New Album: Until Now
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The soulful wisdom of singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer, dubbed a “prairie mystic” by the Boston Globe, offers a balm for this anxious and exhausted age of pandemic and political upheaval. Her new CD and companion book of poems, Until Now (Available Light, September 10, 2021) explores the process of unraveling and reweaving the threads of our lives, and the possibility of transformation after crisis. “We have all lived through a time of great unraveling,” Newcomer says. “Yet, with great disruption comes a possibility for change. We can’t just be healed; we must be transformed.” In her songs and poems, Newcomer tells the universal human story of loss, resiliency, spiritual connection, and hope with the grace, compassion, and humor that characterizes her work. She turns our eyes and ears to the growing edges of our lives, and to the liminal spaces—“betwixt and between” times—urging us to “notice what went unnoticed. And then redeeming those bits and pieces by making something new,” as she writes in the poem Liminality. She will premiere her newest album with an intimate, in-studio performance on August 29th on Mandolin, a music-streaming platform. Click here to find out more.
Until Now
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““Carrie Newcomer puts the heart back together.””
“Carrie Newcomer’s beautiful new album and book Until Now stir the soul with the simple truth: We belong to one another. ”
“Her smooth, rich tone brings deep feeling to the words and the melodies carry you away on a journey to another place. The music and songs are intimate in the way it makes
one feel like your good friend Carrie is singing just for you.”
“If you already love Carrie’s music, don’t miss her new collection, Until Now. (And don’t miss the wonderful book of poetry by the same title). What you already love will be there, but you’ll also hear something that will carry you to new places (as she sings in “I Will Sing A New Song”). And if you haven’t known her music yet, here’s your best introduction. You’ll wonder how you got along without her until now!”
““Listen to Carrie Newcomer sing, and you hear poetry. Read her poetry, and you hear music.””
“The tenderness and clarity of these songs will make you stop long enough for your soul to show itself, regardless of what’s in the way. The wisdom of her love is healing.”
“Carrie Newcomer’s songs come from those places that require an exquisite power of observation... she sees the smallest changes in the sky and connects that to larger shifts that happen in a life. Or she details a look in someone’s face, leading to a description of an emotion that is all at once completely familiar to the listener, making the connections... her poet’s eye allows a deeper noticing. Themes of family, romantic love, the natural world, the passage of time and importance of memory have always made deep impressions in the paths she has created as an artist. On her latest album, the beautifully arranged and recorded Until Now, her remarkable alto and songwriting speak to the times we are in without reserve, but with an abiding belief that we can brave these storms.”