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Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Label: Independent Self-Released
Website: www.carriewade.com
Sounds Like: Aimee Mann, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin
Genre: Singer Songwriter
With a picturesque sound that is distinctly American yet colored by the exotic, Carrie Wade is a recording artist who delivers her personal evocations with powerful subtlety and a sublime sense of emotion. Filmic textures harken back to the classic soundtracks of the 1960s, from which melancholy and simplicity of the time merge into the modern world of today where Wade’s songs move the audience in the sometimes violent, sometimes peaceful ebb and flow of living. Joy, sorrow, regret, love, hope, betrayal, and soft-driven heartache are immersed in lyrics where struggle and triumph break through to resilience, settling into a profound, sensual intensity only Wade can evoke.
“When I first had an opportunity to listen to Carrie Wade's debut album The Old Ways, I was immediately struck by the diversity of sounds that flow through Carrie's distinctive voice, a voice that expresses both joy and despair. Her music touches you and soars to inspired heights. Creative and innovative, Carrie is not afraid to show her soul in songs like Cuddling With Doom and It's Just Blood. The album The Old Ways will pull you into the extraordinary World of magical songs and compelling lyrics that Carrie Wade successfully paints as part of her musical canvas.”
Deb Andersen - Programmer for the Wimmins Show on KZUM 89.3 FM (www.kzum.org)
“Carrie Wade is a seriously great songwriter. There’s a whole lot of people writing songs these days, and it’s always evident which ones have the gift, the spark, and which don’t. Carrie Wade has that spark. ... she fuses a prodigious gift for tunefulness with poetic lyrics of unforeseen candor. ... Her lyrics strike that crucial balance between the colloquial and the poetic, and her soulful vocals are reminiscent both of the aching purity of Emmylou Harris and the wounded bravado of Chrissie Hynde."
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Paul Zollo, Editor and Sr. Editor of American Songwriter Mag, Nashville - www.bluerailroad.com/reviews
““Carrie Wade is an artist who has the gift of writing memorable hooks with lyrics that grab you and don’t let go. She’s had several hit songs on the KIAC Big 50, showing that her songs have reached a very high standard within the Indie world”
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Dave Walton and Scott Stambaugh – Founders, Independent Artists Company - iacmusic.com
““Carrie Wade is her own kind of musician, and definitely one who’s willing to tackle more than one genre. Her debut release “The Old Ways” is at once hauntingly atmospheric and sweetly melodic. Vocally she’s reminiscent of Martha Davis gone acoustic.””
Bryan Kelly, Owner - Groove House Records
““Wade evokes complex emotions and abstractions rarely heard from a recording artist of today. The Old Ways is one of the most inventive new records to be released by a singer-songwriter of the modern era.””
Greg Debonne, Music Supervisor - Television - The Music Manor
