Most times it is solo performance. When I’m lucky, I team up with a number of great players coast to coast and internationally. Ike Stubblefield(Atlanta, B3 master), DOGHOUSE (a powerfusionbluesfunkjazzrock trio in Atlanta); Donna Hopkins and Diane Durrett, Trina meade and Tomi martin known as THREE5HUMAN (Southeast and TX performances as WOMEN OF ROCK IN THE ROUND); Edo Castro (Bay Area Bassist, grammy nominated!); Joel Tepp (Seattlite, slide elec/harmonica/clarinet, massive bio); Ben Bouman, Dutch master harmonica builder for the SEYDELL 1847 German harmonica company, and member of the Marbletones, a very fine Dutch blues band; 06 Kerrivlle band: Freebo (West coast, former bassist for Bonnie Raitt, singer songwriter in his own right) and Kenny Edwards (Westcoast, founder/singer/songwriter/guitarist for Stone Ponies, Bryndle) ; Moses Mo (Mother’s Finest/Ride the Wood/Ronda Would guitarist/singer/cowriter); 05 Kerrville band: Jack Wlliams (guitar), RB Blackstone and Bill Ward (both keys), John William Davis (guitar), Freebo(bass) and Jack Harris (guitar, 06 Kerrville contest winner UK); Bill Flemming (pedal steel/guitar) and Stephanie Corby (Vocals);Dave Sutherland (UK guitar/singer/songwriter); Geoff Achison (Austrailian guitarist/singer/songwriter). In years past, Jaimoe (Allman Bros drummer) Bill Pound, Jerry Sorn, Liz Melendez, and so many wonderful musicians who lent me their great interpretations on their masterfully played instruments. I have learned by doing, with people who "do" very well :)
If I’ve left anyone out, please send me a love note and forgive me!
Listen to "Haul off and Kiss Me" from the Mendicino Music Festival
"Day by Day" also from Mendicino. ..>
Influences
Emma Lee Ramsey - member of the GA Sea Island Singers, who raised me, and who loved me when no one was looking. Thank goodness for Alan Lomax, who came through the Southern coast, and recorded her in the 1960's, and bringing her salt-of-the-earth voice to the fore, and saving it for generations to come.
Bonnie Raitt, for her good works for so many worthwhile causes, for being a kind and thoughtful friend, and of course, for the great music she creates.
My mom, who I stood next to in choir, and tried to mimmick her incredibly clear and right-on high soprano during the Hallelujah Chorus... and her slow, sultry "the Look Of Love", and "The Lady Is A Tramp" and "My Funny Valentine", "Pussy Willow, Cattails"...she could croon, she could belt, she could sing. Miss her dry wit and discerning advice.
My older brother Harry, for teaching me the first chords on the guitar, and for writing great songs for many years.
The Indigo Girls, for teaching me consistancy in performance, and strength of conviction.
My inspiration is the muse, and I am drawn to people who hear the muse, and who invite it in for a spell. life. reality. honesty. the beach. the mountains. the road.
Sounds Like
the penniless bloke who wins the lottery; the hitchiker who gets a ride; The muse who comes to visit and decides to rent a room, build a house, plant a garden.
...sounds like home. Come on in, sit a spell, take your shoes off, y'all come back now, ya'hear? You want some sweet tea? How's yer mama'n'em?
Listen to "There for Me Guitar" at the 20th Anniversary of the Mendicino Music Festival.
1. 40,000 Headmen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MErjjBeKPZM
2. Are we There yet Mama - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PfPioluK5A
3. Die Happy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U3Cq9_CFvk
4. I will not Go Quietly - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCw6X_96tF4
5. Inside Out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4B6CtHzonE
6. Love Ain't Going Nowhere - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fypeI7whkNY
THREE5HUMAN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Kz18Z0QAI
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"Caroline Aiken, sighted as one of the cornerstones of the Atlanta acoustic movement, has long been at the forefront of modern folk and acoustic expression, and her soothing, fine wood-grain voice purrs with a youthful innocence one minute, then growls like a wise old blue singer the next, marking each song with her trademark, time-honed stamp of quality..." Georgia Music Magazine
Atlanta Magazine calls Caroline BEST ACOUSTIC ARTIST and includes her full page picture next to CURTIS MAYFIELD, GLADYS KNIGHT, THE BLACK CROWS, THE INDIGO GIRLS, INDIARIE, and many more.
Blue Suede News says; Caroline tears her 12 string a whole new consciousness.
Nominated for a 2006 GRAMMY for BEST CONTEMPORARY FOLK CD,
Performing Songwriter Magazine calls Caroline "THE REAL DEAL" - NOV 05. and picked CA as a top 12 "Do It Yourself" SPOTLIGHT for ARE WE THERE YET MAMA? and picked both independently released "Live Bait," (1995) and "Butler Field," (1997), as well as one of the top 12 DO IT YOURSELF independent CDs!
Caroline expresses her musical talents far and wide, having 35+ YEARS of musical roots planted in every corner and throughout the USA, and an ever-increasing core of fans IN UK, AND EUROPE. She has recorded with and shared stages with THE INDIGO GIRLS AND BONNIE RAITT and has been a guest performer at major venues with them such as San Antonio's MAJESTIC THEATHER, Denvers RED ROCKS, and Berkeleys GREEK THEATHER. Mainstage performances at the KERRVILLE TX's Music Festival (since 95); Seattles BUMBERSHOOT (since 96); FOLK LIFE Festival (since 76!); NY's FALCON RIDGE; Northern California's HIGH SIERRA Music Festival, and many more venues, both nationally and internationally. Radio stations across the country, (WUMB Boston, WUSB Stony Brook, KVMR Grass Valley, KPFA Berkeley, KPFT LA, just to name a few), are playing selections from her latest CD, Are We There Yet, Mama? and from her previous 6 CDS. The CD's are available on CD Baby.
CA embodies the meaning of an independent musician, acting as manager, booking agent, publicist and travel agent, wearing all the hats required to create and make the show happen, in addition to production and mastering, manufacturering, and distribution. She performs solo or with band (often a magical one time gathering of friends, enjoying the moment to play together, (many are recorded_ask for a copy) at festivals, theaters, music series, house concerts, live radio and features in national and international press. Caroline is a featured performer for Spotlight on Songwriters, aired in USA and Europe; Acoustic Cafe radio show, heard on 60+ commercial radio stations in the US as well as 800 Voice of America Stations around the world. An hour-long Caroline Aiken Special aired statewide on Ga. Public Broadcasting in 2004.
Pictured together on the front page of Piedmont Review Atlanta magazine with JENNIFER NETTLES (SUGARLAND) as local influential artists.
She owns Glutton For Publishment record label, and has produced 6 independent Caroline Aiken CDs, as well as a 2001 CD ROM for the Atlanta Dogwood Festival of which she was the Entertainment Director from 1992-1994 and 1996-2005, bringing the festival from 1 stage and a few hunderd music patrons (1993) to 8 stages, and 300,000 patrons over three days (2005).
Dave Mason, Cindy Wilson of B52s, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Chuck Leavel, MArtha Reeves, Mother's Finest, Shawn Mullins, Sugarland, GA Satellites, Kevn Kinney, Randall Bramblett, list on request. 12 years
Carolines honors include performances opening for Mothers Finest and the B52s at the GA Music Hall of Fame as well as her own shows at the hall (2004-06), her very own display box in the Atlanta Hard Rock Cafe (2003). Invited to perform at the Troubadour in LA with Martin Sexton by the National Songwriters Association in 1998. The Coca Cola Awards nominated her as the Best Acoustic Guitar player/vocalist in Atlanta (1993-4). Also she is now endorsed by Martin Guitars and Strings.
Starting on the coast of Georgia with musical influences from Emma Lee Ramsey of the Georgia Sea Island Singers, in 1969, she found herself in NY playing in her first rock band Father Time (whose bass player and founding member, Rich L'Hommedieu, is now the founding director of the Long Island Music Hall Of Fame), then touring in California during the early 70's, followed by performing in South America from 73 -74, to the streets and venues of Seattle in the mid 70's, heading back east to Greenwich Village in the early 80's and finally full circle, back in Atlanta. Since 1986 her base has been Atlanta where she is has received numerous accolades. She opened shows for Bonnie in 1985, and Bonnie performed on Carolines first recording in 1988, Line Of Vision. In 2002 and 2003 Bonnie Raitt introduced Caroline to the Austin and San Antonio scene.
Caroline heard the Indigo Girls in 1980 in an alley behind Good Old Days in Atlanta practicing a CSNY song. When she put a third part harmony on it - they became friends. CA invited them on to her stage when they were 16-17 years old and sang on the Indigo Girls first recording (song-FINLANDIA) and toured with them nationally in 1992 1994 and 1997. In 95, she played four separate roles in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, starring the Indigo Girls.
Caroline is also a talented and gifted teacher and has taught her courses Zen And The Art Of Performance; Songwriting In Your Sleep and Guerilla Guitar Works at many venues, colleges, music stores, festivals, and one on one. She has taught at Summer Songs / CA. Swannanoa Gathering / N.C., South Florida Folk Festival, Lambs Songwriters Retreat / Michigan. Caroline taught in May 2006 at the Schorndorf Guitar Festival.. invited to teach and perform at this prestigious event. The results were so positive that her class for the Shorndorfer Gitarrentaga for MAY 2007 is totally booked and she is offering on line classes for those signed up. Caroline offers private music and performance lessons, counsels on musical direction, tour issues, and contract negotiations, and has the performer/singer/songwriters' interests at heart, steering them to the point of realizing their dreams of great experiences on the stage.
carolineaiken@hotmail.com for more info.
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Here is Caroline performing "Love Ain't Going Nowhere" at the Medicino Music Festival in California!
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Ciao Caroline ,Thank you for the add and the friendship. you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot,and stupendous voice. you are fantastic ..really. talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music. all the best.. from italy neal
Thanks so much for the oh-so-sweet showcase at Sweetness and Light. A Kerrville without Caroline would have been like a day without sunshine. Love ya bunches. Janet
Are we there yet, Mama? You bet...you brought us all to a place of "Joy and Joyness" LA Acoustic Music Festival and the after party was a true peak experience.
my keyboard is still zinging from your fingers at the first Atlanta Rock Goddess Festival! got to cover Tret's back at a recent house concert. hope life is rich for you my friend.
Hi, just wanted to let you know we are excited that our songs are now on I-Tunes, Rhapsody,E-Music, Amazon, and Napster for .99 cent downloads. Much love to you, and thanks for listening and hanging with us on myspace! anne-marie and green bracelet
Project Pat, DJ Crumbz, & Finding Jimmy Hoffa - Wednesdays just got better than the weekend!! Join us at The Hard Rock on Beale Street!! Doors at 9pm/ 18 & up/ $5 to enter
Thank You for playing our Festival! We could not have done all of this without you! Looking forward and let's all make this one event that Loganville will NEVER forget! Help us promote! Let's pack out Atmosphere! much love, HOMEFEST
Just wanted to say what a wonderful time we had last Sunday night at Eddie's. Your performance moved me as always, but I also really enjoyed talking with you in depth. We've already got our table reserved @ Eddie's for May 14, and especially after your glowing comments about Jill Knight, I can't wait to check her out as well. Take care and see you soon- Mara
