Jordan Hamlin

I don’t imagine I’ll ever be able to adequately convey whatever happened at the Gorge this weekend. 48 hours before the first night I was in a hospital bed — but @brandicarlile doesn’t get to assemble every hero of my life in one canyon, and not expect me to claw my way there. So I did. And I think I’m a new incarnation on the other side of it.

Echoes Through the Canyon was three days of music, memory, lineage, and full-circle moments. Brandi Carlile, @indigogirlsmusic , @bonnieraittofficial , @wynonnajudd , @imwithherband . @sarabareilles , @thehighwomen , @sherylcrow @brittneyspencer,@reallindaperry

These artists weren’t just names on a lineup. So many of them were part of how I first started to understand music, identity, courage, grief, joy, belonging — and the strange permission a song can give you to become more fully yourself.

There were multiple peak lifetime moments. Personal encounters with heroes... All soundtracked by songs I’ve carried for most of my life.

Voice? Gone. Heart? So full. Soul? Somehow recharged. Thank you Brandi, Catherine, @phil_hanseroth , @timhanseroth, @_graceh, and the whole team and crew for building a world where all of these threads could meet in one place — and for throwing a once-in-a-blue-moon event... and somehow letting me witness it!!?!