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Brandi Carlile
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Brandi Carlile

Brandi Carlile is a folk artist from United States formed in 1981. 61 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Folk · United States · Best folk albums

61
Releases
2003–2026
Active years
1981
Formed

Discography

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The Story cover

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The Story

2007 · 13 tracks

Singles & EPs

45

Live & compilations

3

Credits

2

Records Brandi Carlile worked on for other artists — the roles are as credited on each release.

Appears on

13

Releases by other artists featuring Brandi Carlile.

Featured tracks

13

Collaborators

12

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Past shows

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Brandi Carlile at a glance

Born in
Ravensdale
From
United States
Active since
2004
Instruments
piano, guitar, voice
Member of
The Highwomen
Labels
Columbia Records
Educated at
Tahoma Senior High School
Siblings
Tiffany Carlile Hanseroth

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About

Brandi Carlile (b. June 1, 1981, in Ravensdale, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter. Carlile’s music has been categorized in several genres, including pop, rock, alternative country, and folk. Columbia Records signed Carlile in late 2004 on the strength of songs she’d been recording periodically at home. Released in 2005, Brandi Carlile showcased those early songs along with several newly recorded tracks. Shortly after the release of Brandi Carlile, she left her home in Seattle and set out with the Hanseroth brothers, with whom she’d worked 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”. In 2005, she was featured on Rolling Stone’s “10 Artists to Watch in 2005” list. 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.

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Her second 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 eleven-day-long session with Carlile , the twins (Tim and Phil Hanseroth) 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. Carlile herself describes the vocals as “technically wrong but emotionally right.” Carlile was exposed to a wider audience when ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy showcased 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 May 3, 2007, a special two-hour episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” featured Carlile’s song “Turpentine” during footage of the “Grey’s Anatomy” spin-off, “Private Practice”.

On screen

28

Acting roles

As themselves

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Brandi Carlile in brief

How many Brandi Carlile releases are on Riffiter?
61 releases are catalogued, spanning 2003 to 2026.
When was Brandi Carlile formed?
Brandi Carlile formed in 1981, in United States.
What genre is Brandi Carlile?
Brandi Carlile is catalogued under Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Indie.
What is the most recent Brandi Carlile release on Riffiter?
Uninvited (Live at Newport Folk), released in 2026.

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