Mary Chapin Carpenter To Share Her Story On New Album ‘Personal History,’ Due In June
Mary Chapin Carpenter’s new album Personal History is slated for release on June 6.
The eleven track collection, produced by Josh Kaufman and recorded live at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in Bath, England, is more autobiographical for the singer than any project she’s released before.
“A novel that I’ve loved for years is My Name is Lucy Barton, written by Elizabeth Strout,” says Carpenter. “There’s this moment where the main character is taking a creative writing course, and her teacher says to her, ‘You will only have one story. You will write your one story in many ways.’ I remember reading that line and taking an audible breath. In that moment, I said out loud to no one, ‘Oh, that’s what the songs are.’”
On the heels of the album’s release, Carpenter will join forces with fellow Grammy-winning artist and songwriter Brandy Clark for a special tour this summer and fall. In addition to her work as a musician, last fall Carpenter unveiled her new podcast, Hope is a Muscle, which finds her in conversation with people from all walks of life including Joan Baez, Adriene Mishler, John Darnielle and U.S. CongressmanJamie Raskin. During its run, the podcast was in the top five music podcasts on both Apple and Spotify Platforms.
Personal History Track List:
1. “What Did You Miss”
2. “Paint + Turpentine”
3. “New Religion”
4. “Girl And Her Dog”
5. “The Saving Things”
6. “Hello My Name Is”
7. “Bitter Ender”
8. “The Night We Never Met”
9. “Home Is A Song” (feat. Anäis Mitchell)
10. “Say It Anyway”
11. “Coda”
