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GRAMMY award-winning Mary Chapin Carpenter is an American country and folk music singer-songwriter. Carpenter’s first album, 1987’s Hometown Girl, did not produce any charting singles. She broke through with 1989’s State of the Heart and 1990’s Shooting Straight in the Dark.
Her third Columbia album was 1990’s Shooting Straight in the Dark. “Down at the Twist and Shout”, which featured instrumentation from Cajun band BeauSoleil, peaked at number two in 1991. Released last from the album was the top-20 hit “Going Out Tonight”. Folk singer Shawn Colvin, with whom Carpenter would collaborate again a number of times, sang duet vocals on the closing track, “The Moon and St. Christopher”.
Her most successful album is 1992’s Come On Come On, which accounted for seven singles and was certified quadruple platinum in the United States for shipments of four million copies.
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She has won five Grammy Awards out of eighteen nominations, including four consecutive wins in the category of Best Female Country Vocal Performance between 1992 and 1995. She has charted 27 times on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, with her 1994 single “Shut Up and Kiss Me” representing her only number-one single there.
She joined Billy Ray Cyrus, Kathy Mattea, Tanya Tucker, and Pam Tillis on Dolly Parton‘s single, “Romeo”. This song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals in 1994.
Throughout 2000 and 2001, she toured in both the United Kingdom and the United States, with Steve Earle joining her for the latter.
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In 2002, Carpenter joined Emmylou Harris, Bruce Cockburn, and Patty Griffin in a benefit concert for Campaigning for a Landmine Free World, an organization dedicated to raising awareness of landmines left behind in former war zones.
Mary Chapin Carpenter‘s musical style takes influence from contemporary country and folk, with many of her songs including feminist themes. While largely composed of songs she wrote herself or with longtime producer John Jennings, she has covered songs by artists such as, Gene Vincent, Lucinda Williams, and Dire Straits, among others.
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She has appeared on a number of works by other artists, including Billy Ray Cyrus, Kathy Mattea, Tanya Tucker, Pam Tillis, Alison Krauss, Vince Gill and Sheryl Crow.
In 2010, her album, The Age of Miracles, was released. Many of the songs on this album were inspired by the emotions she felt after suffering her embolism, particularly the impact it had on her touring and recording career at the time. The album also featured duets with Alison Krauss and Vince Gill.
Ashes and Roses followed on Zoë in 2012. James Taylor provided duet vocals on the track, “Soul Companion”.
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In 2014, Carpenter’s touring schedule included a mix of orchestral performances comprising selections from Songs from the Movie, as well as acoustic sets featuring Jon Carroll, multi-instrumentalist John Doyle, and opening act Tift Merritt.
Mary Chapin Carpenter is credited as a writer on a number of songs for other artists. These include Cyndi Lauper‘s “Sally’s Pigeons”, Wynonna Judd‘s “Girls with Guitars”, Trisha Yearwood‘s “Where Are You Now”, and Terri Clark‘s “No Fear”.
Her discography includes 16 studio albums, four compilation albums, three video albums, 41 singles, 15 music videos, and 88 album appearances.
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