Carrie Elkin

Legendary Radio 2 presenter Bob Harris once likened singer/songwriter Carrie Elkin to Patty Griffin, Iris DeMent, and Nanci Griffith. Her distinctive style blends alt-country, Americana, and traditional folk, all carried by deeply felt, poetic lyrics. Born in Cleveland, OH in 1974, Elkin took up the saxophone and began singing in her neighborhood church while still a child, later becoming a National Champion acro gymnast. After completing a physiology degree at Ohio University and briefly working as an organic chemist, she chose to pursue music full-time. This decision launched more than a decade of travel during which she performed in clubs across the country and self-released several albums, among them her 1996 debut Simplicity, 2001’s Live at the Front Room, and 2004’s The Waltz. In 2007 she finally made her home in Austin, TX. The warm reception for her fifth album, The Jeopardy of Circumstance, led to extensive touring throughout the U.S. and U.K., guest appearances on multiple recordings by her partner Danny Schmidt, and a 2010 signing with the Grammy Award-winning folk imprint Red House Records. That same year she issued her most widely praised recording to date, Call It My Garden.