Brandi Carlile#EP and demo

Brandi Marie Carlile{{cite web |title=Songwriter/Composer: Carlile Brandi Marie |url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/Catalog.aspx?detail=writerid&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&keyid=1995867&subid=0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727032209/http://repertoire.bmi.com/Catalog.aspx?detail=writerid&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&keyid=1995867&subid=0 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |access-date=June 1, 2020 |work=BMI}} was born on June 1, 1981, in Ravensdale, Washington, a small town {{convert|30|mi|km|-1|abbr=off|sp=us}} outside Seattle.{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |title=Brandi Carlile Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/brandi-carlile-mn0000376793 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614151345/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/brandi-carlile-mn0000376793 |archive-date=June 14, 2012 |access-date=April 2, 2015 |website=AllMusic}} Growing up in the only house for miles, Carlile played in the woods, built forts, and played music with her brother, Jay, and sister, Tiffany. When she was four, Carlile nearly died from bacterial meningitis.{{Cite news |last=Hess |first=Amanda |date=2021-04-01 |title=Brandi Carlile Has Always Seen Herself Clearly. Now It's Our Turn. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/arts/music/brandi-carlile-broken-horses.html |access-date=2024-08-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Her heart stopped several times and she was in a coma.{{Cite book |last=Carlile |first=Brandi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V870DwAAQBAJ |title=Broken horses |publisher=Crown |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-593-23724-3 |location=New York |pages=10 |oclc=1235902377}} Carlile spent her early life living in King County's southern cities of Black Diamond, Maple Valley, and Auburn, in Sumner, Washington, and briefly lived in West Seattle.{{Cite web |last=Scanlon |first=Tom |date=2005-07-12 |title=Maple Valley singer Brandi Carlile getting nationwide buzz |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/maple-valley-singer-brandi-carlile-getting-nationwide-buzz/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}

Carlile began singing country songs on stage when she was eight years old. At age 8, Carlile performed Johnny Cash's "Tennessee Flat Top Box" with her mother, Teresa Carlile,{{Cite news |url=http://harpmagazine.com/reviews/cd_reviews/detail.cfm?article_id=5741 |title=Brandi Carlile |last=Aaron |first=Kace |date=June 2007 |newspaper=Harp Magazine |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201195951/http://harpmagazine.com/reviews/cd_reviews/detail.cfm?article_id=5741 |archive-date=December 1, 2008}} and began writing songs at age 15.{{Cite news |last=Cackett |first=Alan |title=Brandi Carlile |newspaper=Maverick |page=11 |date=March 2008 }} At 16, Carlile became a backup singer for an Elvis impersonator.{{Cite news |last=Telling |first=Gillian |title=10 Artists to Watch: Brandi Carlile |newspaper=Rolling Stone |page=30 |date=March 24, 2005 }} According to Carlile, she was diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder as a teen. She attended Tahoma High School, but later dropped out to pursue her music career.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/sunday-review/regulars/closeup-singer-brandi-charlie-810773.html |title=Close-up: Singer Brandi Carlile. |publisher=Independent.co.uk |date=April 20, 2008 |access-date=September 10, 2011 |location=London |work=Independent Newspaper|url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080425043423/http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/sunday-review/regulars/closeup-singer-brandi-charlie-810773.html|archive-date=April 25, 2008}} After being introduced to the music of Elton John, Carlile taught herself to play piano, and at 17, she learned to play the guitar.

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Carlile began her career performing in Seattle music clubs with twin brothers Phil and Tim Hanseroth.{{Cite news |last=Scanlon |first=Tom |title=Rising stars Jesse Sykes and Brandi Carlile thrill hometown |newspaper=Knight Ridder Tribune Business News. |page=1 |date=April 1, 2007 }} In the beginning, Columbia Records signed Carlile in 2004 on the strength of songs she had been recording periodically at home. Released in 2005, Carlile showcased those early songs along with newly recorded tracks in the self-titled album Brandi Carlile. The 2006 re-release by Columbia Records included re-recordings of "Throw It All Away" and "What Can I Say".{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

The album earned enthusiastic reviews; she was featured on Rolling Stone{{'}}s "10 Artists to Watch in 2005" list, and other "artist to watch" lists by Interview and Paste. In his review of the album, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "The accolades, combined with cover artwork that captures her at her cutest – as if she were a cousin of Rachael Leigh Cook – might make some listeners suspicious of Carlile, since the cumulative effect makes her seem like a pretty, prepackaged creation." He further wrote, "her music is{{nbsp}}... rich, warm, and seductive, familiar in its form and sound, yet sounding fresh, even original, particularly in how her folky singer/songwriter foundation blends with her art-pop inclinations."{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/brandi-carlile-mw0000190795 |title=Brandi Carlile – Brandi Carlile – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards – AllMusic |author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212082356/http://www.allmusic.com/album/brandi-carlile-mw0000190795 |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |url-status=live }} The album peaked at No. 80 on the Billboard 200 and reached No. 1 on the US Folk Albums chart.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Shortly after the release of the album, she left her home in Seattle and set out with the Hanseroth brothers, as she had worked with them on her earliest recordings and independent regional tours. The tightly knit trio, which forms the core of her band today, spent the better part of two years on the road honing the songs that would later become part of her album The Story.{{cite web |url=http://www.last.fm/music/Brandi+Carlile |title=Brandi Carlile |website=Last.fm |access-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120041833/http://www.last.fm/music/Brandi+Carlile |archive-date=January 20, 2015 |url-status=live }}

By the end of 2006, Carlile had embarked on several headlining tours and supported a variety of artists, including Ray LaMontagne, the Fray, Chris Isaak, Tori Amos, and Shawn Colvin.{{cite web |url=http://www.last.fm/music/Brandi+Carlile/+wiki |title=Brandi Carlile |website=Last.fm |access-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112134914/http://www.last.fm/music/Brandi+Carlile/+wiki |archive-date=January 12, 2016 |url-status=live }}

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Carlile's second album, The Story, was produced by T Bone Burnett.{{cite web |url=http://folkmusic.about.com/od/brandicarlile/a/BCarlileQA.htm |title=About.com: Interview With Brandi Carlile |publisher=Folkmusic.about.com |date=June 14, 2010 |access-date=September 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516214315/http://folkmusic.about.com/od/brandicarlile/a/BCarlileQA.htm |archive-date=May 16, 2008 |url-status=live }} It includes a collaboration with the Indigo Girls on "Cannonball". The album was recorded in an 11-day session with Carlile, the Hanseroths, and drummer Matt Chamberlain to capture the raw intensity of Carlile's live performances. The crack in Carlile's vocals during the title track, "The Story", came out by accident and was a direct result of the way the album was recorded.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} "The Story" was featured heavily in General Motors commercials during the 2008 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/heard/289/let-the-games-begin-olympic-ads-go-for-the-gold |title=Yahoo Music |date=October 14, 2014 |publisher=New.music.yahoo.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910185853/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/heard/289/let-the-games-begin-olympic-ads-go-for-the-gold |archive-date=September 10, 2008 |access-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=dead }} Following the release of the commercials, album sales increased 368 percent from 1,323 to 6,198. Sales for the lead single, "The Story", increased in downloads of 28,091 copies.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} "The Story" peaked at No. 5 on the iTunes Music Store's most-purchased list.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} The song was also used in the 2008 commercial for Super Bock{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} and helped the song reach No. 1 and the album reach No. 4 on the Portuguese charts.{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/album/14949 |title=Brandi Carlile – The Story |publisher=ACharts |access-date=February 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312102502/http://acharts.us/album/14949 |archive-date=March 12, 2013 |url-status=live }} "The Story" was featured on the end credits of the romantic drama film The Lucky One. The album has sold more than 257,776 copies in the US and peaked at No. 41 on the Billboard 200 and No. 10 on the US Rock Albums chart.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine praised Carlile for The Story, saying, "The roiling collection fulfills the promise of her remarkable debut, offering resounding confirmation that Carlile is a singular talent."{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-story-mw0000478967 |title=The Story – Brandi Carlile – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards – AllMusic |author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212083552/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-story-mw0000478967 |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |url-status=live }}

"It wasn't until 2007's The Story – her T-Bone Burnett-produced sophomore release – that we realized even half of what we'd been dealt. Nearly a minute into the second song, something about her shifted from promise to absolute certainty as Carlile let loose a hurricane of lung power" wrote Rachael Maddux for Paste magazine.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Three songs from Carlile's previous album, "Tragedy", "What Can I Say", and "Throw It All Away", were featured in the TV drama Grey's Anatomy. A special two-hour episode of Grey's Anatomy also featured Carlile's song "Turpentine" during footage of the spin-off, Private Practice. Grey's Anatomy also released a version of the music video for "The Story" with interspersed footage of the show. Actor Sara Ramirez performed their version of Carlile's single "The Story" in the musical episode of the show.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

In 2007, Carlile performed at the Borderline in London and as guest on Newton Faulkner's UK tour. She was the opening act for Maroon 5 and OneRepublic during their Australia tour.{{Cite web|url=http://www.frontiertouring.com.au/currenttours/Maroon_5__Australia_amp%3B_New_Zealand_2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402020854/http://www.frontiertouring.com.au/currenttours/Maroon_5__Australia_amp%3B_New_Zealand_2008|url-status=dead|title=Current Tours|archivedate=April 2, 2008|website=www.frontiertouring.com}} In April 2008, she performed on the BBC2 show Later... with Jools Holland.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Give Up the Ghost was released in 2009 and debuted at No. 26 on the Billboard 200.{{cite web |first=Christina |last=Lee |title=Brandi Carlile to Give Up New Album Oct. 6 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/08/carlile-announces-official-date-for-give-up-the-gh.html |date=August 18, 2009 |website=Paste |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231003106/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/08/carlile-announces-official-date-for-give-up-the-gh.html |archive-date=December 31, 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |access-date=February 25, 2021 |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Young-singer-works-with-her-idol-3231244.php |title=Young singer works with her idol |first=Andrea |last=Abney |date=May 31, 2009 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802021303/https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Young-singer-works-with-her-idol-3231244.php |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |url-status=live |via=SFGate}}{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/297066/brandi+carlile/chart |title=Brandi Carlile – Chart history |publisher=Billboard.com |access-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309205949/http://www.billboard.com/artist/297066/brandi+carlile/chart |archive-date=March 9, 2015 |url-status=live }} Produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Rick Rubin, it featured a collaboration with Elton John on the song "Caroline", as well as Amy Ray, drummer Chad Smith, and keyboardist Benmont Tench. In 2010, National Geographic Channel in Latin America chose the song "If There Was No You" from the album as a jingle to promote its series Grandes Migraciones (Great Migrations). Also that same year, during the 21st GLAAD Media Awards, Carlile was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding Music Artist" for the album.{{cite web |title=21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards – English Language Nominees |publisher=Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation |year=2010 |url=http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/21/nominees |access-date=February 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130031953/http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/21/nominees |archive-date=January 30, 2010 |url-status=live }} The album peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard 200.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

In one of the reviews of the album for Paste, Rachael Maddux wrote, "Writhing and burning and staring at life straight down the barrel, Give Up the Ghost is exactly the album Carlile needed to make at this moment. The production is thick but elegant, applied with full knowledge that the songs could exist beautifully in a sparse acoustic-strummed daze, but that they deserve more than that." She added, "The best part about Give Up the Ghost? She will probably make an even better album one day."{{cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/brandi-carlile/brandi-carlile-give-up-the-ghost/ |title=Brandi Carlile: Give Up the Ghost |website=Paste |date=October 6, 2009 |first=Rachel |last=Maddux |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729133212/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/brandi-carlile/brandi-carlile-give-up-the-ghost/ |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |url-status=live }}

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In 2011, Carlile's album Live at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony reached number 14 on the Top Rock Albums chart. The live album finds Carlile performing a mix of original songs and cover material. Recorded during two sold-out shows in November 2010 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington, the album features Washington-native Carlile and her long-time band (including brothers Phil and Tim Hanseroth) performing alongside the Seattle Symphony. Andrew Leahey from AllMusic called it Carlile's best and wrote, "'Live at Benaroya Hall' is more concerned with dressing up Carlile's music in elegant, orchestral clothing, and the results are pretty stunning, from the grandeur of 'The Story' – now featuring horns, woodwinds, and strings. This isn't Brandi Carlile's first concert album, but it's certainly the best."{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

In the United States, the album reached peak positions of number 63 on the Billboard 200,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200|title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02|archive-date=January 30, 2019|url-status=live}} number 5 on the US Folk Albums chart{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/americana-folk-albums|title=Folk Music: Top Folk Albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320234541/https://www.billboard.com/charts/americana-folk-albums|archive-date=March 20, 2019|url-status=live}} and number 14 on the US Rock Albums chart.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-albums|title=Rock Albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321013353/https://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-albums|archive-date=March 21, 2019|url-status=live}}

Carlile's next album, Bear Creek, released June 5, 2012, was produced by Trina Shoemaker.{{cite magazine |last=Graff |first=Gary |title=Brandi Carlile Finishes Fourth Album Before Ray LaMontagne Tour |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/471645/brandi-carlile-finishes-fourth-album-before-ray-lamontagne-tour |access-date=September 18, 2011 |magazine=Billboard |date=May 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530235609/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/471645/brandi-carlile-finishes-fourth-album-before-ray-lamontagne-tour |archive-date=May 30, 2013 |url-status=live }} The album is a collaboration between her and the Hanseroth twins. In an interview with American Songwriter she says, "We decided a decade ago to split everything in our band evenly amongst the three of us. So nobody has any vested interest in getting involved with someone else's song or their story. But nobody has a vested interest in keeping someone out of the story either. It always comes down to what's best for the song."{{cite web |title=Brandi Carlile: On Record |date=July 6, 2012 |url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/07/brandi-carlile-on-record/ |publisher=American Songwriter |access-date=July 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722215119/http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/07/brandi-carlile-on-record/ |archive-date=July 22, 2013 |url-status=live }} "Heart's Content" from this album was further featured in 2013's romantic movie Safe Haven, when Katie (played by Julianne Hough) and Alex (played by Josh Duhamel) heard it on radio in an empty diner and danced to it.{{cite web |url=http://www.what-song.com/Movies/Soundtrack/1117/Safe-Haven |title=Safe Haven (2013): Soundtrack and Complete List of Songs – WhatSong Soundtracks |publisher=What-song.com |access-date=December 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807124915/http://www.what-song.com/Movies/Soundtrack/1117/Safe-Haven |archive-date=August 7, 2013 |url-status=live }}

The album peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard 200, No. 1 on the US Billboard Folk Albums, and No. 3 on the US Billboard Rock Albums chart.

Carlile was also a judge for the 10th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.{{Cite web|url=http://independentmusicawards.com/judges/10th-annual-ima-judges/|title=10th Annual IMA Judges|website=Independent Music Awards|language=en-US|access-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321224020/http://independentmusicawards.com/judges/10th-annual-ima-judges/|archive-date=March 21, 2019|url-status=live}}

On January 11, 2014, Carlile sang the national anthem for the Saints vs. Seahawks NFL playoff game.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/seahawks/status/422118985065578496 |title=.@BrandiCarlile with an amazing Star Spangled Banner. #NOvsSEA |date=January 11, 2014 |website=Seahawks official twitter |publisher=Twitter }} She recorded a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" for the compilation album Sweetheart 2014.{{cite news |title=The Head and the Heart, Brandi Carlile record love songs for forthcoming Starbucks album |url=http://www.komonews.com/news/around-the-sound/The-Head-and-the-Heart-Brandi-Carlile-cover-famous-love-songs-on-forthcoming-Starbucks-album-239086621.html |newspaper=KOMO 4 News |date=January 7, 2014 |author=Hanna Brooks Olsen |access-date=January 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113235845/http://www.komonews.com/news/around-the-sound/The-Head-and-the-Heart-Brandi-Carlile-cover-famous-love-songs-on-forthcoming-Starbucks-album-239086621.html |archive-date=January 13, 2014 |url-status=live }}

File:APHC2016CarlileHanserothTwins.jpg in 2016]]Carlile's fifth album The Firewatcher's Daughter released on March 3, 2015, on ATO Records.{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2014/12/16/371064979/listen-to-the-eye-a-new-song-by-brandi-carlile |title=Listen To 'The Eye,' A New Song By Brandi Carlile |date=December 16, 2014 |website=NPR |access-date=April 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507101343/http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2014/12/16/371064979/listen-to-the-eye-a-new-song-by-brandi-carlile |archive-date=May 7, 2015 |url-status=live }} In a preview of her new album before release, the Boston Globe wrote, "Whether The Firewatcher's Daughter continues the country-folk flirtation of 2012's Bear Creek, returns to the warm adult songcraft of The Story and Give Up the Ghost, or explores some other direction entirely, she's sure to bring emotional intelligence, thoughtful clarity, and, most importantly, the most arresting female voice in pop this side of Adele. I'm betting on her."{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/01/05/the-albums-looking-forward-arrives/I9Smg4aoLslPAeAohdioKI/story.html |title=The albums we're looking forward to as 2015 arrives – Music – The Boston Globe |website=Boston Globe |access-date=June 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319113116/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/01/05/the-albums-looking-forward-arrives/I9Smg4aoLslPAeAohdioKI/story.html |archive-date=March 19, 2017 |url-status=live }}

"We didn't make any demos. To me rock and roll isn't really a genre but more of recklessness or a risk," Carlile told NPR.{{cite web |url=http://diffuser.fm/10-albums-worth-looking-forward-to-in-early-2015/ |title=10 Albums Worth Looking Forward to in Early 2015 |website=Diffuser |date=January 2, 2015 |access-date=January 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103095833/http://diffuser.fm/10-albums-worth-looking-forward-to-in-early-2015/ |archive-date=January 3, 2015 |url-status=live }} "The more something gets ironed out and sure of itself, the less it begins to rock somehow. That is what I think rock and roll is ... and it's scary."

The preview track, "The Eye", for which a video was released prior to the album, is front-porch acoustic.{{cite web |url=http://www.vita.mn/events-venues/?event=169387&c=y |title=Brandi Carlile |website=Vita.mn |access-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106104918/http://www.vita.mn/events-venues/?event=169387&c=y |archive-date=January 6, 2015 |url-status=live }} The review from NPR Music said, ""The Eye" is exactly what it proclaims itself to be: a quiet breath in the midst of the album's glorious storm. Rooted in Carlile's love of both classic country and California pop, the song is the kind many other artists are going to want to cover. It will be hard to top the original, though; it so eloquently highlights the telepathic connection Carlile shares with her longtime bandmates. A favorite on recent tours, "The Eye" is destined to become a centerpiece in Carlile's catalog."

The album was No. 1 on Billboard's Top Rock Album Chart,{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6502048/brandi-carlile-career-highs-rock-charts |title=Brandi Carlile Scores Multiple Career Highs on Rock Charts |website=Billboard.com |access-date=April 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909113713/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6502048/brandi-carlile-career-highs-rock-charts |archive-date=September 9, 2018 |url-status=live }} and a first for her. This was Carlile's second consecutive album to break the Top-10 after Bear Creek topped out at No. 3. The album topped the charts in both US Folk and US Rock categories.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

The Current reviewing the album wrote,

{{blockquote|I thought she leaned too adult-contemporary for my tastes. Boy, was I wrong! This might be her most rockin' album to date. The album starts like a house afire: Carlile totally nails the vocal on the gospel influenced "Wherever Is Your Heart", and this one makes you realize just how good she is. When she sings, you're a believer. She'll have you singing along on the infectious "The Thing I Regret". Maybe the biggest surprise on the album is "Mainstream Kid", which shows some grit! It's as badass as Carlile has ever sounded. If you had Brandi Carlile pegged as an adult-contemporary softie, you might try again. Brandi Carlile and the Hanseroth twins show that they aren't afraid to rock out. The Firewatcher's Daughter is a bold and welcome addition to her catalogue.{{cite web |url=http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2015/03/02/album-review-brandi-carlile-the-firewatchers-daughter |title=Album Review: Brandi Carlile, 'The Firewatcher's Daughter' |author=Bill DeVille |date=March 2, 2015 |website=The Current|via=Minnesota Public Radio |access-date=December 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222125439/http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2015/03/02/album-review-brandi-carlile-the-firewatchers-daughter |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |url-status=live }}}}

USA Today wrote, "The Firewatcher's Daughter is an album with a big heart, one that responds with love, not fear."{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/reviews/2015/03/02/brandi-carlile-firewatchers-daughter-listen-up-album-of-the-week/24240995/ |title=Carlile warms to 'Firewatcher's Daughter' |date=March 2, 2015 |website=USA Today |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022183456/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/reviews/2015/03/02/brandi-carlile-firewatchers-daughter-listen-up-album-of-the-week/24240995/ |archive-date=October 22, 2016 |url-status=live }}

She performed with the Avett Brothers on Late Show with David Letterman on May 4, 2015, singing the song popularized by the Carter Family, "Keep on the Sunny Side".[http://www.cbs.com/shows/late_show/video/FEB2C3D8-E074-3785-B2AD-2160B64EE076/the-avett-brothers-and-brandi-carlile-keep-on-the-sunny-side-david-letterman The Late Show Video – The Avett Brothers and Brandi Carlile: "Keep On The Sunny Side" – David Letterman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518121957/http://www.cbs.com/shows/late_show/video/FEB2C3D8-E074-3785-B2AD-2160B64EE076/the-avett-brothers-and-brandi-carlile-keep-on-the-sunny-side-david-letterman/ |date=May 18, 2015 }}. CBS.com. Retrieved on May 18, 2015. On December 6, 2015, The Firewatcher's Daughter earned Carlile her first Grammy Award nomination, for Best Americana Album.{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2015/12/grammy-nomations-have-northwest-ties-brandi.html |title=Grammy nominations have Northwest ties: Brandi Carlile, Death Cab for Cutie, Seattle Symphony and more |author=Patti Payne |date=December 8, 2015 |website=Puget Sound Business Journal |access-date=December 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214014956/http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2015/12/grammy-nomations-have-northwest-ties-brandi.html |archive-date=February 14, 2016 |url-status=live }}

Carlile was the featured musical guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers on April 7, 2016. She sang the song "Mainstream Kid" (from The Firewatcher's Daughter), and dedicated the performance to Senator Bernie Sanders, who also appeared on the program that night.[http://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/blog/thursday-recap-senator-bernie-sanders-savion-glover-brandi-carlile "Recap"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612223833/http://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/blog/thursday-recap-senator-bernie-sanders-savion-glover-brandi-carlile |date=June 12, 2016 }} of April 7, 2016 Late Night with Seth Meyers

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Carlile's sixth studio album, produced by Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings, By the Way, I Forgive You, was released on February 16, 2018, and was preceded by three tracks: "The Joke", "The Mother", and "Sugartooth". Carlile performed songs from the album on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. She also made a guest appearance on John Prine's album The Tree of Forgiveness.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/02/08/584219320/john-prine-to-release-his-first-album-of-new-songs-in-13-years|title=John Prine To Release His First Album Of New Songs In 13 Years|last=Ganz|first=Jacob|website=NPR|access-date=April 11, 2018|date=February 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208204744/https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/02/08/584219320/john-prine-to-release-his-first-album-of-new-songs-in-13-years|archive-date=February 8, 2018|url-status=live}} By the Way, I Forgive You went on to become the highest-charting album of Carlile's career, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard 200.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/brandi-carlile/chart-history/tlp/ |title=By The Way, I Forgive You Billboard 200 Chart History |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122074911/https://www.billboard.com/music/brandi-carlile/chart-history/billboard-200/song/1066979 |archive-date=November 22, 2018 |url-status=live }} It also reached the number 1 position on the Billboard Top Rock Albums during the same week.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/brandi-carlile/chart-history/rck/ |title=By The Way, I Forgive You Top Rock Album Chart History |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122071843/https://www.billboard.com/music/brandi-carlile/chart-history/rock-albums/song/1066979 |archive-date=November 22, 2018 |url-status=live }} The first single from the album, "The Joke", was listed on Former President Barack Obama's year-end playlist.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/music/news/barack-obama-year-end-playlist-harry-styles-camila-cabello-kendrick-lamar-dj-khaled-1202650490|title=Barack Obama's year-end playlist|website=Variety|access-date=February 11, 2019|date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122092259/https://variety.com/2017/music/news/barack-obama-year-end-playlist-harry-styles-camila-cabello-kendrick-lamar-dj-khaled-1202650490/|archive-date=November 22, 2018|url-status=live}} The album received critical acclaim from critics, leading Carlile to receive six nominations at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, the most nominations for a female in 2019, including the all-genre Album and Song of the Year categories. She won in three categories: Americana album and both best American roots song and best American roots performance (for "The Joke").{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/8497543/brandi-carlile-grammys-wins-americana-album|title=Brandi Carlile Wins Three Grammys During Show Pre-Telecast|last=Crowley|first=Patrick|magazine=Billboard|date=February 10, 2019|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211042918/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/8497543/brandi-carlile-grammys-wins-americana-album|archive-date=February 11, 2019|url-status=live}}

In 2019, Carlile co-founded the country music supergroup the Highwomen with Amanda Shires and Maren Morris, later adding Natalie Hemby to complete the line-up. Carlile appeared at Loretta Lynn's 87th birthday concert alongside Tanya Tucker, where the two performed a song from Tucker's upcoming album While I'm Livin', which Carlile produced with Shooter Jennings. The Highwomen also made their live debut during this concert, performing "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels".{{cite magazine |last=R. Moss |first=Marissa |date=April 2, 2019 |title=See the Highwomen's Live Debut at Loretta Lynn Birthday Show |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/highwomen-brandi-carlile-loretta-lynn-birthday-concert-816499/ |magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=June 14, 2020}} Their debut single "Redesigning Women" was released on July 19, 2019, and their self-titled album was released on September 6 to critical acclaim.{{cite news |last=Houghton |first=Cillea |date=July 19, 2019 |title=The Highwomen – a supergroup of Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Amanda Shires and Natalie Hemby|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/the-highwomen-redesigning-women-video/ |work=Taste of Country |access-date=June 14, 2020}}{{Cite magazine|last=Hermes|first=Will|date=August 2, 2019|title=The Highwomen Write Their Own History on Superb Debut Album|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-highwomen-album-review-878243/|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=February 15, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/the-highwomen-album-review.html|title=There's Never Been a Country Supergroup Quite Like the Highwomen|last=Jenkins|first=Craig|date=September 6, 2019|website=Vulture|language=en-us|access-date=February 15, 2020}} On January 16, 2019, Carlile appeared as part of a five-hour all-star tribute concert to Chris Cornell, which took place at The Forum in Los Angeles.{{cite magazine |last=Renner Brown |first=Eric |date=November 13, 2018 |title=Chris Cornell Benefit Concert to Feature Soundgarden, Foo Fighters and Metallica Members |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chris-cornell-benefit-concert-to-feature-soundgarden-foo-fighters-and-metallica-members-755656/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200613180042/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chris-cornell-benefit-concert-to-feature-soundgarden-foo-fighters-and-metallica-members-755656/ |archive-date=June 13, 2020 |access-date=June 13, 2020 }} Carlile performed a rendition of Temple of the Dog's "Hunger Strike", Audioslave's "Like a Stone", and Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun".{{cite news |last1=Kaufman |first1=Spencer |last2=Young |first2=Alex |date=January 17, 2019 |title=Chris Cornell honored with five-hour, 42-song tribute concert |url=https://consequence.net/2019/01/i-am-the-highway-a-tribute-to-chris-cornell-setlist-video/ |url-status=live |work=Consequence of Sound |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200613180256/https://consequence.net/2019/01/i-am-the-highway-a-tribute-to-chris-cornell-setlist-video/ |archive-date=June 13, 2020 |access-date=June 13, 2020 }} All proceeds of the event, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, went to benefit the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation and the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation. On October 14, 2019, Carlile performed Joni Mitchell's album Blue in its entirety in Los Angeles at Walt Disney Concert Hall.{{cite magazine |last=Bernstein |first=Jonathan|date=April 9, 2019|title=Brandi Carlile to Perform Joni Mitchell's 'Blue' in Its Entirety |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/brandi-carlile-joni-mitchell-blue-album-820210/|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=June 13, 2020}}

In February 2020, Carlile was named Record Store Day 2020 Ambassador.{{cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=February 22, 2020 |title=Brandi Carlile Named Record Store Day 2020 Ambassador |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/brandi-carlile-record-store-day-2020-ambassador-956877/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200613181733/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/brandi-carlile-record-store-day-2020-ambassador-956877/ |archive-date=June 13, 2020 |access-date=June 13, 2020 }} On June 2, 2020, Carlile teamed up with remaining Soundgarden members Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, and Ben Shepherd.{{cite news |last=Graves |first=Wren |date=June 1, 2020 |title=Brandi Carlile and Members of Soundgarden Team Up |url=https://consequence.net/2020/06/brandi-carlile-soundgarden-record-store-day/ |url-status=live |work=Consequence of Sound |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200613192748/https://consequence.net/2020/06/brandi-carlile-soundgarden-record-store-day/ |archive-date=June 13, 2020 |access-date=June 13, 2020 }}{{cite news |last=Vangelder |first=Brooklyn |date=June 3, 2020 |title=Soundgarden and Brandi Carlile have recorded a new version of 'Black Hole Sun' |url=https://www.sonic1029.com/2020/06/03/soundgarden-and-brandi-carlile-have-recorded-a-new-version-of-black-hole-sun/|work=CHDI-FM|location=Alberta|access-date=June 13, 2020}} At Seattle's London Bridge Studio, they re-recorded new versions of two Soundgarden's songs, "Black Hole Sun" and "Searching with My Good Eye Closed", which was released on a 12-inch single vinyl dubbed "A Rooster Says", during the second of three Record Store Day events on September 26, 2020.{{cite news |author= |title=Kim Thayil On Covering Soundgarden With Brandi Carlile For Upcoming 12": "She Nailed Both Songs"|url=https://www.theprp.com/2020/06/12/news/kim-thayil-on-covering-soundgarden-with-brandi-carlile-for-upcoming-12-she-nailed-both-songs/ |work=The Prp s |date=June 12, 2020 |access-date=June 13, 2020}}{{cite news |author=|title=Soundgarden Members Team Up With Brandi Carlile for 'Record Store Day' Tribute to Chris Cornell |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/soundgarden-members-team-up-with-brandi-carlile-for-record-store-day-tribute-to-chris-cornell/|work=Blabbermouth|date=June 2, 2020 |access-date=June 13, 2020 }} In October 2021 Rolling Stone reported that Carlile has expressed interest in continuing her collaboration with the surviving members of Soundgarden.{{cite magazine|last=Hiatt|first=Brian|date=October 2, 2021|title=Brandi Carlile: I Want to Be Soundgarden's New Singer|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/brandi-carlile-soundgarden-in-these-silent-days-1235334/|access-date=October 5, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}

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In April 2021, Carlile released the autobiography Broken Horses: A Memoir.{{cite book |last1=Carlile |first1=Brandi |title=Broken Horses |date=2021 |publisher=Crown |location=New York |oclc=1331614978 |url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1331614978 |access-date=28 July 2022}} The book debuted at No. 1 in non-fiction on the New York Times Best Seller list.{{cite news | date=April 25, 2021 | title=The New York Times Best Sellers| url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2021/04/25/ | work=The New York Times | access-date=April 28, 2021}}

In late September 2021, City of Hope confirmed that Carlile would join the 16th annual Songs of Hope celebration program and would be honored with the She is the Music Award, presented by Universal Music Publishing Group chairman and CEO Jody Gerson, on September 20, 2021.{{Cite magazine|last=Gardner|first=Chris|title=Brandi Carlile Set for Honors During Songs of Hope Virtual Gala|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9637870/brandi-carlile-honors-songs-of-hope-virtual-gala/|date=September 29, 2021|access-date=September 29, 2021|magazine=Billboard}}

On October 1, 2021, Carlile released her seventh album, In These Silent Days.{{Cite magazine|last=Freeman|first=Jon|date=July 21, 2021|title=Brandi Carlile Previews New Album With Cathartic Song 'Right on Time'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/brandi-carlile-new-album-in-these-silent-days-song-right-on-time-1199802/|url-status=live|access-date=July 26, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=July 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725075511/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/brandi-carlile-new-album-in-these-silent-days-song-right-on-time-1199802/}} The album debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Top Rock Albums and Americana/Folk Albums charts. It received critical acclaim, and the lead single "Right on Time" garnered Carlile three Grammy Award nominations in 2022, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. The album earned Carlile seven more Grammy nominations in 2023, including Album of the Year and Best Americana Album (winning the latter), while the single "You and Me on the Rock" earned three nominations, including Record of the Year, and "Broken Horses" earned two nominations: Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song (winning both).{{cite magazine |last=Rietmulder |first= Michael |title=Brandi Carlile earns biggest Grammys showing yet with 7 nominations |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/brandi-carlile-earns-biggest-grammys-showing-yet-with-7-nominations/ |access-date=November 15, 2022 |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=November 15, 2022}}

On October 23, 2021, Carlile was the musical guest on NBC's Saturday Night Live, where she performed "Right on Time" and "Broken Horses".{{Cite news|last=Talbott|first=Chris|date=October 24, 2021|title=Watch: Brandi Carlile soars in 'Saturday Night Live' debut|work=The Seattle Times|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/watch-brandi-carlile-shines-in-saturday-night-live-debut/|access-date=November 9, 2021}} She reappeared the following year on SNL as musical guest on December 10, 2022, where she performed "The Story" and "You and Me on the Rock" with Lucius.{{Cite magazine|title=Brandi Carlile Performs 'The Story' and 'You and Me on the Rock' on SNL|url=https://www.spin.com/2022/12/brandi-carlile-snl-performance/|date=December 11, 2022|access-date=March 19, 2024|magazine=Spin}} She then went on SNL three years later on April 5, 2025, and performed alongside Elton John to promote their new album Who Believes in Angels?.{{Cite web |title=Jack Black to host 'SNL' with music guests Elton John, Brandi Carlile |url=https://www.today.com/video/jack-black-to-host-snl-with-music-guests-elton-john-brandi-carlile-236624453900 |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=TODAY.com |language=en}}

In 2022, Joni Mitchell performed with Carlile and her associates as the closing act of the Newport Folk Festival. Mitchell's presence was an unannounced surprise, the performance was billed as "Brandi Carlile and Friends." This was the 78 year old Mitchell's first full-length performance since the early 2000s and her first appearance at the festival since 1969.{{Cite news |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-07-25 |title=Joni Mitchell sings, steals show with surprise Newport Folk Festival concert |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/07/25/1113351769/joni-mitchell-brandi-carlile-newport-folk-festival-2022 |access-date=2022-07-25}}{{Cite news |last=Ushe |first=Naledi |title=Joni Mitchell gives surprise performance during Brandi Carlile's Newport Folk Festival set |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/07/25/joni-mitchell-brandi-carlile-newport-folk-festival-surprise/10143523002/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |work=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}

Carlile headlined the 2022 Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival{{Cite web |title=The Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival 2022 Schedule |language=en |work=Pilgrimage festival.com |url=https://pilgrimagefestival.com/2022-schedule |access-date=2022-09-25 |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926184912/https://pilgrimagefestival.com/2022-schedule |url-status=dead }} in Franklin, Tennessee.{{Cite news |last=Paulson |first=Dave |date=2022-09-25 |title= Pilgrimage Festival 2022: The best performances we saw on Saturday |language=en |work=The Tennessean |url= https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/09/24/nashville-franklin-pilgrimage-festival-2022-the-best-performances-on-saturday/69503654007/ |access-date=2022-09-25}}

In January 2023, Carlile headlined the inauguration party for Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, the first lesbian governor in the United States.{{cite web|title=Brandi Carlile to headline Governor-elect Maura Healey's inauguration|url=https://whdh.com/entertainment/brandi-carlile-to-headline-governor-elect-maura-healeys-inauguration/|website=WHDH-TV|date=3 January 2023|accessdate=14 January 2023}}

In 2023, Carlile once again teamed up with Tanya Tucker to produce, write and sing with Tucker on the critically acclaimed album Sweet Western Sound. Tucker and Carlile recorded a duet that appears on Sweet Western Sound called "Breakfast in Birmingham".

In July 2018, Carlile announced the creation of her own music festival, "Girls Just Wanna Weekend". The festival took place at Puerto Aventuras on the Riviera Maya in Mexico January 30 – February 3, 2019, and was fronted by all-female musicians such as Indigo Girls, Maren Morris, Margo Price, Patty Griffin, and others.{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Rita |title=Brandi Carlile Confirms Girls Just Wanna Weekend Fest With Maren Morris, Indigo Girls & More: Full Lineup |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8466041/brandi-carlile-girls-just-wanna-weekend-lineup |access-date=July 25, 2018 |publisher=Billboard |date=July 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725183951/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8466041/brandi-carlile-girls-just-wanna-weekend-lineup |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |url-status=live }} Carlile was inspired to create her own festival after participating in the Cayamo Cruise festival for numerous years.{{cite news |last1=Liptak |first1=Carena |title=Brandi Carlile Plans Girls Just Wanna Weekend Festival With Maren Morris, Margo Price and More |url=http://theboot.com/brandi-carlile-girls-just-wanna-weekend-festival-lineup/ |access-date=July 25, 2018 |publisher=The Boot |date=July 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725214436/http://theboot.com/brandi-carlile-girls-just-wanna-weekend-festival-lineup/ |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |url-status=live }}

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In a November 2002 interview, Carlile identified herself as a lesbian.{{cite web |url=http://westernfrontonline.net/features/15-features/2916-teasing-the-crowd |title=Teasing the crowd – The Western Front: Features |newspaper=The Western Front|publisher=Western Washington University|location=Bellingham, Washington|date=November 22, 2002 |access-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003102221/http://westernfrontonline.net/features/15-features/2916-teasing-the-crowd |archive-date=October 3, 2010 }} She later told the Los Angeles Times, "I don't have to have a lot of formality around it ... there were people before me who paved the way."{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-brandi-carlile17-2009oct17,0,1274085.story |title=With 'Give Up the Ghost,' Brandi Carlile just may gain the cross-over fans she covets |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 17, 2009 |access-date=September 10, 2011 |first=Ann |last=Powers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020053400/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-brandi-carlile17-2009oct17,0,1274085.story |archive-date=October 20, 2009 |url-status=live }}

In June 2012, she announced she was engaged to Catherine Shepherd, whom she had met in 2009. They married in Wareham, Massachusetts, on September 15, 2012. They have two daughters.{{Cite web|title=Brandi Carlile Had to Make 'Peace with Not Being Pregnant' During Wife Catherine's IVF Journey|url=https://people.com/parents/brandi-carlile-wife-catherine-ivf-journey-people-exclusive/|access-date=2021-06-03|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en}} Since 2012, Shepherd has been the executive director of the Looking Out Foundation, Carlile's nonprofit.{{Cite web|title=Our Mission|url=https://www.lookingoutfoundation.org/about|access-date=2021-03-23|website=Looking Out Foundation}} She had previously worked as Paul McCartney's charity coordinator for ten years.{{Cite web|last=Dreyfuss|first=Anne|date=2012-06-29|title=Young at Heart|url=https://richmondmagazine.com/api/content/672cc3a3-5507-d739-0c6a-f8abdf681b97/|access-date=2021-06-03|website=richmondmagazine.com|language=en-us}}

Two of Carlile's longtime collaborators are Tim and Phil Hanseroth, with whom she has performed since she was 17 years old. Phil is now Carlile's brother-in-law, having married Carlile's younger sister Tiffany. The three of them have matching tattoos of the Auryn amulet, the double ouroboros that are the central magical item in the book and movie The Neverending Story.

Carlile keeps various animals.{{Cite web |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/brandi-carlile-returns-home-with-hit-album-new-spouse/ |title=Brandi Carlile returns home with hit album, new spouse |first=Nicole |last=Brodeur |date=November 1, 2012|website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US |access-date=May 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523223507/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/brandi-carlile-returns-home-with-hit-album-new-spouse/ |archive-date=May 23, 2019 |url-status=live }} She is a Christian{{cite news |url=http://www.afterellen.com/people/418167-brandi-carlile-talks-firewatchers-daughter-songwriting-happy |title=Brandi Carlile talks "The Firewatcher's Daughter" and songwriting while happy – AfterEllen |website=AfterEllen |date=March 3, 2015 |access-date=August 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831133158/http://www.afterellen.com/people/418167-brandi-carlile-talks-firewatchers-daughter-songwriting-happy |archive-date=August 31, 2015 |url-status=live |last1=Bendix |first1=Trish }}{{cite web |url=http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/article_d4252220-fdef-56c1-b67e-9e5aa19f1717.html |title=Roots Rocker: Q&A with Brandi Carlile |website=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=June 28, 2012 }} and lives in Maple Valley, Washington.

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In 2008, Carlile and Tim and Phil Hanseroth established the Looking Out Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization to give financial support to and raise awareness of causes in which they believe. The foundation has awarded grants to multiple organizations including Reverb, Honor the Earth, the Bridge School, Children in Conflict, Black Visions Collective, Campaign Zero, the Women's Funding Alliance, Doctors Without Borders, and the Human Rights Campaign.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lookingoutfoundation.org/about|title=Our Mission|website=Looking Out Foundation|access-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321222459/https://www.lookingoutfoundation.org/about|archive-date=March 21, 2019|url-status=live}} The Looking Out Foundation has launched numerous grassroots campaigns including Looking Out for the Hungry, Fund Racial Justice, COVID-19 Relief Fund, the IF Project, Fight the Fear, and the Story Campaign. Carlile donates $2 from every concert ticket sale to the foundation.{{cite web |author=Nicole Sipe |url=http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2009/10/03/entertainment/doc4ac390cfa23bd949192863.txt |title=Brandi Carlile to 'Give up the Ghost' at the Keswick |publisher=Montgomery News |date=October 3, 2009 |access-date=September 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231857/http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2009/10/03/entertainment/doc4ac390cfa23bd949192863.txt |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Kale |first=Wendy |url=http://www.coloradodaily.com/ci_13309242 |title=Brandi Carlile's 'Ghost' stories |date=September 10, 2009 |publisher=Colorado Daily |access-date=September 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708180048/http://www.coloradodaily.com/ci_13309242 |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |url-status=live }}

Carlile's wife, Catherine, has been the Looking Out Foundation's Executive Director since 2012.{{Cite web |last=Glennon |title=We Can Do Hard Things Ep 77 {{!}} Momastery |url=https://momastery.com/blog/we-can-do-hard-things-ep-77/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |language=en-US}} Since its inception, the Looking Out Foundation has donated almost $6 million to grassroots causes.{{cite web |url=https://www.lookingoutfoundation.org/about#:~:text=Since%20its%20inception%2C%20LOF%20has,%2C%20incarceration%20prevention%2C%20and%20self%2D |title=The Looking Out Foundation: Our Mission |publisher=Looking Out Foundation |access-date=March 18, 2024 }}

In May 2017, Carlile released Cover Stories, a benefit album featuring songs from her 2007 album, The Story. Troubled by the world's refugee crisis, and the impact it has on children, Carlile and Looking Out Foundation chose War Child UK as the beneficiary of the album and have raised $1 million to help the children.{{cite web |url=https://www.lookingoutfoundation.org/cover_stories |title=The Looking Out Foundation: Cover Stories |publisher=Looking Out Foundation |access-date=March 18, 2024 }} Former US President Barack Obama wrote the foreword.{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2017-02-21 |title=Brandi Carlile Enlists Pearl Jam, Adele, Jim James for 'Cover Stories' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/brandi-carlile-enlists-pearl-jam-adele-jim-james-for-cover-stories-127707/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}

In October 2018, Carlile teamed up with Sam Smith to re-imagine the single "Party of One" as a duet. Proceeds from the sale of the single went to the ongoing Story Campaign.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/brandi-carlile-sam-smith-new-song-party-of-one-738980/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |title=Brandi Carlile Enlists Sam Smith for 'Party of One' duet |first=Jonathan |last=Bernstein |date=October 17, 2018 |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122052159/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/brandi-carlile-sam-smith-new-song-party-of-one-738980/ |archive-date=November 22, 2018 |url-status=live }}

In October 2020, Carlile and Alicia Keys urged people to vote with their song "A Beautiful Noise", which the pair performed on 'Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy' and aired on CBS on October 29.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-30|title=Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile Share 'A Beautiful Noise'|url=https://www.spin.com/2020/10/alicia-keys-and-brandi-carlile-urge-people-to-vote-with-a-beautiful-noise/|access-date=2020-11-03|website=Spin}}{{Cite news|title=Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile Urge Fans to 'Please Vote' in New Duet 'A Beautiful Noise'|url=https://people.com/music/alicia-keys-brandi-carlile-release-duet-beautiful-noise/|access-date=2020-11-03|website=People|language=en-US}}

In February 2023, the Looking Out Foundation raised $300,000 in seven days for the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake relief effort.

Brandi and her wife Catherine were honored amongst People's 2023 Women Changing the World for their work with the Looking Out Foundation.{{cite web | url=https://people.com/country/brandi-carlile-wife-catherine-raised-300k-in-seven-days-for-earthquake-relief/ | title=Brandi Carlile and Wife Catherine Raised $300K in 7 Days for Earthquake Relief: 'We Pivot Quickly' }}

{{Main|Brandi Carlile discography}}

Studio albums

• Brandi Carlile (2005)
• The Story (2007)
• Give Up the Ghost (2009)
• Bear Creek (2012)
• The Firewatcher's Daughter (2015)
• By the Way, I Forgive You (2018)
• In These Silent Days (2021)

Collaborative albums

• The Highwomen (2019) – with the Highwomen
• Who Believes in Angels? (2025) – with Elton John

Other

• Cover Stories (2017)

as producer

• You Don't Own Me Anymore by The Secret Sisters (2017)
• While I'm Livin' by Tanya Tucker (2019)
• Saturn Return by The Secret Sisters (2020)
• Second Nature by Lucius (2022)
• Brandy Clark by Brandy Clark (2023)
• Sweet Western Sound by Tanya Tucker (2023)
• Joni Mitchell at Newport by Joni Mitchell (2023)

Carlile has received 11 Grammy Awards from 26 nominations. She is the first female songwriter to receive two Grammy nominations for Song of the Year in the same year; her nominations in 2022 being the first since 1994 that any songwriter or songwriting team was nominated for Song of the Year twice in the same year.{{cite magazine |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=Brandi Carlile Is the First Female Songwriter With 2 Grammy Nods for Song of the Year in the Same Year |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-2022-brandi-carlile-female-songwriter-record-1235014848/ |access-date=31 December 2021 |magazine=Billboard |date=30 December 2021}}

Carlile won Seattle's City of Music Breakthrough Award for 2010.{{cite web |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2012950861_cityofmusic22.html |title=Carlile, Schwarz, school jazz bandleaders honored by City of Music Awards |publisher=Seattletimes.nwsource.com |date=September 20, 2010 |access-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629050810/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2012950861_cityofmusic22.html |archive-date=June 29, 2011 }}

• LGBTQ representation in country music

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|quote = They even have matching tattoos of the auryn talisman from The NeverEnding Story, a movie they all loved as kids.

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| quote = Aligned to her storybook interest, Brandi’s tattoos reference a cult 1980s kids’ film. The serpentine symbol of The NeverEnding Story have been recreated on the singer’s shoulders. {{'}}The NeverEnding Story’s my favourite,{{'}} Brandi exclaimed with vigour. {{'}}I have the Orin tattooed on each shoulder, since I really love symmetry. I had it tattooed very lightly so that they always looked vintage and identical. I love The Goonies and I love Labyrinth too!{{'}}

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| date = January 4, 2005

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