Brandi Carlile reveals that her solo career is going well by all accounts, but she has a dream to expand her supergroup. advertising billboard On Sunday night (December 8), she appeared on the red carpet at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., where she helped honor Bonnie Raitt.
“I’ve had this plan – I’ve been pushing Bonnie for a few years to do a little trio with Bonnie and Cheryl [Crow],” she said. She almost got her wish Sunday night when she and Crowe performed Raitt’s classic “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” and Raitt bowed his head in appreciation — and gratitude — in his seat next to the other honorees. And the Dead, Arturo Sandoval and Francis Ford Coppola — as well as President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden.
“I just think it’s the best idea, so if you know anyone in a position of power who can put in a good word for me,” Carlisle joked. “Isn’t that a good idea? I think it’s a good idea.
The idea evokes memories of another super girl group: Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, who formed their own collective and released a Grammy Award-winning song threesome An album was released in 1987; another album was released in 1999.
In Washington, Carlyle was also asked about the presidential election results and said there will “definitely” be some self-care as Biden leaves office and Donald Trump returns as president on January 20.
“Whether I want to or not, I wake up every morning as a political lesbian in a house with a woman raising two young women who I need to keep safe and who I need to constantly balance and evaluate what our family can do. To what extent can we help move this country forward in any way that we can,” Carlisle said. “Being here and watching the honorees step up and accept the diplomatic and dominating honor of representing our country is a profound and somber feeling in a way, but it’s also uplifting because it reminds me, Art is the best art in the world and that’s how we represent ourselves.
