Some of the greatest albums of all time were born from artists reaching their breaking points. Bruce Springsteen got so frustrated making Born to Run that he threw the tapes into a swimming pool out of anger. The Dark Side of the Moon was the product of Syd Barrett’s declining mental health and eventual departure from Pink Floyd. And Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours was created during a time when the band, to put it mildly, was going through a series of internal romantic conflicts.While I don’t think the new Brandi Carlile/Elton John studio record Who Believes In Angels? will achieve the same legendary status as the aforementioned classics, it’s quite great, with a lot of drama behind the scenes. (Spoiler! Elton John, according to the behind-the-scenes video, almost quits).

Brandi Carlile’s second release, <i>The Story</i>, clearly announces the arrival of a big talent. Her songwriting is accomplished, ambitious, and unabashedly emotional, and she puts it across with her huge voice—clear, strong, and passionate. Tastefully produced by T-Bone Burnett, the overall sound is spacious and warm, with subtle ambient touches added for extra texture. Even the relatively stripped-down tunes like “Josephine” and “Downpour” come across as lushly layered. She also rocks several powerchord anthems, particularly the fist-pumping title track, on which she kicks into vocal overdrive for one of the album’s more memorable and intense moments.

Brandi Carlile is sharing a few details about her upcoming new album, ‘The Firewatcher’s Daughter.’
The record, which will be released on March 3 on indie label ATO Records, was recorded almost entirely from first takes, with very little rehearsal time.
“We took SO many different approaches in the studio and the lead-up to it,” Carlile explains to NPR. “I’d say the biggest shift that resulted in us really rocking had to do with the fact that we didn’t make any demos. To me, rock ‘n’ roll isn’t really a genre but more of recklessness or a risk … The more something gets ironed out and sure of itself, the less it begins to rock somehow.”
Carlile and her band, the Twins, sold out much of her recent Unplugged Tour, which she performed without microphones or amps.
“I found myself totally mesmerized by what can happen when you invite the room into a song like that,” she explains. “The only people who get to hear the part that the history of these rooms can play in a performance are the artists that show up before the speakers come on.”

Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile have teamed up on a new song called “A Beautiful Noise,” which they premiered last night (October 29) during CBS’ Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy special.
Keys and Carlile wrote “A Beautiful Noise” with a team of other women songwriters, including Ruby Amanfu, Brandy Clark, Lori McKenna, Hillary Lindsey, Hailey Whitters, and Linda Perry.
“The evolution of ‘A Beautiful Noise’ represents a group of incredible women from all different walks of life coming together with a universal message of hope and empowerment. It is an important reminder that we all have a voice and that our voices count,” Carlile said in a statement about the track.
Carlile’s most recent album was 2018’s By the Way, I Forgive You. Keys, who co-hosted the Every Vote Counts special with actors Kerry Washington and America Ferrera, released her seventh album ALICIA in September.

2009 album from the Washington-born singer/songwriter. For the Give Up The Ghost, Brandi worked with Elton John (on 'Caroline'), ber producer Rick Rubin, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers multi-instrumentalist Benmont Tench, drummer Chad Smith and Amy Ray of The Indigo Girls. Her last studio album, The Story (2007), has sold 315,000 albums to date and her music has been licensed to numerous television shows and ad campaigns.

布蘭迪·M·卡莉是一位美國另類鄉村和民謠搖滾創作歌手。她已發行多張唱片，包括《The Story》，《Give Up the Ghost》和《Live at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony》。專輯曾經達到「Top Rock Albums」排行榜第14名。