Edie Carey
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Tickets: $13 advance, $15 at the door.
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Chicago-based singer-songwriter Edie Carey is known for her unmistakable honeyed voice, her intelligent, heart-grabbing songs, but perhaps most especially for her warm, engaging presence on – and off – stage. As much a part of her show as the music itself, Edie’s wry and often self-mocking humor makes audiences feel as though they have just spent an evening with a very close friend.
Edie has been performing more than 180 shows a year at festivals, colleges, and listening rooms in the US, Canada and the UK since 1999. Her just-released fifth album, “Another Kind of Fire,” as well as her last CD, was funded entirely by her very loyal and steadily growing legion of fans.
Edie has shared stages with Sandra Bernhard, Jonatha Brooke, Catie Curtis, Leo Kottke, Lucy Kaplansky, and is a regular headliner at Boston’s legendary Club Passim, Schuba’s (Chicago), Cafe Montmartre (Madison), CSPS (Cedar Rapids), Tractor Tavern (Seattle), Hotel Cafe (Los Angeles), and The Living Room (New York City). She has also toured extensively with Melissa Ferrick.
SELECT AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Finalist, Kerrville New Folk Competition (2007)
Featured Act, Public Radio International’s Syndicated Program, ”Mountain Stage” (2005)
Grand Prize, Guitar Center’s “Producer Project” Competition (2004)
Telluride Bluegrass Troubadour Competition, 2nd Place (2004)
Rocky Mountain New Song Contest, Finalist (2004 & 2003)
Album of the Year, Independent Music Awards, Nominee (2004)
Female Artist of the Year on CampusAwards.com (2003)
Featured Performer, Olympic Winter Games (2002)
Songs Featured on The WB’s “Charmed” & MTV’s “Road Rules” and “Real World”
SELECT PERFORMANCE REVIEWS:
“Edie Carey is gifted with one of those voices that could sound great singing anything…Vulnerable and pleasing, Carey draws us into her world, where we find we have a lot in common.”
-Paste Magazine
“[Carey] found her true calling in music…her pop-folk songs are smart tales of love, life and longing.”
- Chicago Sun Times
“Carey is a wonderfully expressive singer-songwriter who deftly balances wrenching musical vignettes with engaging stories and an overall friendly vibe. ”
-Creative Loafing Atlanta
“Edie Carey’s reputation is well-deserved. She is filled with such high-spirited energy and humor that you can’t take your eyes off her. You need to have good stories, good lyrics, and a super-engaging style to pull off truly confessional music, and [she] does it with equal parts love for her audience and star-quality panache.”
- Indiegrrl.com
