Brandi Carlile at CMAC in Canandaigua on August 20 is the kind of show that defines a summer. Carlile has ascended to a place in American music that very few artists reach — she is a Grammy-winning, stadium-filling performer whose work spans folk, rock, country, and Americana without ever feeling like she is trying to be all things to all people. She is just telling the truth, loudly and beautifully, and millions of people have decided they want to hear it.
“The Joke,” “The Story,” “Right on Time” — the catalog is deep enough and varied enough to sustain a full evening without a single wasted moment. CMAC in the Finger Lakes provides the summer amphitheater setting that Carlile’s music was made for. The Canandaigua venue’s lawn and pavilion, surrounded by the vineyards of the Finger Lakes wine country, create the kind of August evening that stays with you long after the drive home.
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