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rnrnBrandi Carlile has a rare voice, consistently spilling over with honesty, purity, and passion. Her dynamic and tonal range is truly exceptional and on par with the likes of k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, and Patsy Cline--at times soft, swooping, and clear as a bell ("Turpentine," "Josephine," "Cannonball"), and then ferocious to the point of breaking ("The Story," "My Song"). A voice like Carlile\'s when paired with the right material is a winning combination, and The Story\'s country-meets-Radiohead ballads and rockers do not disappoint. While the songs on are not as consistently stellar as those on her self-titled debut album, they are more often than not solid, and show off her talents and confidence as both an artist and performer, which have fully bloomed since her debut. This, coupled with T Bone Burnett\'s light, live production style, creates an album that is ultimately more rewarding than her first. The high points on The Story have raised the bar considerably for Carlile, and they are frequent. Her choice to record the album in a live setting inside the studio lends it a raw intimacy and authenticity noticeably absent from most studio recordings, and leaves us with not only an album, but a work of art. Carlile is a career artist still defining her sound, but her maturity as a vocalist cannot be questioned--this is an immensely talented singer laying herself bare before us, and one of the strongest releases of 2007.rnrn- amazon.carnrn

rnrnThe Brandi Carlile story so far is fairly short: fresh-faced singer-song writer from rural Ravensdale, Washington, quietly releases a 2005 debut that has critics and fans reaching for their thesauruses searching for appropriate adjectives to describe her voice. Patsy Cline, Jeff Buckley, kd lang, Beth Orton, Linda Ronstadt, and Aimee Mann get name-checked as Carlile and her guitar-and-bass-playing Hanseroth twins-led band criss-cross the country for two years, first as openers, then as headliners. Cue the overproduced, disappointing follow-up album? Not so fast. On The Story, Carlile teams up with veteran roots producer T Bone Burnett, who brings in vintage equipment and strips down her sound. Instead of using overdubs, the new songs--most of which were already road-tested--are recorded live, giving the ballads and midtempo rockers a tough, uncompromising edge and a fuller, more aggressive attack. Echoes of country and folk color the bucolic "Have You Ever" and the unadorned acoustic "Cannonball," but it\'s the sweeping drama of the more epic-sounding "Until I Die," "Late Morning Lullaby," and the U2-styled "My Song" that leave the greatest lasting impressions. Carlile and Burnett make a perfect team: he allows her malleable voice room to soar in the mix while she brings sharp original songs that exude confidence, pride, and emotion. It\'s a combustive combination and one that results in a sophomore release every bit as good, and in many respects better, than her first. Stay tuned as the story continues.rnrn- amazon.comrnrn

rnrnOne of the most appealing qualities of Brandi Carlile\'s debut album was that it had an ethereal quality, unattached to style or sound or time. Since she was a singer/songwriter playing an acoustic guitar, there were undoubtedly elements of folk, but Carlile\'s songwriting was elliptical and elastic, giving her plenty of room to indulge her powerful voice, a voice that had echoes of Jeff Buckley and Thom Yorke. This gave Brandi Carlile a spacey, dreamy quality, but for as good as it was, the album didn\'t achieve much attention initially apart from some rave reviews. Still, Carlile and the label slowly worked the record, getting some songs onto Grey\'s Anatomy as they laid the groundwork for her second album, The Story, which was designed to be her big breakthrough. Producer T-Bone Burnett — a singer/songwriter in his own right, but better known as the man behind O Brother, Where Art Thou? and the man who helmed records for Counting Crows, Roy Orbison, Gillian Welch, and his wife Sam Phillips — was brought aboard to help streamline some of Carlile\'s eccentricities without watering down her music, a task he performs admirably on The Story. Part of the streamlining process involves accentuating the arty undercurrents that ran throughout her debut — a move that highlights her ambition and helps push her out of the rootless ether and into something that sounds distinctly contemporary. In other words, Carlile\'s Buckley and Yorke influences are brought to the forefront here — not just in her soaring, neo-operatic vocals, either, but also how her writing is at once more brooding, dramatic, and open-ended than it was on the debut — which makes her sound modern, if perhaps a bit too indebted to her idols. If Carlile openly wears her influences on her sleeve on The Story, she is nevertheless the rare songwriter who can hold her own with such idiosyncratic talents. Indeed, there\'s an earthiness to her music that keeps it from floating into willfully abstract territory, and if Burnett\'s dark, burnished production is a shade too dour — this broods like it was 1995 — it nevertheless is appropriate, capturing the mournful qualities of Carlile\'s songs and voice, along with the muscle the twin Hanseroth brothers bring as her support. The album\'s only flaw is that it\'s perhaps a little too monochromatic, a little too somber and sober in its presentation; a slight glimmer of sunlight or a dose of humor would have given this record some needed breathing room. That said, this dark, roiling collection fulfills the promise of her remarkable debut, offering resounding confirmation that Carlile is a singular talent. rnrn- allmusicguidernrn

rnrnFollowing the release of her much-lauded 2005 debut, Carlile toured incessantly, wowing crowds with her raw, emotive vocals and powerful songs. Distilling the live energy of these shows, her sophomore set adds bigger guitars and more spot-on vocal harmonies, sung by "the Twins," guitarist Tim and bassist Phil Hanseroth. Standouts like "My Song" or "Until I Die" suggest a female Jeff Buckley fronting a tightly knit rock band, and Carlile\'s old-soul alto reveals beautiful cracks on the soaring title track, a confession wise beyond her 24 years. Elsewhere, there are small, acoustic ballads ("Turpentine," "Josephine"); the Indigo Girls guest on the pastoral "Cannonball." As produced by T Bone Burnett, "The Story" brims with melody and feels warm, rich and immediate. A powerful statement by an artist to watch who is going her own way. rnrn- billboardrnrnrnArtist: Brandi CarlilernAlbum: The StoryrnDate Of Release: April 3, 2005rnGenre: Folk Rock, Folk Pop, Singer-Songwriter, AmericanarnBitrate: VBR --alt-preset extreme

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