mary chapin carpenter

She was honored for her songwriting.

She's a legend!

On June 13, 1989, Mary Chapin Carpenter released her second album, 'State of the Heart'.

On June 13, 1989, country music's mainstream audience met Mary Chapin Carpenter.

The two celebrated singer-songwriters are headed to a city near you later this year.

The award-winning singer-songwriter will hit the road again this summer.

The New Jersey native dominated the genre charts in the late 1980s and into the '90s, thanks to a streak of records that featured insightful reflections on love, politics and the human condition.

Mary Chapin Carpenter will have a busy -- and diverse -- fall. The songstress will embark on both an orchestral and an acoustic tour, crossing the country for a series of shows that will run through November.

Mary Chapin Carpenter was one of the hottest female artists in country music back in the early 90's with 12 top ten hits and 5 Grammy Awards. She curtailed her recording career somewhat to concentrate on writing songs for other people for the remainder of the decade and the early 2000's.  Now she is back with a  CD called "Ashes and Roses" with a release date set for June 12. According t

Today, back in 1958, Mary Chapin Carpenter was born in Princeton, New Jersey. Some interesting things about Mary is that her father was an executive at Life magazine and she lived in Japan for a few years as a child. Her country music career flourished in the 90s with hits like, "Down at the Twist and Shout," "I Feel Lucky" and "Shut Up and Kiss Me".