Two of our favorite singer/songwriters stop by to talk about their latest albums and play a few songs live.
Mary Chapin Carpenter
It’s the Popdose Music Roundtable for January 2014 — wherein the staff gabs about any music, new or old, that has been moving us over the past month.
On the eve of her twelfth album, Carpenter talks about her songwriting journey.
The number one artist of the decade shows up this week and she’s relegated to page 2. Can’t be a diva around us!
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She’s been steadily releasing well-crafted albums on a more-or-less consistent basis for nearly 20 years, and her music defies easy pigeonholing. Consequently, since her early ’90s breakthrough, Mary Chapin Carpenter…