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Brittany Howard Announces First Solo Album, Shares 'History Repeats'

The Alabama Shakes singer will release Jaime later this summer. The first single, "History Repeats," is a punch-drunk and funk rumination on humanity's inevitable arc toward self-defeat.

frontwoman Brittany Howard will release her first-ever solo album later this summer. The album, is named after her sister, who died of cancer when they were both teenagers. "The

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