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Brandi Carlile

Brandi Carlile (born June 1, 1981) is an American singer and songwriter.[1] Carlile's music has been categorized in several genres, including pop, rock, alternative country, indie and folk.

Biography

Early life

At age eight, Carlile performed a rendition of the country music song "Tennessee Flat Top Box" with her mother.[2] She began to play the guitar and write songs at fifteen.[3] At sixteen, she began to perform as a backup singer for an Elvis impersonator.[4]

Career

Before signing to a major record label, Carlile performed in local Seattle establishments like The Crocodile, Tractor Tavern, and Paragon with twin brothers Tim and Phil Hanseroth.[5] Carlile sold her self-released recordings during local performances. Carlile began to attract the attention of the music industry after Dave Matthews heard her band perform at the 2003 Sasquatch! Music Festival.

Brandi Carlile performing in Birmingham, Alabama in 2006.

Columbia Records signed Carlile in late 2004 on the strength of her home recordings. Her 2005 major label debut, Brandi Carlile included some of those songs as well as newly recorded tracks. After the release of Brandi Carlile, she went on tour with the Hanseroth brothers for almost two years, where they worked on songs that became part of her album The Story.[6]

In 2005, she was featured on Rolling Stone's "10 Artists to Watch in 2005" list.[7] By the end of 2006, Carlile had toured as a headliner and supported other artists including Ray LaMontagne, Jonny Lang, Hanson, Indigo Girls, The Fray, Chris Isaak, Tori Amos, and Shawn Colvin.[8]

Her second Columbia album, The Story, was released in April 2007. It was produced by T Bone Burnett and includes a collaboration with the Indigo Girls on "Cannonball". The album was recorded in an 11-day long session with Carlile, the Hanseroth twins, cellist Josh Neumann and drummer Matt Chamberlain to capture the sound of her 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. Carlile describes the vocals as "technically wrong but emotionally right".[9] She would also contribute vocals to "Last Tears" from Indigo Girls' Despite Our Differences.

ABC's Grey's Anatomy featured three of her songs: "Tragedy", "What Can I Say", and "Throw it All Away". In April 2007, Grey's Anatomy debuted a version of the video for the single "The Story" interspersed with footage from the show. On 3 May 2007, a special two-hour episode of the show featured Carlile's song "Turpentine" during footage of the Grey's Anatomy spin-off, Private Practice. Carlile's song "The Story" has been featured in a General Motors commercial aired during the Beijing Olympic Games, as well as in a Super Bock commercial. In March 2011, "The Story" was sung as the finale in the Grey's Anatomy musical episode by Tony Award winning actress Sara Ramirez who plays Callie.

In November 2007, Carlile visited England for her first UK gig at the Borderline in London. In February 2008, Carlile performed as special guest to Newton Faulkner on five of his UK tour dates. During March and April 2008 Carlile toured through Australia with Maroon 5 and OneRepublic.[10] In April 2008 she played four dates in the UK and was a guest performer on the BBC2 show, Later... with Jools Holland. Carlile's album The Story was released in the UK on April 21, with lead single "Turpentine" released on April 14.

Her third studio album Give Up the Ghost was released on October 6, 2009. The album debuted at #26 on theBillboard 200[11][12][13] The album was produced by Jason Lader and contains a collaboration with Elton John titled "Caroline".[12]

English singer Adele covered The Story's hidden track "Hiding My Heart" on a bonus edition of her 2011 album 21.

Charity activities

Carlile worked with Reverb, a non-profit environmental organization, for her 2007 fall tour, as well as her 2009 Give Up the Ghost tour.[14] She also performed with Ben Taylor in the Eden Presents…Alive in the World concert series for the benefit of Eden Florida, an organization that assists autistic children and adults.[15]

In 2008, Carlile created The Looking Out Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, in order to provide financial support to various causes that she believes in. The Looking Out Foundation has provided grants to Reverb, the American Diabetes Association, and Honor The Earth, as well as numerous other organizations.[16] Brandi also donates one dollar from every concert ticket sale to the foundation.[17]

In an interview in September 2009, Brandi said, "We really work on a community basis and we do everything from helping people pay for funerals to environmental projects. The Looking Out Foundation is a helping hand to any cause we believe in."[18]

In January 2010, Carlile's Looking Out Foundation partnered with the Seattle Police Department, the Indigo Girls and two local Seattle self-defense studios to fund and support the Fight the Fear Campaign. The campaign was inspired by the assault on a local Seattle woman and her partner in their South Park home and will provide free self-defense lessons to women in at-risk communities throughout 2010.[19]

Also in 2010, Carlile contributed the track "The Heartache Can Wait" to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: More Hope For The Holidays album alongside many other names such as Mike Love of The Beach Boys, Weezer, and Creedence Clearwater Revisited. Proceeds from this album go to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.[20]

Personal life

Carlile performing in April 2009 in Maine

In an April 2008 interview with The Independent, Carlile revealed that, as a teenager, she was diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder and struggled in high school. She eventually dropped out to focus on a music career. She said,

"They wanted to medicate me so I could concentrate in math class...I decided to pretty much stop going. I went out busking instead." [21]

Carlile is the owner of a Doberman Pinscher named Bailey[22] and a horse named Sovereign, whom she named after her first guitar.[23]

During a November 14, 2002 interview with The Western Front, the official newspaper of Western Washington University, Carlile identified herself as a lesbian, and stated that she did not think it would affect her record deal. She was quoted as saying, "I think that since it's not a big deal for me, that people subscribe to that."[24] In an October 17, 2009 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Carlile was quoted as saying,

"I hope that somewhere in Small Town, USA, a 15-year-old kid looks to me as a role model the way I looked at the Indigo Girls and Elton John as role models...and I hope they also recognize that the reason why I don't have to have a lot of formality around it, the reason why I don't have to wear it on my sleeve and make a spectacle of it, is because there were people before me who paved the way so I wouldn't have to."[25]

Carlile has identical AURYN tattoos on each shoulder and has often said that The Neverending Story is one of her favorite 1980s films.[26]

Discography

Albums

EP and demo

Singles

Year Single Chart Positions Album
US Hot 100 US Pop 100 US Hot AC US Triple-A AUS NOR Portugal
2005 "Fall Apart Again" - - - - - - - Brandi Carlile
2006 "What Can I Say" - - - 18 - - -
2007 "The Story" 75 92 35 3 44 4 1 The Story
2007 "Turpentine" - - - 15 - - -
2009 "Dreams" - - - 8 - - - Give Up The Ghost
2010 "That Year" - - - - - - -
2010 "Dying Day" - - - - - - -

Awards

In 2010, Brandi Carlile was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding Music Artist" for her album Give Up the Ghost during the 21st GLAAD Media Awards.[29] Carlile was the winner of Seattle's City of Music Breakthrough Award for 2010.[30]

References

  1. ^ Medleyville: Q&A: BRANDI CARLILE
  2. ^ [dead link]Aaron, Kace (June). "Brandi Carlile". Harp Magazine. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help).
  3. ^ Cackett, Alan (March). "Brandi Carlile". Maverick. p. 11. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help).
  4. ^ Telling, Gillian (March 24). "10 Artists to Watch: Brandi Carlile". Rolling Stone. p. 30. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help).
  5. ^ Scanlon, Tom (April 1). "Rising stars Jesse Sykes and Brandi Carlile thrill hometown". Knight Ridder Tribune Business News. p. 1. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help).
  6. ^ About.com: Interview With Brandi Carlile
  7. ^ [dead link]Rolling Stone: 10 Artists to Watch: Brandi Carlile
  8. ^ biography section on Brandi Carlile's web site
  9. ^ [dead link]News-Register.com
  10. ^ [dead link]Frontier Touring Co.: Maroon 5
  11. ^ "Brandi Carlile to Give Up New Album Oct. 6". Paste. August 18, 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  12. ^ a b Abney, Andrea (May 31, 2009). "Young singer works with her idol". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Corporation. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
  13. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/album/brandi-carlile/give-up-the-ghost/1281323
  14. ^ Reverb
  15. ^ "Trust for the Advancement of Responsible Artists". Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  16. ^ [1]
  17. ^ http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2009/10/03/entertainment/doc4ac390cfa23bd949192863.txt
  18. ^ http://www.coloradodaily.com/ci_13309242
  19. ^ Sullivan, Jennifer (December 17, 2009). "Attack inspires women to action". The Seattle Times.
  20. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/juvenile-diabetes-research/id405551289
  21. ^ Close-up: Singer Brandi Carlile. How a country singer with attention-deficit disorder is conquering America.
  22. ^ Naked snow angels, smiling dogs and Brandi Carlile's rad new album
  23. ^ Q&A: BRANDI CARLILE
  24. ^ Teasing The Crowd
  25. ^ With 'Give Up the Ghost,' Brandi Carlile just may gain the cross-over fans she covets
  26. ^ Brandi Carlile The Neverending Story
  27. ^ "Brandi Carlile on Her New Live Album, Admiration for Elton John and Thoughts on Lady Gaga". Hollywood Reporter. May 2, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  28. ^ "Early Bird Orders For New Brandi Carlile Album To Get Plenty Of Worms". Radar Online. September 3, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
  29. ^ "21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards - English Language Nominees". Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
  30. ^ Seattle Times staff, Carlile, Schwarz, school jazz bandleaders honored by City of Music Awards, Seattle Times, 2010-09-20. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
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