February 07, 2007

Caroline to be on Larry Brown Tribute Album

Caroline will be part of an upcoming Larry Brown tribute album entitled "Just One More: A Musical Tribute to Larry Brown." The album will be released in May on Bloodshot Records. Part of the Bloodshot press release reads as follows: Larry Brown’s business card listed his occupation as “Human Being”. Like many other professional human beings, Larry loved music. He felt music and it showed in his writing. As he moved through the world, Larry got to know a lot of musicians, and a lot of musicians got to know Larry, either personally or through his work. Just One More, A Musical Tribute to Larry Brown is a compilation of tunes by artists who were his friends, fans and peers. With 18 tracks, 12 of which are previously unreleased, the album has contributions from a wide range of critically acclaimed artists, among them Alejandro Escovedo (whom Larry performed with periodically), T-Model Ford, Vic Chesnutt, Jim Dickinson (with Duff Dorrough), Robert Earl Keen, Cary Hudson (Blue Mountain), Brent Best (Slobberbone, The Drams) and the North Mississippi Allstars, to name a few. Some of these songs were written for the project, songs for Larry and about his characters, such as Caroline Herring’s “Song For Fay”, exploring the title character of Fay, a novel published in 2000. The album closes with a song performed by Larry himself, accompanied by Clyde Edgerton, a Southern novelist of great renown. “The simple concept of this disc was to put together a mix tape of sorts, the type of thing that Larry would have enjoyed listening to as he drove his little truck into the gloam’ with a cooler full of beer and an ass pocket of something that burns a little bit on the way down,” explains producer Tim Lee. “I knew him and I admired his work, and you didn’t have to know Larry well to have a keen awareness of his love of music,” he says. Just One More, A Musical Tribute to Larry Brown, A Great American Author will be in stores May 22, 2007. http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/album/bloodshotrecordscompilations/293

November 10, 2006

Documentary Film Website

Christie Herring, Caroline's sister, is a documentary filmmaker in the San Francisco Bay area. Christie now has a website showcasing her work, including Bodies and Souls, a short film about a group of Catholic nuns running a health care clinic in the rural Mississippi delta. Her film Chickens in the City, a short about urban chicken-raising in San Francisco, will be featured in Backyard Poultry Magazine this December. www.christieherring.com

September 01, 2006

Tonder Festival in Denmark

Caroline just returned from an amazing trip to Denmark, where she played with Ross Martin (Denver, CO) at the 32nd annual Tonder Festival. Caroline and Ross played several shows as a duo, and in addition Caroline played solo on a songwriter's stage with Arlo Guthrie, Darrell Scott, Tim O'Brien, Eivor and Bruce Guthro. In one month Caroline returns to Europe for a two-week tour with Dar Williams and Jeffrey Foucault as "Americana Treasures" at theaters through The Netherlands and Belgium.

July 01, 2006

Caroline featured in Dirty Linen Magazine

Caroline's appearance at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, Scotland (January 2006) is featured in the June/July 2006 issue of Dirty Linen Magazine. See her picture on page 31!

February 15, 2006

Caroline Returning to Merlefest

Caroline is returning to Merlefest — the biggest roots and Americana festival in the U.S. After hearing Caroline's new release with Claire Holley, "Live at St. Andrew's," the director of Merlefest requested that Caroline and Claire perform as a duo at this year's event. See www.merlefest.org for more details about the April 30 show.

August 01, 2005

"Mistress" named one of the "100 Best Songs of the South"

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has named "Mistress" one of the "100 Best Songs of the South." The eclectic list includes such classics as Ray Charles' "Georgia on My Mind," the Allman Brothers' "Ramblin' Man," and Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." The paper describes "Mistress," from Caroline's Wellspring album, as "A heart-wrenching song told from the perspective of a slave whose master — and lover — is dying."