Brandi Carlile At The Pollak Theatre
Friday, February 5, 2010

Concerts East + AEG Live present
Brandi Carlile

With Special Guest, Gregory Alan Isakov

Friday, February 5, 2010 at 8 p.m.

Cost: $39.50/$29.50

Brandi Carlile
You?ve heard her songs featured on ABC?s Grey?s Anatomy. Now hear Brandi Carlile live at the Pollak Theatre where she will be performing your favorites and songs from her newest album, Give Up The Ghost, Brandi?s third album which unveils her talents in their truest form. If the phrase ?give up the ghost? most often refers to death or dying, it can also be used to describe the passing of stages in life, of transformation. ?They say it takes you your whole life to write your first record, and in our case the first two records, and that you have to write your second record in just a matter of months. So we went into the songwriting process conscious of that, and really made an effort to just leave ourselves behind. We wrote about about life, the world, how we felt, how we will feel. In that sense, these songs are like time travelers in that they exist on a much more ethereal plane, and that?s what ?give up the ghost? means to us,? Carlile explains.

The recording of Give Up The Ghost offered new experiences including working with the likes of Elton John, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers multi-instrumentalist Benmont Tench, drummer Chad Smith, and Amy Ray of The Indigo Girls, all of whom contribute to the album. Among the growing legion of Carlile fans is Elton John. ?Brandi has an amazing voice,? he says. ?She?s a great songwriter and has a tremendous career ahead of her.?