About Carsie Blanton
Carson Amanda "Carsie" Blanton is an American singer-songwriter based in New Jersey, who performs on guitar. Blanton has released eight studio albums and three EPs, all with a "pay what you please" pricing strategy. Blanton wrote "My true calling as an artist is to share…What I actually want to do is make beautiful music and then give it to everyone, regardless of what they give me back."
Fresh Air called Blanton "one of those hard-headed open-hearted protestors who can make revolution sound desirable to your body, even if your mind wants to resist it", in reference to her 2021 album, Love and Rage.
Carsie Blanton grew up on a former cattle farm in Luray, Virginia. She was a student of unschooling. She began taking piano lessons at age 6, and playing guitar and writing songs at age 13. In 2002, at age 16, Blanton went to live in a group house with other artists and musicians in Eugene, Oregon. In Eugene, she sang back-up vocals for a touring funk band and took up swing dancing.
In 2005, Blanton recorded and self-released her first studio album Ain't So Green, produced by Steve Van Dam of Everything. In 2006, Blanton relocated from Eugene to Philadelphia to pursue her music career full-time. She began working with manager Bill Eib , and by 2007 she was playing over 100 live shows a year.
Beginning in 2010, Blanton performed as a support act for The Wood Brothers on multiple tours in the United States, Germany, and The Netherlands. Oliver Wood produced Blanton's 2012 album Idiot Heart. In 2011, she toured with Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown, playing the role of Head Fate. That year Blanton also opened several shows on Paul Simon's So Beautiful or So What tour.
In 2012, Blanton relocated to New Orleans, where she lived until moving back to the Philadelphia area in 2020.
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