Mary Chapin Carpenter

Mary Chapin Carpenter was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and started playing clubs in the Washington area, where her family settled. She released her first album, Hometown Girl, in 1987, but gained wider reach with State of the Heart and Shooting Straight in the Dark.

Come On Come On, from 1992, reached the top of the American country charts and featured songs such as “I Feel Lucky”. Carpenter kept recording, addressing personal and social themes on records such as The Age of Miracles.