Brandi Carlile, singer-songwriter: I believe in the separation of church and state
‘I believe so profoundly in the separation of church and state, and in the dangers of theocracy creeping into the corners of a democracy’
BBC Music Correspondent Mark Savage speaks to US singer-songwriter, producer and performer Brandi Carlile about the personal and political stories behind her songs.
An LGBTQ icon, she sets out her fears about the threat to same-sex marriage in today’s United States, and the impact that has had on her own family. And she shares the strain her own sexuality put on her relationship with her mother while growing up in rural America. It was country music, she…
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