MERCY ON HER
ONE OF BRANDI CARLILE’S CO-WRITERS ONCE TOLD HER SOMETHING THAT’S STUCK WITH HER—something she hasn’t been able to stop thinking about, something she kept coming back to as she grappled with writing an album about the path to forgiveness: “People do everything better when they’re happy, even write sad songs.”
Maybe that’s why the Americana singer’s 2018 album is so powerful and universally well-received—because Carlile is happy, and that joy has cast any prior sadness in an even harsher reflection, allowing her to look at past pain with new eyes and transform it
