Most tracks were recorded specifically for this project, though its inspiration, Adele's recording of "Hiding My Heart," was originally released in 2011. Cover Stories: Brandi Carlile Celebrates 10 Years Of The Story returns to that breakthrough and surrenders the spotlight to 14 Carlile fans who happen to be some of contemporary music's most revered stars. The Story hit like that moment in the movie Breathless where Jean Seberg looks directly at the camera – this was a level of revelation, of risk, that few singer-songwriters take.
On her 2007 album, The Story, Carlile teamed with the producer T-Bone Burnett to burnish a particularly resonant group of songs, expressions of longing, loneliness and hope that gained Carlile a new audience and remain favorites today. Her bare, beautiful alto has an arresting immediacy though she's well-versed in country's modulations, rock's punch and pop's shine, Carlile stands as wholly herself within her music, one woman seeking love and its complement, freedom. Since 2005, with her longtime collaborators Phil and Tim Hanseroth, Carlile has written music redolent of the moments after someone leaves a room, of walks alone, of the preoccupations that jolt you awake. These are the singers who somehow perfectly balance openness with self-possession, the writers who turn mundane details into epiphanies. If a soda commercial is playing while you fall in love, it's your song.Ī few musical souls, however, do seem exceptionally bonded to the personal.
A listener can make anything personal, anyway, so maybe the question's moot. They're as likely to mine details from distant sources: fiction, overheard conversations, someone else's memories. What makes a song personal? Obviously, songwriters are often confessional, but only some go deep enough to expose bone.
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