Carsie Blanton

Carsie Blanton is an American singer and songwriter currently based in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a well-known singer and songwriter who performs on guitar.

She had a passion for music since she was a teenager. She began taking piano lessons at the age of six and began playing the guitar and writing songs at the age of thirteen.

She is often regarded as one of the industry’s greatest singers and songwriters. Many people have also mentioned that she began her career at a young age and is now a popular singer. Her music and songs are also available on her YouTube channel.

Early years

Carsie Blanton grew up in Luray, Virginia, on a former cattle farm. Her parents were hippies, and she was homeschooled. She started taking piano lessons at the age of six, and at the age of thirteen, she began playing guitar and writing songs.

Blanton moved to Eugene, Oregon, in 2002, at the age of 16, to live in a group house with other artists and musicians.

She sang backup vocals for a touring funk band in Eugene, learned to swing dance, and formed her first band, The Short Skirts.

profession

Hush was Blanton’s first album, which she recorded and self-released in 2002. In 2005, she released her first studio album, Ain’t So Green, which was recorded by Steve Van Dam of All.

Blanton moved from Eugene to Philadelphia in 2006 to focus solely on her music career. She started working with Bill Eib (Amos Lee, Mutlu Onaral) as her producer, and by 2007, she was performing over 100 live shows a year.

Blanton co-founded Quidplayer, an embeddable “pay what you want” MP3 player and shop, with Jon Darvill in 2008.

Blanton opened for The Weepies and Shawn Colvin in a live performance on NPR’s nationally syndicated program Mountain Stage in 2010.

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