We’ve made it halfway through 2026 y’all. And for my friends, readers and dearest ones in the LGQBTIA+ community: Happy Pride!
June is a busy month for birthdays.
- Alanis Morisette celebrates her 52nd birthday today
- The Smiths‘ Mike Joyce celebrates his 63rd birthday today
Brandi Carlile celebrates her 45th birthday today. Thought her career, which currently spans eight studio albums — 2005’s self-titled, 2007’s The Story, 2009’s Give Up the Ghost, 2012’s Bear Creek, 2015’s The Firewatcher’s Daughter, 2018’s By the Way, I Forgive You, 2021’s In These Silent Days and last year’s Returning to Myself — the Washington State-born singer/songwriter and musician has received 11 Grammy Awards, two Emmy Awards and she was nominated for an Oscar.
She’s also a founding member of the all-female supergroup The Highwomen, which also featured Amanda Shires, Marren Morris and Natalie Hemby. The Highwomen’s critically and commercially successful 2019 self-titled debut saw the quartet winning a Grammy Award for Best Country Song for “Crowded Table.”
Carlile is arguably one of the best songwriters of her era — and live, her and her band are amazing.
Happy birthday, Brandi!
And if you’ve been frequenting this site and have been following me for some time, you’d recall that I photographed her back in 2018:
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