By combining folk, country, acoustic, rock and blues, the five-time Grammy Award-winning Mary Chapin Carpenter has proven herself to be an artist for whom the conventional boundaries of the music business disappear. Carpenter has always professed a love for all kinds of music, and those influences come together in songs that speak to the most personal of life’s details as well as to the most universal.  The New York Times calls Carpenter “spellbinding… conveys a very grown-up mixture of resignation and perseverance.”

Recently, Carpenter was honored with The Americana Association's esteemed Spirit of Americana Free Speech in Music Award, which recognizes artists who have used their work to raise awareness and promote free speech. Past recipients include Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Judy Collins and Joan Baez.