New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Brandi Carlile performs a solo, acoustic rendition of her Grammy Award-winning single, "The Joke," on today's episode of "The
Ellen DeGeneres Show." Carlile also joins host
Ellen DeGeneres for an interview.
The appearance continues a triumphant year for Carlile, who recently won three awards at the 61st GRAMMY Awards: "Best Americana Album (By The Way, I Forgive You), Best American
Roots Song ("
The Joke") and Best American
Roots Performance ("
The Joke"). Carlile also delivered a breakthrough performance of "
The Joke" on the live awards broadcast. Of the performance, The New York Times proclaimed, "Carlile's vocals were robust, ragged, full of sneer and hope. On a night curiously light on impressive singing, it was an uncomplicated, genuine, cleansing thrill," while the Los Angeles Times called it, "triumphant" and Rolling Stone described it as, "breathtaking."
Produced by Grammy-Award winning producer Dave Cobb and acclaimed musician Shooter Jennings and recorded at Nashville's historic RCA Studio A, By The Way, I Forgive You includes ten new songs written by Carlile and longtime collaborators and bandmates Tim and Phil Hanseroth.
In celebration of the release, Carlile will continue her extensive tour through 2019 including a special debut headline performance at New York City's Madison
Square Garden on
September 14. Additional stops include Dallas' The Bomb Factory, Chicago's Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, St. Paul's Minnesota
State Fair, Philadelphia's The Mann and Berkeley's The Greek Theatre at UC
Berkeley among others.
Additionally, the official music video for Carlile's song "Party Of One" starring Elisabeth Moss recently premiered. Produced by Whooden Collective, the video stars Moss, who also served as Creative
Director and Producer, and features a female-led crew including Bérénice Eveno (Director),
Nicole Disson (Co-star),
Diane Pellegrino (Producer), Garen Barsegian (Executive Producer), Kate Siegel (Executive Producer), Tara Bassim (Line Producer) and Cristina Dunlap (Cinematographer). Moreover, a duet version of the song, featuring Sam Smith, premiered earlier this fall. Profits from the recording benefit Children in Conflict via Brandi Carlile's Looking Out Foundation as part of its ongoing campaign to raise $1 million for children impacted by war. More information can be found at https://www.childreninconflict.org and https://www.lookingoutfoundation.org.
Over the course of their acclaimed career, Carlile and her band have released six albums, including 2015's The Firewatcher's Daughter, which garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Americana Album. Additionally, in 2017, they released Cover Stories:
Brandi Carlile Celebrates
10 Years of the Story (An Album to Benefit War Child), which features 14 artists covering the songs on their breakthrough album The Story with all proceeds benefiting War Child. Artists included on the acclaimed project, which Rolling Stone calls, "tender and powerful," include Dolly Parton, Adele,
Pearl Jam, Kris Kristofferson, The Avett Brothers, Margo Price and Jim
James as well as a forward written by President Obama.
BRANDI CARLILE CONFIRMED 2019 TOUR DATES
March 23-Panama City Beach, FL-Aaron Bessant Amphitheater
April 12-Dallas, TX-The Bomb Factory
April 13-Dale, TX-Old Settler's
Music Festival
April 27-Wilkesboro, NC-Merlefest
May 24 & 25-Shelburne, VT- Ben & Jerry's Concerts on the Green
May 26-Boston, MA-Harvard University Athletics Complex
June 1-Quincy, WA-The Gorge Amphitheater
June 14-Columbia, MD-Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 16-Manchester, TN-Bonnaroo
Music and Arts Festival
June 20-23-Telluride, CO-Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 29-Chicago, IL-Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island*
July 25-Floyd, VA-FloydFest
August 4-St. Charles, IA-Hinterland
Music Festival
August 19-Alpharetta, GA-Ameris Bank Amphitheatre†
August 20-Birmingham, AL-Oak Mountain Amphitheatre†
August 23-Troutdale, OR-Edgefield Concerts Amphitheater
August 24-Troutdale, OR-Edgefield Concerts Amphitheater
August 29-Bayfield, WI-Big Top Chautauqua
August 30-Bayfield, WI-Big Top Chautauqua
August 31-St. Paul, MN-Minnesota
State Fair
September 6-Philadelphia, PA-The Mann#
September 7-8-Chattanooga, TN-Moon River
Music Festival
September 14-New York, NY-Madison
Square Garden
September 21-Berkeley, CA-The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley
*with special guest Lucius
†Heart: Love Alive Tour
#with special guest Mavis Staples
