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The GRAMMY® Award-winning maverick channels his signature sense of soul from the crossroads of rock n roll, blues, jazz, hip-hop, reggae and punk. Clarks most accomplished songwriting and virtuosic performances to date; THIS LAND delivers socially relevant, transcendentally ambitious, and musically rich declaration as unapologetic, undeniable, and unique as he is. He emerges with a body of work that is dynamic in every sense, embodying an ever-evolving sound that transformed him into an artistic force anointed by everyone from President Barack Obama to the late Prince.

To sum up Gary Clark Jr. is more challenging every day. Hes a musical universe unto himself, expanding at a nearly immeasurable rate, ever harder to define as a mind-blowing guitarist, a dazzling songwriter and engagingly soulful singer. He became the first artist ever recognized by the Recording Academy with Grammy Award nominations in both the rock and R&B categories for the same album in the same year, winning the latter: Best Traditional R&B Performance Please Come Home (from the album Blak And Blu).

Rolling Stone dubbed Clark The King of the Summer Festivals as he captivated audiences from Coachella to Glastonbury, Lollapalooza to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, from Metallicas Orion Festival to Jay-Zs Made in America, and of course his hometown Austin City Limits Festival, where he his band set a daytime attendance record.