Album: Ashes and Roses by Mary Chapin Carpenter (2012)
Genre: Folk | Style: Country | Mood: Good Natured
Format: Album

Description: "Ashes and Roses" is the12th studio album released by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. The album was released on June 12, 2012 on Zoë Records
 The album chronicles the past five years, where she overcame challenging moments in her life including divorce, death in the family, and a serious illness. 
“Ashes and Roses is a record about grief and loss, but it has an arc. It does go from night into day. I feel like it travels through some of the hardest, most difficult territory to a place of renewal. It speaks to that journey as it tries to describe what is seen and felt and experienced along the way. And one does get to the other side. I’m not entirely convinced that I’m through it all, but I am walking and talking and moving on with my life.”--Mary Chapin Carpenter 

Artist Background: Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is an American folk and country music singer, songwriter and musician. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C. clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records, who marketed her as a country singer. Carpenter's first album, 1987's Hometown Girl, did not produce any singles, although 1989's State of the Heart and 1990's Shooting Straight in the Dark each produced four Top 20 hits on the Billboard country singles chart... Part of the Princeton, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Folk movement. Known for Country style.

Related Artists: Shawn Colvin, Kathy Mattea, Rosanne Cash, Nanci Griffith

Music Scene: Part of the Princeton, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Folk movement. Known for Country style.

Tags: Folk, Country, Good Natured, 2010s, Album


"Ashes and Roses" is the12th studio album released by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. The album was released on June 12, 2012 on Zoë Records
 The album chronicles the past five years, where she overcame challenging moments in her life including divorce, death in the family, and a serious illness. 
“Ashes and Roses is a record about grief and loss, but it has an arc. It does go from night into day. I feel like it travels through some of the hardest, most difficult territory to a place of renewal. It speaks to that journey as it tries to describe what is seen and felt and experienced along the way. And one does get to the other side. I’m not entirely convinced that I’m through it all, but I am walking and talking and moving on with my life.”--Mary Chapin Carpenter 

Ashes and Roses

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