On it, Carlile boasts a woodgrain voice, creaky and bright, sad and hopeful, knowing and incendiary. At the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, “The Joke” was nominated in four categories. It later won ...

Brandi Carlile‘s music has connected with ... own heart before you can (“Heart’s Content”) The power in Carlile’s lyrics lies in her ability to tell it like it is. She writes from ...