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5-time Grammy-winner Mary Chapin Carpenter takes the stage in Scottsdale

Posted 4/27/23

Mary Chapin Carpenter, known for her impact on women’s songwriting and her fusion of pop, folk and country, will perform at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on June 13.

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Concert

5-time Grammy-winner Mary Chapin Carpenter takes the stage in Scottsdale

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Mary Chapin Carpenter, known for her impact on women’s songwriting and her fusion of pop, folk and country, will perform at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on June 13.

As one of only 15 female members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Carpenter weaves together emotionally-transparent, introspective storytelling in her songs, according to a press release.

“It’s a blessing to have such wise storytellers and poets like Mary Chapin Carpenter in this world,” Abbey Messmer, programming director at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, said in the release.

Carpenter’s music often draws from her life experiences and her own encounters with change, emotion and personal growth. In speaking about “The Dirt And The Stars” — her 2020 album produced by Ethan Johns (Ray LaMontagne, Paul McCartney, Kings of Leon) and recorded entirely live at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in Bath, England — Carpenter reflected this notion by quoting the writer Margaret Renkl.

“‘We are all in the process of becoming.’ That doesn’t stop at a certain age,” Carpenter said. “To be always a student of art and music and life, as she says, to me that is what makes life worth living. The songs are very personal and they’re difficult in some ways, and definitely come from places of pain and self-illumination, but also places of joy, discovery and the rewards of self-knowledge. They arrived from looking outward as much as inward, speaking to life changes, growing older, politics, compassion, #MeToo, heartbreak, empathy, the power of memory, time and place. There are many themes, but they all come back to that initial truth that we are all constantly ‘becoming’ through art and expression.”

Her approach to storytelling and composition is portrayed in many of her hits, including “I Feel Lucky” and “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her,” which have led Carpenter to secure five Grammy Awards (with 16 nominations), two Country Music Association Awards and two Academy of Country Music Awards.

Other hit songs include “Passionate Kisses,” “Down at the Twist and Shout,” “I Take My Chances” and “Shut Up and Kiss Me.” Over the course of her career, she has sold more than 16 million records, according to the release.

In 2020, she recorded two albums, “The Dirt And The Stars” and “One Night Lonely,” recorded live without an audience at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap in Virginia during the COVID-19 shutdown. The latter was nominated for the 2022 Grammy for Best Folk Album.

Event details

The performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. on June 13 in the Virginia G. Piper Theater at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. 2nd Street in Scottsdale.

Tickets are $60 to $85. Visit ScottsdalePerformingArts.org/events or call the Scottsdale Arts Box Office at 480-499-8587 for more information.