Acclaimed guitarist and singer Gary Clark Jr. defies genre boundaries with his fusion of rock, blues, soul, and hip-hop. Winner of four Grammys, including Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for his hit single "This Land," Clark has collaborated with artists including Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Nas, Sheryl Crow, Eric Clapton, and more. About his fourth album, JPEG RAW (Warner Bros, 2024), Roots Music Magazine writes: "This album is a lot of things: experimental, raw, polished, thought-provoking, mind-easing... a triumph of the musical spirit."

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Gary Clark Jr.

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Anyone who has listened to a Gary Clark Jr. album or watched the four-time Grammy Award winner perform live knows that he’s a gifted multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and performer. And never more so than on his last album, 2019’s illuminating This Land. But while This Land signaled a breakthrough in displaying his musical versatility beyond the blues, his latest album, JPEG RAW, represents a quantum leap.

Ovens Auditorium

The Austin native continues to stretch out musically, broadening expectations with his fourth studio album JPEG RAW, featuring collaborations with Stevie Wonder and George Clinton. 

O2 Institute Birmingham

Steeped in the grand tradition of the American songbook, Gary Clark Jr. has emerged as a 21st-century rock ‘n’ roll messiah; a blues virtuoso who blends in reggae, punk, R&B, hip-hop, and soul, re-shaping the genre for our time. He’s been doing his thing since he was a kid in Texas, but made global waves in 2014 following his first GRAMMY Award®: Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Please Come Home” from his 2012 debut Blak And Blu. Clark ascended to greater heights in 2019 with his third full-length, the sensual and socially conscious This Land, which hit #6 on the Billboard Top 200, his third consecutive Top 10 debut. This Land garnered acclaim from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and many more. Clark topped bills at festivals and venues like the Hollywood Bowl, made appearances sharing the stage with The Rolling Stones, and performed at the White House for the Obamas. In 2020, Clark cleaned up at the GRAMMYs®, taking home Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song (“This Land”), and Best Contemporary Blues Album. He performed “This Land” backed by The Roots during the ceremony, releasing the live version as a single. To date, Clark has six GRAMMY® nominations and four wins. He has performed on national TV, making stops at Saturday Night Live, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and more. Clark is currently working on a follow-up to This Land, continuing to experiment and push the possibilities of American roots music.

Gary Clark Jr.

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Sep 6, 2025

Gary Clark Jr. · Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Mar 10, 2025

Gary Clark Jr. · Ovens Auditorium

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