Brandi Carlile: Multiple Selves (One Story)

Call & Response

In the last episode of this season of Call & Response, Adia sits down with GRAMMY award winning singer and song-writer Brandi Carlile. Carlile has collaborated with Elton John, dueted with Dolly Parton and churned out powerful songs about queer love and motherhood. In this conversation, Adia and Brandi talk through how great personal challenges can become the greatest teachers. And in this week’s playlist, we’re listening to women who’re paving the way for the future of country music in Nashville. For the playlist of songs curated for this week's episode, visit http://bit.ly/cr-brandi.

/Music In This Week's Episode/

The Highwomen, “Highwomen”

Yola, “Diamond Studded Shoes"

Erin Rae, “Mississippi Queen”

Margo Price, “Four Years of Chances”

Allison Russell, “Nightflyer”

Kyshona Armstrong, “My Own Grave”

Gillian Welch, “The Devil Had a Hold of Me”

Those Darlins, “Optimist”

/Show Notes/

Brandi Carlile’s new book is Broken Horses, which you can buy at Parnassus Books if you’re in Nashville. Brandi’s most recent solo album is By The Way, I Forgive You.

Brandi says “Nightflyer” by Allison Russell and “Carolina in My Mind” by James Taylor are the songs giving her life right now.

Dolly Parton and Brandi performed “I Will Always Love You” at The Newport Folk Festival All Female Super Jam that Brandi curated.

/ Credits /

Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Babette Thomas and Megan Lubin. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Josh Hahn of The Relic Room.