Carrie Newcomer

Infobox musical artist
Name = Carrie Newcomer


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name =
Born = birth date and age|1958|5|25
Dowagiac, Michigan, United States
Origin =
Genre = Folk
Occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician
Instrument = Guitar, Vocal, Banjo, Bouzouki
Years_active = 1980–present
Label = Philo, Rounder
URL = [http://carrienewcomer.com/ carrienewcomer.com]

Carrie Newcomer (born on May 25, 1958 in Dowagiac, Michigan) is an American singer and songwriter. [cite web | title = Newcomer, Carrie | publisher = FolkLib Index | url = http://www.folklib.net/index/indexn.shtml#Newcomer,Cr | format = HTML | accessdate = 2008-03-19] Performing since 1980, she has released a number of solo albums since 1991, most recently "The Geography of Light".

Biography

Carrie Newcomer was born in Dowagiac, Michigan, and raised in Elkhart, Indiana. She attended Goshen College from 1977-1979 and received a B.A. in visual art and education from Purdue University in 1980. From 1982-1988, she was a member of the folk group Stone Soup [cite web | title = Stone Soup | publisher = AllMusic | url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dpfixqq5ldde | format = HTML | accessdate = 2008-03-19] independently releasing two recordings.

Between 1984 -1989, Newcomer toured regionally; after 1990, she has toured extensively throughout the United States and Europe, gaining increased attention after touring with Alison Krauss and Union Station in Europe and parts of the United States. She released her first solo album, "Visions and Dreams", in 1991 [cite web | title = Visions and Dreams | publisher = Rounder Records | url = http://www.rounder.com/?id=album.php&catalog_id=5277 | format = HTML | accessdate = 2008-04-06] . Between 1993-2008, Newcomer released eleven solo recordings on Philo/Rounder [cite web | title = discography | publisher = Rounder Records | url = http://www.rounder.com/?id=discography.php&musicalGroupId=213 | format = HTML | accessdate = 2008-04-06] . "The Geography of Light", Newcomer's most recent recording was released in February 2008.

In 2003, her song "I Should've Known Better" appeared on Nickel Creek's Grammy Award-winning and Gold CD "This Side".

In 2007, Newcomer collaborated with Quaker author Parker J. Palmer co-writing the song “Two Toasts.” published in 2008 on "The Geography of Light". Also that year, she collaborated with Quaker authors Scott Russell Sanders, Philip Gulley and J. Brent Bill to create the PBS special "Festival of Friends: An Offering in 4 Quaker Voices". [cite news | title = festival of friends | publisher = WFYI | url = http://www.wfyi.org/festivaloffriends.asp | accessdate = 2008-04-06] In 2007, she collaborated with Scott Russell Sanders and folk songwriters Krista Detor, Tim Grimm, Michael White and Tom Roznoski to create an album and theatrical production entitled "Wilderness Plots" [cite news | title = Wilderness Plots | url = http://musicroad.blogspot.com/2007/05/now-playing-wilderness-plots.html | accessdate = 2008-04-06 ] , based on songs inspired by the short stories of Scott Russell Sanders about the history and settlement of the Ohio Valley. In 2007, Carrie Newcomer wrote the theme song for the national organization of the YMCA [cite news | title = About the YMCA | url = http://www.ymca.net/about_the_ymca/ | accessdate = 2008-04-06 ] , and theme music for the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s production of “Bad Dates.”

In recent years, she has begun running workshops on writing, faith and vocation and activism and the arts.

Discography

With Stone Soup

* 1982 Sampler
* 1984 "Long Fields" - Windchime RC-101/S
* 1987 "October Nights" - Windchime RC-102

olo

* 1991 "Visions and Dreams" - Philo PH 1193 [1995 reissue]
* 1994 "An Angel At My Shoulder" - Philo PH 1163
* 1995 "The Bird or the Wing" - Philo PH 1183
* 1996 "My Father's Only Son" - Philo PH 1203
* 1998 "My True Name" - Philo PH 1223
* 1999 "Bare to the Bone" [Live] - Philo CD 9901
* 2000 "The Age of Possibility" - Philo PH 1226
* 2002 "The Gathering of Spirits" - Philo PH 1243
* 2004 "Betty's Diner: The Best of Carrie Newcomer" - Philo PH 1245
* 2005 "Regulars and Refugees" - Philo PH 1247
* 2008 "The Geography of Light" - Philo PH 1253

References

External links

* [http://www.carrienewcomer.com Carrie Newcomer Official web site]
* [http://www.suntimes.com/news/falsani/830275,CST-NWS-fals07.article Chicago Sun Times article]
* [http://www.dirtylinen.com/special/dl-artists/Carrie_Newcomer.html Performances by Carrie Newcomer] from "Dirty Linen"
* [http://www.rounder.com Rounder Records Website]