Top Ten #1 – Brandi Carlile

A singer songwriter from Seattle, Brandi Carlile’s music is a fusion of country, folk, and rock. Her first album, Brandi Carlile, released in 2005 seemed to mark her as the next Lucinda Williams, a promise that was more than met with the 2007 release of her even better follow-up The Story. Yet in spite of a big push on Grey’s Anatomy, Carlile has not yet become the big name I anticipated. Which makes listening to her even cooler. Here’s a casual concert video that gives a better sense of her style than some of her more slickly produced videos.