![]() ![]() ![]() Still, given her substantial back catalog, it’s hard to believe that Carlile, who shares two children with her wife Catherine Shepherd, is only just now exploring the rich emotional terrain covered on In These Silent Days. Today, she has built a remarkable reputation for writing sweeping roots-rock ballads that defy genre categorization and bring comfort to fans who might also feel out of step with heteronormative culture. More than a decade later, Carlile exploded into the mainstream, scooping up multiple Grammys for 2017’s By The Way, I Forgive You and its monumental single “The Joke” and becoming buds with industry legends like Elton John, Dolly Parton, and Joni Mitchell. Keep in mind, Carlile’s been at this a long time, having released her self-titled debut album in 2005 - two years before breaking out with her 2007 single “The Story,” which was quickly snapped up to soundtrack Grey’s Anatomy. At the same time, however, In These Silent Days is also a love letter to the vast support network of family and friends Carlile has assembled for herself as an adult. Just a few months ago, Carlile released her New York Times Bestselling memoir, Broken Horses, and, wasting no time, wrote a companion album, In These Silent Days (out today via Low Country Sound/Elektra Records), which features the already-released power ballad “Right On Time.” Together with longtime collaborators and bandmates Tim and Phil Hanseroth, Carlile spent the bulk of COVID piecing those 10 songs together the result is a towering collection that works through lingering trauma around religion (Carlile was raised Baptist in rural Washington) and the ensuing rejection over her coming out at age 15. ![]() So I’m in pretty good juxtaposition of Gemini energy.”Īn ongoing pandemic notwithstanding, the country/Americana beacon has plenty more reason to feel good right now. “I just got back down off of two shows at Red Rocks, and I went out yesterday and learned how to drive my new boat. When I ask Brandi Carlile how her day is going, she doesn’t just say “fine” or “good.” She answers with such clear-eyed enthusiasm that I immediately understand why journalists fall all over themselves to impart just how real she is: “Man, it’s been pretty awesome,” Carlile says over the phone. ![]()
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