Host Melissa Block welcomes a special guest – singer/songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter – for an intimate conversation about songwriting, finding inspiration, the joys of live performance, and the gift of solitude. Mary Chapin got her start performing and passing the hat at bars and cafes around Washington, DC. She’s won five Grammys and makes her home in the Virginia countryside. 📸 Aaron Farrington | Takoma Radio
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Host Melissa Block welcomes a special guest – singer/songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter – for an intimate conversation about songwriting, finding inspiration, the joys of live performance, and the gift of solitude. Mary Chapin got her start performing and passing the hat at bars and cafes around Washington, DC. She’s won five Grammys and makes her home in the Virginia countryside. 📸 Aaron Farrington | Takoma Radio
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From MCC HQ: The song “The Saving Things” came from a Nick Cave quote about dreams: "They are beautiful, comforting, even saving things." MCC talks with producer Josh Kaufman (of Bonny Light Horseman) about the song in this clip. Find the new album #PersonalHistory at your local retailer, favorite streamer, or in the MCC online store. | Mary Chapin Carpenter
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From MCC HQ: The song “The Saving Things” came from a Nick Cave quote about dreams: "They are beautiful, comforting, even saving things." MCC talks with producer Josh Kaufman (of Bonny Light Horseman) about the song in this clip. Find the new album #PersonalHistory at your local retailer, favorite streamer, or in the MCC online store. | Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Hi friends, welcome back to Songs From Home…it’s episode 36! When I was musing aloud last week about the “Songs From Home” title for this series, I never imagined the responses I would get …so consider it etched in stone, we won’t be making any changes in the title department. Today’s song “We Traveled So Far” is from my 2010 album “The Age Of Miracles”: it's the good and the bad, the high and the low, the endless opposites that give us the world, and show us the truth of our lives, in all of th
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Hi friends, welcome back to Songs From Home…it’s episode 36! When I was musing aloud last week about the “Songs From Home” title for this series, I never imagined the responses I would get …so consider it etched in stone, we won’t be making any changes in the title department. Today’s song “We Traveled So Far” is from my 2010 album “The Age Of Miracles”: it's the good and the bad, the high and the low, the endless opposites that give us the world, and show us the truth of our lives, in all of th
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Welcome back to Songs From Home episode 53... This week has shaken and shattered me, with the horrific assault on the Capitol this past Wednesday, the destruction and violence resulting in lives lost, and the absurd posturing that has followed by various bootlickers, seeking to claim moral authority – sickening, all of it. I found myself walking in circles, dizzy with the bingeing of news and with varying degrees of fear and rage surging and then receding only to surge again… so I breathed, sang
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Welcome back to Songs From Home episode 53... This week has shaken and shattered me, with the horrific assault on the Capitol this past Wednesday, the destruction and violence resulting in lives lost, and the absurd posturing that has followed by various bootlickers, seeking to claim moral authority – sickening, all of it. I found myself walking in circles, dizzy with the bingeing of news and with varying degrees of fear and rage surging and then receding only to surge again… so I breathed, sang
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It’s time for #songsfromhome once again, and this episode features a very special appearance by the queen of nap time, White Kitty. This episode features a song from The Calling album, “Why Shouldn’t We”… during these times when we have no idea what the future looks like, when we are fearful and sad, when it’s easier to be cynical than it is to be inspired, I want to sing songs like this to remind me there is another way to be, there are many paths of faith, endless reasons to be thankful and al
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It’s time for #songsfromhome once again, and this episode features a very special appearance by the queen of nap time, White Kitty. This episode features a song from The Calling album, “Why Shouldn’t We”… during these times when we have no idea what the future looks like, when we are fearful and sad, when it’s easier to be cynical than it is to be inspired, I want to sing songs like this to remind me there is another way to be, there are many paths of faith, endless reasons to be thankful and al
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From MCC HQ: Check out this behind the scenes look at recording “Personal History” at Real World Studios. The album will be released with Thirty Tigers on June 6th worldwide and is available for pre-order now! Hear the first track “Bitter Ender” and pre-order the album, including signed copies from the MCC store: https://li.sten.to/mccpersonalhistory | Mary Chapin Carpenter
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From MCC HQ: Check out this behind the scenes look at recording “Personal History” at Real World Studios. The album will be released with Thirty Tigers on June 6th worldwide and is available for pre-order now! Hear the first track “Bitter Ender” and pre-order the album, including signed copies from the MCC store: https://li.sten.to/mccpersonalhistory | Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Welcome back friends to Songs From Home, episode 8: Halley Came To Jackson and John Prine’s Far From Me This episode is a tribute to two beloved artists…Eudora Welty’s birthday is coming up on April 13th so I wanted to play the song that her book “One Writer’s Beginnings” inspired - Halley Came To Jackson from the album Shooting Straight In The Dark…she was an infant when the comet Halley passed overhead in Jackson, Mississippi in 1910 and she grew up hearing stories about it…that book has broug
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Welcome back friends to Songs From Home, episode 8: Halley Came To Jackson and John Prine’s Far From Me This episode is a tribute to two beloved artists…Eudora Welty’s birthday is coming up on April 13th so I wanted to play the song that her book “One Writer’s Beginnings” inspired - Halley Came To Jackson from the album Shooting Straight In The Dark…she was an infant when the comet Halley passed overhead in Jackson, Mississippi in 1910 and she grew up hearing stories about it…that book has broug
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Welcome back to Songs From Home, episode 26: "Our Man Walter Cronkite" It’s been a weekend of reflection, listening and learning. Juneteenth was celebrated on Friday and the words of Dr. Daina Ramey Berry echo through my brain: “…how can I, in my little corner of the world, make change happen and make generations that come after me experience a more just and whole society?…” We can all ask that of ourselves, as a cause, as a mission, as a prayer. Yesterday, Saturday, was World Refugee Day, and I
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From MCC HQ: Tour starts up again tomorrow, we can’t wait to meet up with @theBrandyClark and her band for the final leg of the 2025 tour. Who will we see at the shows? Remaining 2025 Tour Dates Sep 25 - Medford, MA Sep 26 - Rutland, VT Sep 27 - New York, NY Sep 28 - Princeton, NJ Sep 30 - Charleston, SC Oct 1 - Durham, NC Oct 2 - Nashville, TN Oct 3 - Chattanooga, TN Oct 4 - Charlotte, NC Oct 5 - Knoxville, TN Oct 7 - Akron, OH Oct 8 - Ann Arbor, MI Oct 9 - Evanston, IL Oct 10 - Madison, WI Oct
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All of our dreams are laid out and measured Arrows and pins and a rainbow of threads Like hope on a string, sewn into the linings For the courage to face the unknown ahead —Soul Companion Welcome back to #songsfromhome, Episode 2: "Soul Companion”… This song is from my 2012 album “Ashes and Roses”, and on the recording I had the great honor of having @James Taylor contribute a verse, layered harmonies and guitar wizardry in his signature style. What a thrill that was! This episode’s highlights:
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Hi friends, thanks for tuning back into Songs From Home, episode 37, “Twilight”... It’s Labor Day weekend here in the US, and traditionally the holiday has marked the unofficial end of summer…things being what they are, it’s unlikely that this year’s holiday will resemble what anyone is used to. I take my orders from data, science and Dr. Fauci, so I am just letting it go, and looking ahead to autumn. Here at the farm, that means golden pastures, leaves turning, long walks through the fields, ac
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Hello friends, Welcome back to Songs From Home, episode 38…eagle eyes will spot our tour mate and friend Emily Barker’s brand new album “A Dark Murmuration of Words” on the piano…seek it out, it’s a beautiful new work from a gifted, gracious artist and it’s at the top of the UK Americana chart this week! With the arrival of September, there is the always the solemn anniversary of September 11 to observe and remember. The grief and horror of that day hasn’t diminished in the 19 years since. On th
59K viewsSep 13, 2020
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Join us for an evening with Mary Chapin Carpenter – Grammy-winning folk-rock icon hailed as one of music’s “most reliable and empathetic songwriters” (Pitchfork) – and Brandy Clark, the powerhouse behind hits for Sheryl Crow, Miranda Lambert, and Reba McEntire.. 📅October 11 📍Orpheum Theatre 🎟️ https://bit.ly/3WUiSE0 #BraverBrighterFolk #PresentedbyHennepinArts #Mymplsdt #MaryChapinCarpenter | Hennepin Arts
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Hear the story behind the new album by Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart, as they join Matthew on this month’s Official Folk Albums Chart Show. Watch here: youtu.be/weV4QcI_K6E | Folk on Foot
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Welcome back everyone, here we are with our 15th (!) episode of #songsfromhome… I want to dig deep down into the song satchel for today’s tune, it’s from way back in the last century, called “Rhythm Of The Blues”, a good song to play on a rainy day. I happen to love rainy days, so that makes me a pluviophile…it’s also a shout out to my old friend and musical pal Duke Levine, who always asks if it’s on the set list when we get a chance to play live together…hey Duke! For those of you concerned th
215.1K viewsMay 7, 2020
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Hi everyone, Welcome back to episode 42 of Songs From Home; here is another tune off of my new album “The Dirt And The Stars, called “American Stooge”… Inspired by the life and times of Lindsey Graham, the senior senator from South Carolina, it’s a sketch of someone whose desire for relevancy and power becomes their reason for getting up in the morning... When he’s not kissing the ring and leveling threats He’s proud to be your favorite hypocrite Polishing sound bites for the folks at home A mot
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@Greetings everyone, welcome back to Songs From Home, episode 55! Episode 55? How did that happen?!? A year ago this week we were recording a new album - The Dirt And The Stars -at the magical Real World Studios in England with the legendary Ethan Johns in the producer’s chair, Dom Monks at the board and Duke Levine , Jeremy Stacey, Nick Pini, and Matt Rollings bringing all of their glorious musical gifts to the project…we were blissfully unaware that the world was on the brink of shutting down
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Songs From Home Episode 1: Edinburgh Mary Chapin Carpenter Performing “Edinburgh” (co-starring Angus) “Joining the ranks of artists around the world trying to bring a little music and light into these uncertain days, I made a song video today with Angus’ help…we are calling this wee series #songsfromhome and this is the first episode titled “Live From My Kitchen” …I’m singing “Edinburgh”, a song I wrote a few years ago about one of my favorite places. I meet up with a ghost, we welcome New Year’
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Friends, welcome back to Songs From Home, episode 60: “Here I Am”… Tomorrow marks the arrival of meteorological spring, *cue enormous exhale* and here at the farm there are hints of change in the air and on the ground…buds and shoots, birdsong, the angle of light shifting…there are still patches of snow in shady, north facing spots and today its pouring rain and chilly but I’m not fooled - spring is on its way. “Come with me into the woods where spring is advancing, as it does, no matter what, n
54K viewsFeb 28, 2021
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welcome back friends to episode 57 of Songs From Home, today I'm sharing a song by a wonderful artist, Robert Vincent …it’s called “The Ending” from his new album “In This Town You’re Owned” produced by our hero Ethan Johns… Last week Robert was honored at the AmericanaUK Awards as the winner of both UK Artist of the Year and UK Album of the Year! He is a writer and singer of unusual beauty and depth and I hope you will go seek out his work at all the usual places. Also an addendum to the video…
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Hi friends, welcome back to “Songs From Home”… Angus is maintaining his title of squeaky toy champ while White Kitty sleeps peacefully upstairs... I heard a powerful song recently by my friend Benjamin Scheuer and he has kindly given me his blessing to perform it here…it’s not very often a song manages to be both completely of the moment as well as to feel timeless too…that is how I felt when I first heard “Lafayette Square”. Benjamin is an award winning songwriter, playwright, and musical theat
74K viewsAug 21, 2020
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Welcome back friends to Songs From Home…episode 32: The Way I Feel In today’s episode, Angus goes for the win at the beginning of the song with his squeaky toy but then fades before the end… This song is for everyone who believes taking a long meandering drive is good for the heart and the soul. Even though we’re still sticking close to home, it can be such good medicine to take a few hours and get lost...on a scenic road, in random thoughts, in the blue of the sky and in the slow path of the su
152.8K viewsJul 23, 2020
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Listen to "Bitter Ender," the new song from Mary Chapin Carpenter. Her 17th studio album Personal History will be released on June 6. Stream the track and pre-order the album today! | Mary Chapin Carpenter
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mbf won aoty, i say as they drag me to the white room #sabrinacarpenter #sabrinacarpenteredit #edit #eternaljuno #grammys sabrina carpenter manchild grammys 2026 performance 4k viral after effects edit | cc. fi1tz vsdt: @౨ৎ @nina @issy ✩ @constance ⋆˙𝜗𝜚 ֙ @Bea 💗 @Paris.shadows @Livy ★ @Nev 💋 @jhett | swifrigo @𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒂 ༊*·˚
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Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/73WqXnFj87M?si=gim30qDbfIM9NVni In case you haven’t joined our member tiers on our YouTube channel, you may not have heard that we REUNITED Cynthia Gibb and Mitchell Anderson AKA Karen and Richard Carpenter from the 1989 TV movie. You’ll be able to see the full reunion in the coming months on a streaming platform to be announced, but we will be releasing videos and clips before then. If you’d like to learn more about our membership tiers, click the lin
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Such a pretty face| EDIT PLEASE READ—“These two looks sit at the same table” meaning the two looks I presented in the video are very similar because of the style the sentence that I used in the video is not a NEW phrase it’s something that’s always been used to describe TWO or MORE similar things, people, ect. Stop acting dense learn social cues. #liz #리즈 #아이브 #kpopfyp #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp
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They really went into detail for this one, and I love that! #projecthailmary #rylandgrace #ryangosling #rockyprojecthailmary
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Virgin Mary married a carpenter. Youre not even a virgin but you want a man who works in a bank#ugandatiktok🇺🇬 #fyp_viral_video
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as someone who used the me espresso perfume every single day the body mist is absolute perfection as well im obsessed 💋 @Sabrina Carpenter @Team Sabrina @scentbeauty #sabrinacarpenter #meespresso #espresso #perfume #unboxing
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