Carsie Blanton: Praise

"This smart, sly singer/songwriter really jumped out of the talent crowd at the Philly Folk Festival last summer. Great voice, terrific tunes. Lend her your ears!"

Choice Awards 2007: Most Charming Song-and-Dance Woman

"Carsie Blanton didn't make her CD, Ain't So Green, in our town and she didn't learn to swing here, but since leaving Oregon last year, she's taught blues dancing in West Philly and wooed coffee shop habitués and folk festival audiences with her quick wit and wordy, jazzy love songs. On her feet or perched on a stool while playing her guitar, she's a class act."

"Carsie has an amazing voice, a brilliant mind and a way cool intuitive musical sense."

"Blanton's come on gangbusters since swinging skidding into the Philly scene just last fall, scoring dates at the regular singer-songwriter haunts like the Tin Angel (next date: July 25), and MilkBoy Coffee (August 4). She also landed a much-envied appearance at this year's Philadelphia Folk Festival."

"Blanton most certainly will knock your socks off with her charming stage presence and her heartbreaking and humorous (sometimes at the same time) lyric-driven songs."
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“The gamine 21-year-old possesses a genuine sweetness that easily engages. Whether she’s breezily recounting her childhood days roaming the rural Virginia town of Luray with the dogs, signing off her e-mail blasts with whimsical phrases such as “tidings of joy and twitterpation” or swooning over the appeal of men who can swing dance in song, she conveys a natural effervescence that speaks to an openhearted approach to life.”

"In all truth, she blew me away. One of the best singer/songwriters in the business."

At the Appel Farm Festival, I was interviewed by Ray Naylor, who hosts an internet radio program called Fiddles and Frets:
http://www.live365.com/stations/raynaylor

Fiddles & Frets Interviews can also be found on Podhoster: http://raynaylor.podhoster.com/

Check it out!

"What a breath of fresh air! [Carsie] stepped up to the mike in her flowered mary janes with a Virginia-peach colored rose in her curly brown hair. Neat and petite, her voice poured out sweet as blackberry wine. A bit old-fashioned, Carsie's innocence and vulnerability stands out in contrast to the fast-paced, jaded mentality of contemporary urban life... her phrasing and melodies were innovative and I found her style charming and irresistable. The tunes were catchy and the words well-crafted." [Click link for full review]

"Ain't So Green... is a tuneful, playful, and thoroughly listenable confection no matter what age or degree of cynicism you happen to find yourself at." [Click link for full review]

"Ain't So Green is a timeless album, inventive, fresh and magnificently written, both lyrically and musically." [Click link for full review]