashford (Sonya in the upcoming NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812) has just released a new music video for the song "Circles" from her band Prairie Empire's new record, THE SALT. Check it out below!

Ashford will make her Broadway debut in 'GREAT COMET' as Sonya, a role she originated at Ars Nova and for which she received a Lucille Lortel nomination during its run at Kazino. She has also appeared in Dave Malloy's GHOST QUARTET (Bushwick Starr, The Heath, Curran: Under Construction, A.R.T.).

THE SALT, the sophomore album from Brooklyn's Prairie Empire is a moving, unexpected departure from their folky, self-titled debut. In the four years between albums, Brittain Ashford and her band developed a more sophisticated sound, one that expands beyond the four walls of the bedroom into cinematic terrain. Calm moments give way to fevered climaxes, strings and reeds humming as Ashford's mournful, whiskey-soaked alto floats above the chaos. Inspired by the quietude of Elliott Smith and the dynamism of Jeff Buckley, Ashford directs her melancholic vocals through lush, atmospheric arrangements, oscillating between grief and anticipation.

THE SALT can be streamed on bandcamp at prairieempire.bandcamp.com/album/the-salt.

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