Brandi Carlile's eighth studio album delves into aging, the First Amendment and Joni Mitchell. She tells us all about it.

She pays an affectionate but cheeky tribute to the singer on a song simply called Joni. " She doesn't suffer fools, she won't ...

Joni Mitchell certainly had the critical acclaim. But she didn't manage a big radio hit until she literally wrote a radio ...

Choosing the best opening lyric Joni Mitchell wrote is a difficult task, but it's hard to argue against the beautiful 'Both ...

Granted, her breakfast in her younger years of musician fame usually came around lunch time. Mine is 6 a.m., but that’s ...

While Joni Mitchell had a high standard for most of her performances, she knew that the best artists knew how to make pure ...

Brandi Carlile begins her new album with a verse raising the issue of mortality, and the question of what a godly design for ...

In his book "The Uncool," the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind "Almost Famous" examines his roots as a teenage music journalist ...

Cameron Crowe is playing a recording for me on his phone. It’s audio of him and David Bowie performing a song called ...

Following her 2018 breakthrough, By the Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile embraced many roles: Brandi the Underdog, a singer who conquered the mainstream after a decade of hustling; Brandi the ...

I love her words, I love her guitar playing and the tunings, and it’s just constant inspiration for me," said Sonic Youth's Lee Renaldo.

Over the last handful of years, Brandi Carlile’s musical family tree has grown at a rate that would alarm dendrologists.