The country-rock star is as unguarded and open as she’s ever been on her eighth studio album, ‘Returning to Myself’. She speaks with Mark Beaumont about her ‘wild, magical’ upbringing, her stormy but ‘life-affirming’ collaborations with Elton John, and her pivotal role in bringing Joni Mitchell back to music
Brandi Carlile: ‘Joni Mitchell has this grave in Hollywood – sometimes she’ll go there and have lunch’ … from the Independent Mark Beaumont
