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Brandi Carlile review – country for the marginalised excels on the big stage
Elton John was a constant silent presence as versatile Carlile veered from crooner ballads to hot-rubber-and-leather vibes
Few artists are so authentically versatile they could open with a lush and timeless crooner ballad, entreating us to Stay Gentle, then immediately unleash the hot-rubber-and-leather vibes of Broken Horses. Her clarinet-smooth voice stretched to ever greater technical feats throughout the night, until ululations turned to screams and individual notes threatened to hang forever in the ceiling. The show’s landing was its sole stumble: a dazzling but late interlude by violin and cello duo SistaStrings indicated that Carlile was on the move, and up she popped up in Elton’s box, spotlit by a condenser mic, her BFF sitting silently beside her.
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