The Cyrus family has a lot to be grateful for this holiday season! Braison Cyrus/Instagram “She said yes 💍 My life has changed in so many amazing ways this year but the most amazing has been meeting and falling in love with you,” Braison, 24, wrote in his posting to social media on Friday morning. “I love you with all my heart and I cannot wait to marry you.” The model posted a photograph of himself and his love sharing a kiss while showing off her new ring....

Brandy ClarkandBrandi Carlileteamed up to honor Americana music. The singer-songwriters were among the stacked lineup in September at the Americana Music Association’s 22nd annual Americana Honors, which celebrates roots music and both beloved purveyors and rising stars within the genre. Ahead of the release of a televised version of the event, presented as a special installment ofAustin City Limitson Saturday at 8 p.m. on PBS, PEOPLE is exclusively premiering the two stars' joint performance....

YouTube TheBarbiemovie soundtrack is getting even bigger. The Carliles' version of Indigo Girls' signature hit is a slower, acoustic take on the folk song, which originally appeared on the duo’s self-titled 1989 album. The cover marks Catherine’s first time credited as a featured vocalist on one of Brandi’s songs, though she’s previously provided background vocals on her wife’s music. Brandi Carlile and Indigo Girls.Amy Sussman/Getty; Leah Puttkammer/Getty Amy Sussman/Getty; Leah Puttkammer/Getty...

Catherine and Brandi Carlile.Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty “We felt really conflicted over GM’s relationship with Big Oil and the vehicles being featured in the commercial,” Brandi recalls in this week’s PEOPLE Women Changing the World issue, on newsstands Friday. “I was getting advice from a lot of other activists and people that I love, like the Indigo Girls, who were like, ‘Yeah, we wouldn’t do it.’ So we said no, and it was a big deal because we were a bunch of broke musicians in our 20s....

Brandi Carlile.Photo: Rich Fury/Getty Brandi Carlilewon’t be delivering her performance in the California desert this weekend. In a video posted to herInstagramon Wednesday, the singer-songwriter revealed she’s tested positive for COVID-19 and can’t perform at this weekend’sStagecoach Festivalin Indio, California — where she was set to perform on Friday, April 29. “Hey, buddies. It finally happened. I have the COVID,” said Carlile, 40, in the clip. “So I won’t be able to come to Stagecoach....

Brandi Carlilejust brought down the house at 30 Rockefeller Plaza! First up was the lead single, “Right on Time,” which Carlile toldSPINMagazinein September reflects on the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when the song was written. The country singer passionately performed the first half of the song behind a grand piano at center stage before transitioning to guitar and jamming out with her band for the remainder of the powerful tune....

Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images; Mike Coppola/Getty Images Brandi Carlilesaid it was a treat to meetMeghan MarkleandPrince HarryatEllen DeGeneresandPortia de Rossi’ssurprise vow renewallast week. “We talked to them for a long time — like British accents, talked about the angiograms,” Carlile toldEntertainment Tonightof what it was like to meet Harry, 38, and Meghan, 41. The rocker attended the Grammys with her wife,Catherine Carlile, who is originally from the U.K. “They just really felt like normal, decent, good-humored people....

Brandi Carlile.Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty If there’s one thingBrandi Carlilewants people to know about her story, it’s that “extraordinary things can come from complicated beginnings.” In her new memoir,Broken Horses(out now), the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, 39, recounts just how complicated her early life in rural Washington was as she tried to reconcile her sexuality and her Baptist upbringing, among other struggles. At watching the historic coming-out episode ofEllen DeGeneres' sitcomEllenat age 15, Carlile came to terms with the fact that she was gay herself....

Brandi Carlile.Photo: Terry Wyatt/WireImage Brandi Carlileis back in action — under one condition. For the first time since theCOVID-19 pandemicbegan, the Americana star will host a live performance in front of a limited audience of randomly selected guests who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The safety measure is in place to help prevent the spread of the deadly virus, which has prevented live concerts for the past year. Carlile, 39,announced the news on InstagramWednesday....

Brandi Carlile had the perfect inspiration for her Grammys look on Sunday night: the Rocket Man himself. “I’m finally morphing into Elton John,” Carlile joked to Laverne Cox on E!‘sLive from the Red Carpet,“which is my dream since day one.” Carlile, 40, who walked the carpet withwife Catherine Shepherd, is nominated for five awards at Sunday night’s Grammys in Las Vegas, and is breaking a record as the first woman to ever be nominated for two song of the year Grammys in the same year....

Brandi Carlileisn’t afraid of getting political. The Americana singer made a statement with her 2018 album,By the Way, I Forgive You— and she opened up about the acclaimed album Sunday night ahead of the 61st annualGrammy Awards. She added: “It says as much about our ability to hear these messages as it does our ability to articulate them.” Carlile scored six Grammy nominations this year, including best Americana album and best American album (By the Way, I Forgive You) and best American roots songs, best American roots performance, song of the year and record of the year for “The Joke....

Brandi Carlile and Bonnie Raitt.Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty This Women’s History Month,Brandi Carlileis honoringBonnie Raitt. “I listened to her lecture rednecks about the environment,” the singer recalls to PEOPLE. “I remember she was one of the first purveyors of biodiesel buses.” Later, she says, she went to one of Raitt’s shows at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, and she caught Raitt’s guitar pick that said “No Nukes” on it. “I love Bonnie Raitt’s ability to speak to the every man while pushing radical — and they shouldn’t be considered radical — concepts that challenge people to think broader about one another,” she says....

Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty; Karwai Tang/WireImageYou justhadto be there!Catching up with PEOPLE at theiHeartRadio Music Awardswhere she performed in a sweet tribute toElton John,Brandi Carlilereminisced about her favorite memory with the legendary singer.Carlile’s “favorite story” with the icon, 74, is about a special moment after he saw her sing for the first time.“This is the last time I saw him,” the 39-year-old told PEOPLE. “It was really profound for me because I had been the biggest Elton John fan in the universe since I was like 11 years old and he had never seen me sing....