Brandi Carlile officially comes out with release of "Give Up the Ghost"

 The article is extremely well-written and remains very professional.  I've always laughed at how people would debate on or get riled up about Brandi's sexuality.  Technically, she's always been out - it just isn't something she's talked about 'cus it is about the music.  In the past, she's neglected to comment on her relationship, period, because it wasn't about that.  It's not that she was closeted.  Heck, many of us have known about her and Kim for years.  Still, it is pretty cool and vindicating (in a sort of way) to see it in writing by a prominent publication.  Here's to you, Brandi!  Now let's see her in some of the next AE Lists, not to mention Ellen's show!

I'm your hero and you're my weakness

I've never heard this musician, nor heard of her before yesterday, but yesterday I was strolling through Borders and I saw a poster advertising her CD, and I thought, "Mmmm, a poster of an attractive lesbian..."

Could it be that some freak accident has rendered me gaydar-enabled??

Oh, wait, my usual method of identifying lesbians is to assume that anyone who's hot is gay. I guess my powers of correctly identifying dykes is probably still dormant, occasional instances of correctness notwithstanding... :(

love her!  

i always assumed she was already out, but i guess not!  good for her!  

And I am happy she's on our team. I love her music since the beginning of her career. A great artist indeed.

-Livia

 This was posted on the message board of Brandi's fan site AgainToday.com

"In light of the LA Times article and Brandi's comments about her sexuality, the following message was sent from Brandi. 

Niiice!!

Just love her music, plus "We could always use another beautiful and intelligent face as a representation of our community."!!

ditto!!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!! I HAVE WAITD FOR YOU CATS TO COVER BRANDI AND HER MUSIC FOR AGES NOW, AND I'M SOOOO HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE!! SHE IS MY LIFE!! and dhe is uber sweet in person! Not to mention she is the BEST female artist out there today!!

Again, thank you!!! 

i find this kind of ironic. (: i was just listening to her new album on my ipod about five minutes ago, and than i get on here and she's on the front of the website! ha, and it's also kinda ironic that i'm a fifteen year old, living in Hicktown, USA. literally. Our town was the hicktown picked for jason aldean to come and perform about three years ago. bahhhaa, just thought i'd share that.

And 17-year-olds love her, too, not just 15-year-olds! :P

Brilliant album, I love Caroline.

And I love Brandi, too! xD 

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www.stephsoutinkl.blogspot.com

had to bite my fist  on that last pic lol i sadly dont know of brandi and heard of the indigo girls but her pic just gave me a reason to surf itunes in a few minutes lol

"Hands upon my back again.
Survival is my only friend.
Terrified of what may come.
Remember I will always love you,
Even as I claw your fucking throat away.
But it will end no other way"

I guess I'm a 'bit' of a Brandi fan.  I've seen her in concert 4 times this year......including L.A. on Saturday and........yes.....her live shows are addicting!

I'm glad that it's finally "official".  She is an incredible performer and artist plus she is absolutely amazing to her fans.  

I can't wait to see and hear what she does next.

Thanks Brandi!!!!! 

I totally got the vibe that she was a lesbian, the very first time I saw her (same vibe as with Anika Moa).  I heard that she was gay a few months ago when Melissa Ferrick accidentally outed her at a concert.  She has an amazing voice and is brilliant in concert.  

I remember the first time I had ever heard or seen anything about Brandi Carlile was way back in 2004 when ads for her cd Brandi Carlile were on here; I was like "Who's that girl, she has to be gay because she's on an ad on afterellen.com". So I've been a fan of her's since then. Thank You afterellen.com, for your ads showed me the way.

I was just at her show on Friday, it was my fourth time seeing her and second time meeting her. I was so lucky to have won tickets because I had no money to buy them. That show was definitely my favorite out of all the times I've seen her; the band was great, the crowd behaved, and she was beyond amazing. I also love the fact that she likes coming to Tucson, that's a plus for living here, we get special Brandi Carlile moments. That lovely and talented woman is so worth the two hour walk home that I had to do after the show.

i called it the when mtv or vh1 was showcasing her music a couple of years ago and i thought, apart from how good her music was, "wow, that girl is gay."

anyway, i thought the stuff she said about being a role model and how others had already paved the way was pretty great. 

Maybe she's not my number one, but I always appreciate another talented girl with a guitar.
And she's freaking hot :)))

It's great that she finally made it clear in mainstream media.
Visibility matters :)

I absolutely adore Brandi, and I am so happy that she has finally officially come out. I remember when I first became a huge fan about a year ago that I read that she did come out many years ago, but that it was put under the wraps for the most part. So I've known, but for her to come out in the LA Times and all that makes me feel great. She is amazing (and gorgeous!). I wish I could have seen either of her shows in San Francisco this week, but I saw her in June there. What a great show.

And I hope that she gets to go on Ellen because that would be perfect. 

I like that she is very casual about it. I went to school in the Tacoma / Seattle area and we all would go to this coffee shop in Queen Anne to see this great and very attractive songwriter. It was kind of a running joke that we only liked queer songwriter ladies at the time (here's another lady guitar player for some of you to look up... vicci martinez). Of course that was not true, but the crush is so much deeper if they are on your team, right? From a couple of the shows I saw in Bellingham, she's been out for a long time.

I'm happy that she is doing so well now. Selling out larger and larger theaters! I'm seeing her tomorrow night in Portland. I miss the smaller shows where she would do a meet and greet after the show, but am really proud those days are long gone. 

I have to recommend her first album for anyone who is discovering her for the first, self titled album. Very intimate and you will fall in love. Maybe. If you like that sort of thing. 

thought this might be something fun for this comment group... check out this clip, the question @ 6:15... keywords to get you there... brandi as k.d. lang in a suit... go!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzyJOZp4u10&feature=player_embedded

I want to thank AE for this article. I'd had actually never heard of her until I read this. That led me to looking up her video for The Story on youtube. I was soo far gone on her after that. I went out and bought all 3 of her albums on wednesday. I can't even pick a favorite song right now.

Her newest album is beyond awesome. I'm so glad she made a video for Dreams. That was one of the songs that first jumped out at me. Then I watched a video where she was talking about how that song was inspired by sex dreams! Made it even better. Heh. 

Cheers to whoever wrote the article- very well done, my friend.

Good for her. I'm so happy for her :)

Brandi is amazing. Enough said.

<3 to all.