Brandi Carlile August 23, 2012

From her rootsy, bell-clear voice to the palpable emotion that seeps through her songs, everything about this performer from rural Washington state is the real deal. Brandi Carlile's latest, 'Bear Creek,' seeks to integrate the knowledge and skills she's accumulated over nearly a decade's worth of singer-songwriter experience garnered from life on the road, from her earliest days on Seattle's coffeehouse circuit, to her times sharing the stage with such veteran, well-traveled artists as Dave Matthews Band, Ray LaMontagne and The Avett Brothers.