Before Brandi Carlile was a folk-rock superstar, she was a high school dropout spending her time in a lakeside shed with her first real band, which comprised Carlile, her brother Jay, and a pair of thirty-something locals from Carlile’s native Washington State. Carlile’s teenage years days were full of uncertainty …
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A year ago, our lives ground to a halt as Covid-19 spread across the U.S. Everything but essential businesses shut down, schools closed, and the music world stopped in its tracks. Tour announcements became tour cancellations, festivals were called off, and those of us who attended several live shows per …
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Jason Isbell and Brandi Carlile will perform at “To Nashville, With Love,” a benefit concert to raise funds for the recovery effort after a tornado hit the city on March 3rd. The event is set for Monday, March 9th, at Marathon Music Works, located just south of one of the …
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The ubiquitous Brandi Carlile and her bandmates Tim and Phil Hanseroth add another credit to their resumes, taking the production reins of the Secret Sisters‘ latest album Saturn Return. Recorded at Carlile’s home studio in Washington state, the LP will be released February 28th on New West Records. It marks …
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On Friday evening, dobro player Jerry Douglas stood side stage at MerleFest and marveled watching Tyler Childers play the headlining slot in front of a capacity crowd numbering in the tens of thousands. “It’s great to see all these new artists here,” Douglas says. “You know, Tyler used to come …
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“Holy shit, right?” Brandi Carlile asks, speaking with Rolling Stone a few short hours after learning about her six nominations for the 61st annual Grammy Awards, including Song, Album and Record of the Year. Carlile’s six nominations tie the singer with producer Boi-1DA for the third-most nominations of any artist …
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With the 2018 CMT Artists of the Year special Wednesday night dedicated solely to honoring female country artists, a tribute to one of the greatest women in any musical genre was, well, a natural. Aretha Franklin, who died in August after battling pancreatic cancer, influenced generations of women, transcending genres …
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Brandi Carlile teams up with U.K. singer-songwriter Sam Smith for a new duet version of her song “Party of One.” A graceful piano ballad, the original appears as the final track on Carlile’s latest album,By the Way, I Forgive You. Carlile and Smith recorded the song with producer Dave Cobb …
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