Following her 2018 breakthrough, By the Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile embraced many roles: Brandi the Underdog, a singer who conquered the mainstream after a decade of hustling; Brandi the Steward, ushering in the resurgences of icons like Elton John, Tanya Tucker, and Joni Mitchell; Brandi the Author, with …
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“Oh, come on,” Brandi Carlile says, motioning me into a booth and pointing to three pizzas on the table between her and her wife, Catherine. “You can’t not have a slice. It’s so good.” It’s midafternoon in Nashville at the Urban Cowboy Bed and Breakfast, where Carlile is hosting a …
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Brandi Carlile is set to embark on the Human Tour, which will hit arenas across North America, the U.K., and Europe next year. The singer will kick things off on Feb. 10 in Philadelphia at the Xfinity Mobile Arena with special guests the Head and the Heart, and Carlile will …
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Saturday Night Live has its performance lineup ready for November. On Friday, the NBC comedy sketch show announced that Brandi Carlile, Sombr, and Olivia Dean will be joining the show as the upcoming musical guests. The Nov. 1 show will be hosted by Miles Teller, who returns to SNL after …
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Leading up tothe Grammy nominations on Nov. 7, Rolling Stone is breaking down 10 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. This year’s Album of the Year field isn’t lacking for front-runners: Any one of these eight …
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Producer/songwriter Andrew Watt‘s started off his wild year with Lady Gaga‘s smash Mayhem, co-producing and co-writing with Gaga, Cirkut, and others, and earning an executive producer credit alongside Gaga and Michael Polansky. A month later came Brandi Carlile and Elton John’s first album together, Who Believes in Angels?, produced and …
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Brandi Carlile‘s homecoming is here. The musician will release her eighth studio album Returning to Myself, her first solo LP in four years, on Oct. 24. “I’m not my favorite person to spend my time with,” Carlile said in a statement about the LP. “Returning to myself is not just …
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ABC News Studios has acquired the new documentary Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery. The film about the famed music festival created by Sara McLachlan will premiere at Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 17 before debuting on Hulu Sept. 21. Ally Pankiw directed the film, which is produced by Dan Levy‘s …
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Elton John and Brandi Carlile teamed up on Saturday Night Live to perform a pair of tracks from their collaborative album, Who Believes in Angels, which came out Friday. For the ’50s rock and roll-inspired “Little Richard’s Bible” and for the title track from their latest collaboration, John was at …
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Elton John and Brandi Carlile appeared on The Tonight Show to recount how their joint LP, Who Believes in Angels?, came to be. John described getting a letter from Carlile while doing his residency in Las Vegas nearly 20 years ago, noting that he “already knew who she was.” “She …
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