Justin and I just got back from a rockin’ Brandi Carlile concert at the Moore Theater. Wow. Just wow. We had practically front row seats for this, but we were anticipating “limited view” seats behind a post or something.

Here are some highlights or interesting bits from the show:
The opening act, Cary Brothers, performed the song “Blue Eyes” from the Garden State Soundtrack.
The band doesn’t wear shoes.
Her two guitarists are twin brothers.
The drummer is from around here, so he joins in when she comes back to Seattle.
Today was her birthday and the audience sang to her!
We got to join in when they sang “Turpentine.”
She ROCKED on “The Story” like I knew she would.
At one point, a light saber was on stage. As Brandi said, it was a real one.
They sang un-mic’d on one of the songs, capitalizing on the acoustics of the theater.
She covered Radiohead’s “Creep” AND Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues.” SWEET!
Her sister joined in on a song with the lyrics “calling all angels”…but not the one you’re thinking of.
She ended with “Hallelujah,” beautifully transitioning from her trademark raspy style to ethereal high notes.

I’d love to hear more of her music. I think being on Grey’s Anatomy (not to mention helped with the publicity of her music, most definitely, and the fact that she worked with T-Bone Burnett on her latest album makes me glad that it’s already part of my i-Tunes collection.