Brandi Carlile ‘s “Returning to Myself” album, her first solo release in four years, is likely to debut in the top 10 when album chart results come in this weekend. Her appearance on “Saturday Night Live” will likely draw even more listeners to the well-reviewed album. As her fans already know, the material runs a little deeper than some of the pop company it’s keeping, and there are fascinating insights to be gleaned from or about every song on the project, which is why (as a bonus to our already-published interview with Carlile) we’re offering this track-by-track guide that has the singer-songwriter talking about each of its 10 tunes.

In this detailed commentary, Carlile talks about working with fellow writer-producers Andrew Watt , Aaron Dessner , Justin Vernon and the Hanser

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