TracksLove, Red Shoes, Something Out of Nothing, Easy Now, On ; on, Waiting, Come Inside, Enough, You Sold Me, So Wrong for Me, Lovely, With You Now, My Dream Last Night [Hidden Track]
NotesChicago-based singer-songwriter Edie Carey is known for her unmistakable soulful voice, her intelligent, heart-grabbing songs, but perhaps most especially for her warm, engaging presence on - and off - stage. As much a part of her show as the music itself, Edie's wry and often self-mocking humor makes audiences feel as though they have just spent an evening with a very close friend. Carey has been performing at festivals, colleges, and listening rooms across the US, Canada and the UK since 1999. Her soon-to-be-released seventh album, 'Bring The Sea,' as well as her last two records, was funded entirely by her loyal and steadily growing legion of fans. Her new CD, produced by Evan Brubaker, features appearances by Shawn Mullins, Glen Phillips (of Toad the Wet Sprocket), multi-instrumentalist Julie Wolf (Ani DiFranco, Indigo Girls), and violist Eyvind Kang (Bill Frisell, Laurie Anderson). SELECT AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS: #1 in Fan Voting, Lilith Fair Chicago Competition (2010) A Most Requested Artist, Cayamo 2010 (w/ Brandi Carlile, Lyle Lovett, EmmyLou Harris) Winner, Paste Magazine's Cayamo Competition (2009) Finalist, Kerrville New Folk Competition (2007) Featured Act, PRl's Mountain Stage (2005) Grand Prize, Guitar Center's 'Producer Project' Contest (2004) Telluride Bluegrass Troubadour Competition, 2nd Place (2004) Rocky Mountain New Song Contest, Finalist (2003 & 2004) Album of the Year, Independent Music Awards, Nominee (2004) Songs Featured on Charmed & MTV's Road Rules & Real World and a number of independent films SELECT PERFORMANCE REVIEWS: * * * * (four out of four stars) - Country Music Weekly 'Edie Carey is gifted with one of those voices that could sound great singing anything...Vulnerable and pleasing, Carey draws us into her world, where we find we have a lot in common.' -Paste Magazine '[Carey] found her true calling in music...her pop-folk songs are smart tales of love, life and longing.' - Chicago Sun-Times 'Carey is a wonderfully expressive singer-songwriter who deftly balances wrenching musical vignettes with engaging stories and an overall friendly vibe. ' -Creative Loafing Atlanta THE LONGER STORY: "Accidental Poet," one of Edie Carey's earliest songs, describes a particularly eloquent friend, but could just as easily refer to Carey herself and the circuitous and serendipitous route that led her to become one of the country's most notable young songwriters. Somehow, all of the seemingly unrelated turns - from her intention to become a doctor, to a tiny music room in the basement of a Morningside Heights' chapel, to a year in Italy - managed to steer her towards music. Born in Burlington, Vermont and raised in the Boston suburbs by her English teacher father, therapist mother, and poet stepmother, Edie Carey couldn't help but learn to love words. But her ear for music only became apparent after she "took the stage" in the back seat of her babysitter's green Cadillac, belting out her own rendition of "Up Where We Belong." From age nine, after beginning voice lessons, she became involved in singing groups and musicals, which she continued all the way through high school. A child of the 80's, she dressed in lace and sequins and dreamed of appearing on Ed McMahon's "Star Search." However, as much as she loved performing, Carey was unaware that there was any middle ground between singing at weddings and being Madonna, and never considered music a real career possibility. So, she made plans to major in English/Creative Writing with Pre-Med classes at Barnard College in New York City. However, during her freshman year, two pivotal discoveries knocked those plans right off course - The Postcrypt Coffeehouse and the Italian language. In the Postcrypt, an intimate music venue in the basement of St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University, the seeds of possibility were sewn as Carey watched Jeff Buckley, Ani Difranco, and Lisa Loeb among others perform unplugged to candlelit audiences. She saw how words could