Carrie Elkin

Recordings

She self-released her first album, Simplicity, in 1996. Her second album, Live at the Front Room, was released in 2001. The Waltz arrived in 2004 and The Jeopardy of Circumstance in 2007. Her fifth record, Call It My Garden was released in early 2011 by Red House Records; her first with that label (she originally released the album in 2010). It was produced by Colin Brooks and Danny Schmidt and features Sam Baker, Raina Rose, Robby Hecht, A. J. Roach, Anthony Da Costa, and Storyhill's John Hermanson. The first track, "Jesse Likes Birds", made number one on the FOLKDJ-L radio playlists (a.k.a. "Folk DJ List") for the month of January 2011 (based on 15,346 airplays from 157 different radio disc jockeys). The album was listed fifth for the same month.

She appears with Danny Schmidt on his more recent albums. She recorded "Little Drummer Boy" with Danny on the Our Christmas Present (2008) fundraising record for Our Community Place in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Performance

Carrie has performed the national anthem at a Chicago Bulls game and opened for such artists as Jesse Winchester, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Greg Brown. She tours extensively, in the US and UK, often appearing with Danny Schmidt live and on his recordings. They both appear as separate acts at the 2010 Storyhill Fest Midwest. She has been selected to appear at the 7th Annual Rice Festival in Fischer, TX November 2010 and the 24th annual International Folk Alliance Conference February 2011 in Memphis, TN. She appeared on the Bob Harris Country show on BBC Radio 2 August 6, 2009. She sang with Danny Schmidt on the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Show in 2010 (radio hour number 526). Fall 2014 she was playing guitar and accordion and singing with Sam Baker on his 'Say Grace' tour.

In support of her new album, Carrie will be on tour throughout the US and Europe in 2011 and will showcase at the South By Southwest Music Festival (SXSW) and the International Folk Alliance Conference.

Style and sound

Carrie is an acoustic guitarist who performs mainly in the folk and country musical genres. She also sings reverential music, similar to gospel; often closing her shows, for example, with a highly-moving version of "Amazing Grace".

"We have never seen a performer so in love with the act of singing. Onstage Elkin was simply a force of nature."Maverick Magazine

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