MARY
CHAPIN CARPENTER DEBUTS “HOME IS A SONG” FEATURING ANAÏS MITCHELL
HIGHLY
ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM PERSONAL HISTORY OUT JUNE 6
May
14, 2025—5x Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and performer Mary Chapin
Carpenter’s new track, “Home Is A Song” (tagged singer/songwriter) featuring
Anaïs Mitchell, is out. Listen/share HERE. (preferred music
platform).
Watch
Lyric Video YouTube below:
The
song is the latest unveiled from Carpenter’s highly anticipated new album, Personal
History, which will be released June 6 (pre-order). Ahead of the
release, Carpenter recently shared “Bitter
Ender,”
of which Music Row praises, “Acoustic strumming, harmonica and spare
percussion set the mood for her smoky alto delivery…Marvellously listenable.”
Carpenter’s
17th album, Personal History was produced by Bonny Light Horseman’s Josh
Kaufman (Bob Weir, The National) and recorded live at Peter Gabriel’s Real
World Studios in Bath. Across the eleven tracks, Carpenter presents a set of
songs more autobiographical than any collection that has come before.
Carpenter
shares, “A novel that I’ve loved for years is My Name is Lucy Barton,
written by Elizabeth Strout. There’s this moment where the main character is
taking a creative writing course, and her teacher says to her, ‘You will only
have one story. You will write your one story in many ways.’ I remember reading
that line and taking an audible breath. In that moment, I said out loud to no
one, ‘Oh, that’s what the songs are.’”
One of music’s “most reliable and empathetic songwriters” (Pitchfork), Carpenter has sold over 17 million records over the course of her renowned career. With hits like “Down At The Twist And Shout” and “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her,” she has won five Grammy Awards (with 18 nominations), two CMA Awards, two ACM Awards, is one of only twenty-two female members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and is a recipient of the 2023 ACM Honors Poet’s Award.
photo
credit: Aaron Farrington
Carpenter’s
last solo recording, 2021’s One Night Lonely (Live), was nominated
for Best Folk Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards—exactly 30 years after her
very first nomination. A rare solo performance, the album was recorded at
Virginia’s legendary Wolf Trap and features songs from across her acclaimed
career, including from her last solo studio album, The Dirt And The
Stars.
Most
recently, Carpenter released Looking For The Thread, a collaborative
album with legendary Scottish folk stars and songwriters Karine Polwart and
Julie Fowlis. Released to widespread praise, Folk Alley describes it as,
“a set of warm, introspective, and stunningly gorgeous songs…It’s beauty and
warmth touch our souls deeply, and each song is a many faceted gem of love and
hope,” while Music Row calls the project “enchanting” and The Arts
Desk declares, “It’s only January but this is an album of the year…a class
act, heartfelt and beautifully crafted.”
In
addition to her work as a musician, last fall Carpenter unveiled her new
podcast, “Hope is a Muscle,” which finds her in conversation with people from
all walks of life including Joan Baez, Adriene Mishler, John Darnielle and
U.S. Congressman Jamie Raskin. During its run, the podcast was in
the top five music podcasts on both Apple and Spotify Platforms. Previously, in
2020, Carpenter released the three-part audio liner notes podcast, “One Story,”
with American poet, Sarah Kay.
On
the heels of the album’s release, Carpenter will join forces with fellow Grammy
Award-winning artist and songwriter, Brandy Clark, for a special tour
this summer and autumn in the US. Additional summer performances include a
return to the legendary Newport Folk Festival on July 27 and a stop at
Louisville’s Bourbon & Beyond Festival on September 12.
PERSONAL
HISTORY
TRACK LISTING
1.
What Did You Miss
2.
Paint + Turpentine
3.
New Religion
4.
Girl And Her Dog
5.
The Saving Things
6. Hello
My Name Is
7.
Bitter Ender
8.
The Night We Never Met
9.
Home Is A Song (feat. Anäis Mitchell)
10.
Say It Anyway
11.
Coda
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