Brandi Carlile debuts “Human (live with the BBC Concert Orchestra)”

Brandi Carlile Shares “Human (Live with the BBC Concert Orchestra)” from BBC Radio 2 Piano Room

11x Grammy-winner Brandi Carlile shares a new version of her song, “Human,” today. Recorded during her recent BBC Radio 2 Piano Room performance, the live rendition finds Carlile accompanied by her bandmates, Phil and Tim Hanseroth, as well as the BBC Concert Orchestra. Listen to/share “Human (live with the BBC Concert Orchestra)” HERE and watch the performance HERE.

“Human” is from Carlile’s acclaimed new album, Returning To Myself, which was produced by Carlile, Andrew Watt, Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon and debuted at #7 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart this past fall. Stream/purchase HERE. (Interscope Records/Lost Highway).

In the midst of yet another monumental year, Carlile is set to perform “America The Beautiful” at Super Bowl LX this Sunday and recently returned to NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert series and NBC’s Saturday Night Live as musical guest for the fourth time, was featured on The Howard Stern Show, NPR’s Wild Card with Rachel Martin and The Drew Barrymore Show, and spoke with The New York Times for an in-depth profile.

Critical acclaim for Returning To Myself:

“Carlile is a bona fide superstar whose compositions feel like instant classics”—NPR Music

“It has the luster and confidence of an artist realizing her prime, finding memory and maturity in the lyrics.”—The New York Times

“One of her finest efforts and one of the best albums of the year”—Variety

“Lush crooning”—The New Yorker

“It’s a record about navigating the second half of life with fortitude and not fear; and how the best way to do that is to remember where we came from, and who we got there with.”
—Rolling Stone

“Remarkable…a mid-life crisis has never sounded quite this poetic”—Billboard

“For an artist already established as one of her generation’s brightest songwriters, this represents another significant evolution”—Rolling Stone U.K.

“Carlile’s eighth album does the difficult work of cracking open the soul to let flow her vulnerability. The songs succeed in their tasks: bringing her into a fresh creative moment where she flourishes”—Paste

“Stunning, introspective…feels like reuniting with an old friend”—A.V. Club

“A pearl from the new queen of Laurel Canyon…it never sounds less than gorgeous”
—MOJO

“It’s a record of reinvention and rediscovery, filled with songs unlike any Carlile has made before, often leaning into her singer-songwriter side but painting with a different sonic palette”—The Seattle Times

“An album full of warmth and humanity”—The London Standard

In celebration of the new music, Carlile will kick off her extensive “The Human Tour” next week, which includes stops at New York’s Madison Square Garden (two nights, one sold out), Inglewood’s Kia Forum, Boston’s TD Garden (sold out), London’s The O2, Dublin’s 3Arena, and Paris’ La Seine Musicale among many others. Carlile will also return to The Gorge Amphitheatre this spring with her “Echoes Through the Canyon” weekend on Friday, May 29 and Saturday, May 30 (sold out). The event will feature Indigo Girls, Bonnie Raitt, I’m With Her and Sara Bareilles, as well as surprise special guests. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Carlile is an Oscar-nominated and 11x Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, performer and producer, 2x EMMY-winning composer, lyricist and writer, #1 New York Times Bestselling author and activist, who is known as one of music’s most respected voices. Throughout her acclaimed career, Carlile has released eight studio albums including Who Believes in Angels?—the universally acclaimed, Grammy-nominated collaborative album with her childhood hero, Elton John—which debuted at #1 in the U.K. and top 10 in the U.S.

Additionally, Carlile is a renowned producer with recent Grammy-winning projects from Joni Mitchell and Brandy Clark. She also produced and recorded a rendition of Indigo Girls’ “Closer To Fine” with her wife, Catherine, which was included on Barbie The Album as well as a version of “Home,” which was featured in the final season of Ted Lasso. She received her first Oscar nomination in the Original Song category in January 2025 for “Never Too Late,” a Grammy-nominated track written alongside Elton John, Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt for the Disney+ documentary of the same name.

Beloved by her peers, Carlile has collaborated with artists such as The Highwomen, Soundgarden, Sam Smith, Alicia Keys, Hozier, Noah Kahan, Jacob Collier, P!nk and Dolly Parton. Carlile was named OUT Magazine’s 2023 “Icon of the Year,” awarded Billboard’s Women In Music “Trailblazer Award,” CMT’s Next Women of Country “Impact Award” and NMPA’s 2023 Songwriter Icon Award and received multiple recognitions from the Americana Music Association.

On top of being a musician and writer, Carlile is a founder of the Looking Out Foundation, which has raised over $9 million for grassroots causes to date. Carlile lives in rural Washington state with her wife and two daughters, Evangeline and Elijah.