Brandi Carlile

A songwriter whose yearning, probing spirit is matched by her powerful, soaring voice, Brandi Carlile made a splash with her eponymous debut album in 2005, yet when she received six Grammy nominations for her 2018 album By the Way, I Forgive You, the mainstream acclaim was so sudden it almost seemed like it arrived overnight. Between those two records, Carlile had her share of success -- the haunted, churning "The Story" won her a gold certification for the album of the same name -- but she worked steadily and reliably, building up a cult audience and industry connections that...