Artist: Brandi Carlile feat. Catherine Carlile
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Song: “You and Me on the Rock”
Album: In the Canyon Haze
Release Date: September 28, 2022
Record Label: Low Country Sound/Elektra Records
Editor’s Note: In the Canyon Haze is a new deluxe edition of Brandi Carlile’s album, In These Silent Days. Produced by Carlile and the twins, Phil and Tim Hanseroth, and recorded at their home barn studio, the expanded album offers reimagined Laurel Canyon-inspired versions of each song from the original album plus a special rendition of David Bowie’s āSpace Oddity.” Her wife, Catherine Carlile, is featured on the new version of āYou and Me on the Rock.”
In Their Words: āI knew I wanted to offer our fans more than just the usual ābonus trackā that always feels like a creative way to ask fans to buy your album twice! So, the twins and I locked ourselves in the attic studio in my barn just like the old daysā¦and we reimagined our entire record. Inspired by these past few life altering years of āJoni Jams,ā I conjured up imagery from the infamous music scene in Laurel Canyonā¦ I could see the cast of California Dreamers with embroidered flowers and peace signs on their backs drifting through a Polaroid haze. I could smell the marijuana and the incense. I could hear the CSN harmonies traveling through the canyon from Lookout Mountain and the accompanying laughter of Mama Cass. I could hear the reverb of aged wood and the dulcimer being strummed like a drum. The familiar chord progressions, confessions and communal spirit that would birth timeless songsā¦songs we all wish we had written. I could feel the liberation, the friction and freedom from modern-day digital distractions that laid such fertile ground at the feet of West Coast poets and troubadours.ā — Brandi Carlile
Photo Credit: Pamela Neal
