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Brandi Carlile’s New Single “The Mother” Is A Tribute To Her Daughter

Photo by Catherine Carlile

Last month we got our first taste of Brandi Carlileโ€™s highly anticipated new album, By The Way, I Forgive You, when she dropped lead single โ€œThe Joke,โ€ which you can revisit here.

Today, Carlile released โ€œThe Mother,โ€ the second offering from the Dave Cobb- and Shooter Jennings-produced project.

โ€œWelcome to the end of being alone inside your mind,โ€ Carlile said of the track, and her experience with motherhood in general.ย  โ€œTo some, this sounds like the realization of their most sacred dreams โ€” true companionship. For some, this sacrifice is too much to bear and requires its own brand of radical forgiveness. For the most part and for me, itโ€™s equal measures of both. I am not just a mother, but itโ€™s all that I am.โ€

By The Way, I Forgive You will be released February 16. You can find the album’s track list and upcoming tour dates below the video.

BY THE WAY, I FORGIVE YOU TRACK LIST
1. Every Time I Hear That Song
2. The Joke
3. Hold Out Your Hand
4. The Mother
5. Whatever You Do
6. Fulton County Jane Doe
7. Sugartooth
8. Most Of All
9. Harder To Forgive
10. Party Of One

BRANDI CARLILE CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
December 13โ€”Anaheim, CAโ€”House of Blues
December 15โ€”Stanford, CAโ€”Memorial Auditorium
December 16โ€”Davis, CAโ€”Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
December 17โ€”Grass Valley, CAโ€”Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Auditorium
January 12-14โ€”Cancun, Mexicoโ€”Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Riviera Maya
February 4-11โ€”Cayamo, A Journey Through Song (SOLD OUT)
March 3โ€”Vancouver, BCโ€”Commodore Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
March 4โ€”Bellingham, WAโ€”Mt. Baker Theatre
March 30โ€”Seattle, WAโ€”Moore Theatre (SOLD OUT)
March 31โ€”Seattle, WAโ€”Moore Theatre (SOLD OUT)
April 5โ€”New York, NYโ€”Beacon Theatre
April 6โ€”New York, NYโ€”Beacon Theatre
April 7โ€”New York, NYโ€”Beacon Theatre
April 21-22โ€”North Charleston, SCโ€”High Water Fest
May 4โ€”Boston, MAโ€”Orpheum Theatre (SOLD OUT)
May 5โ€”Boston, MAโ€”Orpheum Theatre
May 6โ€”Albany, NYโ€”Palace Theatre
May 8โ€”Ithaca, NYโ€”State Theatre
May 9โ€”Richmond, VAโ€”Maymont Park
May 11โ€”Wilmington, NCโ€”Greenfield Lake Amphitheater
May 12โ€”Raleigh, NCโ€”Memorial Auditorium
May 13โ€”Asheville, NCโ€”Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
May 15โ€”Rocky Mount, VAโ€”Harvester Performance Center
May 18โ€”Philadelphia, PAโ€”Merriam Theater
May 19โ€”Washington, DCโ€”The Anthem
June 15โ€”Chicago, ILโ€”Chicago Theatre
August 12โ€”Denver, COโ€”Red Rocks Amphitheatre