When Brandi Carlile stepped onto the Saturday Night Live stage on November 1, 2025, the room shifted immediately. Performing “Church & State” from her album ‘Returning To Myself’, Carlile delivered one of the most commanding musical moments the show has seen in years. The song builds like a gathering storm, blending Americana muscle with sharp political imagery and a spoken passage drawn from Thomas Jefferson’s famous letter on the separation of church and state.
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Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.
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