She co-produced, alongside Shooter Jennings, Tanya Tucker's widely acclaimed 2019 comeback album While I'm Livin', which netted two Grammys at the 2020 ceremony - Tucker's first-ever wins after nearly a half-century of nominations.
The album, her seventh, follows her highly acclaimed, Grammy-winning 2018 album, By The Way, I Forgive You, a release that catapulted Carlile from stardom within the nebulous Americana genre to household name territory, a feat aided, no doubt, by her jaw-dropping performance of By The Way track "The Joke" at the 2019 Grammy Awards.Ĭarlile has racked up an astounding number of accomplishments since she released that breakthrough album. On her new album, In These Silent Days, Carlile does just that. More importantly, though, the story gets at what seems to be a guiding principle in Carlile's personal philosophy: always find the beauty in the brokenness.Įditors' Picks Singer Brandi Carlile Talks Ambition, Avoidance And Finally Finding Her Place It's a fitting introduction both to the book, which chronicles Carlile's life, from her youth in rural Washington state through to the present day - which, given Carlile's Grammy wins and friendship with Elton John, has clearly changed considerably. "I couldn't," Carlile answers her daughter. The family is brainstorming names for Carlile's memoir, then still in progress, when Evangeline asks, "Mama, remember when you were poor, how could you afford horses?" It was a valid question, as Carlile's childhood poverty factors heavily both into her memoir and, accordingly, into the long, winding road she took from busking in Seattle to selling out shows across the globe. She's in bed with her wife, Catherine, and the couple's two children, Evangeline and Elijah. In the prologue to her recently released memoir, Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile shares a crucial anecdote. Across Brandi Carlile's new record, In These Silent Days, she sounds assured, content and, often, joyful.
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