When Howard was nine, Jaime succumbed to retinoblastoma, a rare cancer of the eye that has left Brittany’s vision damaged in one eye as well. “When she left the earth,” said Howard, “she ...

KEN TUCKER, BYLINE: Brittany Howard begins her new album, "Jaime," with that song called "History Repeats." It's a funky, slightly jazzy chunk of music that sounds almost improvised.