Carrie Elkin

With her Red House Records debut release, Call It My Garden, Carrie Elkin has emerged as one of the defining new voices in the world of Texas singer-songwriters, being celebrated by Texas Music Magazine as one of their artists of the year.  The voice, the stories, the images, the grace and infectious enthusiasm, it's a complete package.  But it's the power of her live performances that really have been creating an incredible buzz around this young artist.  Maverick Magazine said it best, after a recent festival performance: "I have never seen a performer so in love with the act of singing. That's the gospel truth. Onstage Elkin was simply a force of nature."TX MUSIC MAGAZINE:  Named one of Texas Music Magazine's artist's of the year "an earthy combination of strength and compassion . . . reminiscent of the winsome beauty created by a young Nanci Griffith” Austin Chronicle "Carrie is a fantastically warm singer...a master of conveying the message and emotions of her characters" Fish Records, UK "the sense of vivid connection to Carrie's experience and to her vision of the world epitomises why I listen to singer-songwriters like her" Flyin' Shoes, UK "I have never seen a performer so in love with the act of singing. That's the gospel truth, and from what I've subsequently learned I'm not the only one to believe or state that. Onstage Elkin was simply a force of nature….” Maverick Magazine