Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile (* 1981 in Ravensdale, Washington) is an American singer- songwriter.
Biography
Brandi Carlile grew up in their rural home with country music and at age eight she stood for the first time with her mother on stage. Then they discovered more rock music for himself and went with 17 years to Seattle, where she performed as a solo and accompanying musician. Later, it merged with the twins Tim and Phil Hanseatic Roth to a rock & roll band together, but in which began to dominate more and more Carliles songwriter folk rock style. The Hanseatic Roths are involved since their solid accompanist and in the creation of their songs.
The early 2000s, they made their own recordings for the self- distribution and in 2004 she was discovered by the major label Columbia and contracted. Your named after her own debut album brought her the following year, an entry in the list of promising artists of the Rolling Stone ( " 10 Artists to Watch in 2005 ").
The first big success was Brandi Carlile then with her second album The Story two years later. It was produced by T -Bone Burnett. Special start-up got it through the use of their songs in the U.S. series Grey's Anatomy. The album was then 25 weeks in the U.S. charts and the theme song made it for a week under the Billboard Hot 100 even more successful she was in some European countries, for example in Norway and Portugal, where it up among the top 10 Charts brought.
Their third album, Give Up the Ghost was created with the participation, among others, Elton John and Chad Smith and released in October 2009. With " Bear Creek " was released on June 1, 2012 their fourth studio album, which ranked number 10 on the Billboard charts reached and thus their previously successful publication.
Carlile is married to an Englishwoman Catherine Shepherd since 2012.
Discography
Albums
- Brandi Carlile (2005)
- The Story (2007)
- Give Up the Ghost (2009)
- Bear Creek ( 2012)
EP
- XOBC (2010)
Singles
- The Story (2008)
- Dreams (2009)