The Unofficial Archivist will keep you (and ourselves!) updated with everything thats coming up as far as known releases of music from Brandi Carlile (the person and band) every year. (Mainly doing this so we can keep track ourselves. Hope it helps you!) – Drop a note if you hear about more.
We started in 2023, properly listing. If you want a year by year breakdown of BC activity – head over to “Through the Years”
2025 so far….
Announced, Rumored in 2024 and not yet released.
Sister Strings. Announced in Variety on September 26, 2023. Brandi Carlile told Chris Willman about month long recording session coming up. 2024 release maybe? Brandi has said in a Bramily only Q & A in January 2024 she’s still working on the album with them.
The evolutionary leaps Carlile wants to see in Americana aren’t just ideological. Can neo-classical music fall under the banner, too? Talking about SistaStrings — who did one epic instrumental that sounded like it belonged over at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, followed by two more pop-based vocal numbers — Carlile said, “I can’t imagine a month in my life that’s going to be more fun than” producing the duo’s next album. “It must be what it must have been like to witness when artists like Elton John and Queen and David Bowie and the Rolling Stones, along with (producer-arrangers) like George Martin and Paul Buckmaster, brought strings into rock ‘n’ roll and into modern consciousness, out of this kind of classical, esoteric space into what people were hearing on the radio. I think that the next thing that has the power to do that is SistaStrings, legitimately.”
Chris Willman Variety.
Elton John, Bernie Taupin and Brandi Carlile. First reported by Clash Magazine on 28 December 2023, it looks like the album that Elton John mentioned in his induction speech for Bernie Taupin in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a couple of months back does in fact include Brandi Carlile in someway. Assuming it’s as a producer (and with perhaps some co-writes with Bernie and some vocals?) – more will be revealed.
Sessions commenced almost immediately, and the album was completed in a matter of days. “Elton is so fraught with loss at not knowing what to do next. He’s just gone over to LA to make an album with Brandi Carlile. They made an album together in two weeks. He says it’s one of the best things they’ve ever done”.
Clash Magazine 28 December 2023 – As told by Pete Townshend
“Wandering” – A song written by Brandi Carlile and Catherine Carlile, which is being recorded in June/July 2024 for an as yet unnamed project. Brandi Carlile also shared it will have music or drums she will record from an indigenous group of people she’s in touch with. (first shared at a fan-only event in May 2024)
Book – musical accompaniment. Brandi Carlile has stated that there will be new recordings that will accompany a new book from Brandi and Catherine Carlile. It’s a non-fiction, type of memoir. Details yet unknown and release date yet unknown. (first shared at a fan-only event in May 2024)
Monica – Open Roads – Monica is releasing a country album, produced by Brandi Carlile. First teased a couple of years ago, and finally announced Aug 6 2024. The album was completed in 2023, and there is yet to be an official release date announced.
