Mary Chapin Carpenter

Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958 in Princeton, New Jersey) is a highly successful country singer-songwriter. Carpenter, the daughter of a Life Magazine executive, spent two years in Japan as a child, moving to Washington, D.C. in 1974, and Washington's vibrant music scene gave birth to her first album, "Hometown Girl", in 1987, which was produced by grammy-award-winning guitarist and singer-songwriter John Jennings. The two collaborated on many subsequent albums and performed together.

Discography

• Hometown Girl
• State Of The Heart
• Shooting Straight in the Dark
• Come On, Come On
• Stones In The Road — Grammy winner 1995
• A Place In The World
• Party Doll and Other Favorites
• Time*Sex*Love
• The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Between Here and Gone