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KIMBERLY M’CARVER 2019 KIMBERLY M’CARVER

“Here’s acoustic folk- country in singer- songwriter style showcasing the sweetest clearest voice since Emmylou first fried you” Folk Roots • PH 281-224-3052 [email protected] accolades & stuff

• HARD WALTZ (2013), co-produced with Scott Neubert, contains 11 originals from Kimberly, and in- cludes musicians Scott (, ), John Thomasson (), Jeff Taylor (, ), Eamon McLoughlin (GreenCards), Claire Lynch. The charted #23 on the Roots Music Report Texas Roots Airplay list, made the Top 50 Folk Nationally Roots Music Report list, charted on Radio Free Americana, and charted in the Top 20 on Freeform American Roots Chart (FAR). • CROSS THE DANGER LINE, Kimberly’s first co-produced, received great reviews and included musi- cians Aubrey Haynie (), Viktor Krauss (), as well as Claire Lynch & . • Her releases, BREATHE THE MOONLIGHT & INHERITED ROAD, drew ex- cellent reviews, national nominations & charted on Americana. Players included . • Houston Press Music Awards nominations for Songwriter of the Year, Best Acoustic/Folk (6 yrs in a row), & critic’s pick for Best Female Vocalist. • Jeannie Kendall () recorded her song Serious Doubt, w/Alison Moorer, which charted in the top 50 songs on Billboard. • Kimberly’s songs have also been featured on: Texas Home - Texas Monthly’s Guidebook to Texas cd; Texas Home - Texas Highways Magazine Under the Texas Sky cd; Texas Home - ’s Texas Song- writers cd (live); Silver-Wheeled Pony - Kerrville End of The Century cd; My Way Back Home to You - Introspective Journey, a cd of 15 female Rounder artists released by J. Jill; Alimentar Mi Alma - Rounder’s 30th anniver- sary cd The Singer-Songwriter Collection • TV appearances: Texas Music Cafe, Houston’s Weeknight Edition, & local documentaries. • Festivals/Venues include: Lincoln Center Outdoor Concert Series, Seattle’s Festival, Houston International Festival, Glasgow Scotland’s Big Country Festival, Kerrville Festivals, Birchmere, Bluebird Cafe, Swallow Hill, Mucky Duck, Iron Horse, Passim’s, The Ark, Anderson Fair, Gypsy Tea Room, Uncle Calvin’s, Opal Divine’s, Threadgills, Cactus Cafe, and many, many more! [email protected] • ph 281-224-3052 • www.kimberlymcarver.com • Texas KIMBERLY M’CARVER 2019 CROSS THE DANGER LINE “The Houstonite’s soprano could have been developed by NASA; light & delicate as gos- reviews samer, strong & flexible as tita- nium, a marvelously nuanced Anyone who’s ever experienced the country folk instrument that, for all its gen- of Houston singer-songwriter Kimberly M’- tleness and elegance, effortless- Carver knows that she believes in symbolism. ly dominates the proceedings. This isn’t just good separations For her, train whistles are synonymous with in the recording, she does it live loneliness, and a city like “Santa Fe” drowns as well. M’Carver could well with spirituality ... On the cover of her latest have achieved commercial suc- album, “Cross The Danger Line,” she has cess simply as a diva, but she’s stunning long hair the color of a red fox and also a remarkable songwriter, whose folk-country has a simi- green eyes. In person her stare is even more pene- lar dichotomy, combining trating ... one realizes how thin the line is be- poignant vulnerability with cool tween stardom and the search for it. A listen to self-assurance.” “Cross The Danger Line” makes one wonder Third Coast Music why some promoter hasn’t helped her cross it ... M’Carver’s may be an even purer voice than Austin TX Harris’, a voice with wider range and un- Combining a mix of Nanci Griffith country-folk cannily perfect pitch and tone ... M’Carver modernism and blue-collar has a Hall of Fame voice, one of those rare strength, M’Carver has forged a collection of vocal instruments most artists would kill to songs and performances that most country artists have ... Not only is M’Carver’s voice in excellent Texas” or “The Sounds of Texas” or whatever would love to call their own Houston Chron- form on her first release in seven years, Cross The their latest fraudulent false-advertising buzz- icle

• PH 281-224-3052 [email protected] Danger Line, her songwriting just keeps reaching phrase is. Or else it proves that the County M’Carver is another of Houston’s buried new heights. The fact that her “Death and Health Examiner needs to offer free hearing aids treasures ... If at some date in the future some Texas” isn’t being heard across the radio dial in to the obviously impaired radio programmers in industrious independent filmmaker decides to do town. Come on, people, listen up. We’ve got a the story, don’t be surprised if Houston is another sign that the district attorney winner here right in our midst and her name isn’t Kimberly M’Carver stars as Ms. Harris... Only needs to investigate some of these local program- mers who keep claiming they play “The Songs of Shania or Martina or Faith! Rockzillaworld

Willie ever did, but there’s a literary quality to “M’Carver is such a sweet, heart- M’Carver’s work that elevates it above the pork grabbing singer, Cross The Danger rinds and pickup trucks. Line is simply one of the finest Traverse City Record-Eagle Americana of 2001.” ... a sitting-on-the-beach-house-porch-in-a- Boston Herald breezy-sunset ambience ... M’Carver’s voice ! covers the same full-throated range that Emmy- M’Carver’s voice is as sweet and magical as lou Harris’s does, but has a sweeter, more “dul- your first kiss. Her music delicately lingers in the air with a comforting and intimate familiarity. A cet” tone, and here she applies it lovingly ... She tender rustic artist with a classic style. shows clearly with Danger Line that she no longer needs label help in putting out first-rate Songwriter’s Monthly stuff. Houston Press ... with a clear passionate voice often compared to Emmylou Harris and knack for punchy sellf- Think the clear voice of ... mocking lyrics that recalls the best of Loretta and the big-eye flowing-hair mystique of Stevie Lynn, she still has the soulful looks and acoustic Nicks, ... and you have the aura of Houston matrix of the classic folk performer... Take the singer-songwriter M’Carver ...the former lyrics to Fix’n Paint, a song built around the Rounder artist releases three covers and seven image of a battered barroom chair, that came to originals that oscillate nicely between a pristine M’Carver in a dream. It’s a bleak tune that bluegrass and an edgy Texas sound. Country

speaks about morning-after disillusionment ... Standard Time it’s as world weary as anything Waylon or When it comes to country-folk few can com- pete with M’Carver ... when one listens to the

[email protected] • ph 281-224-3052 • www.kimberlymcarver.com • Texas KIMBERLY M’CARVER 2019

“Waterford crystal? As both singer and songwriter, M’Carv- er’s silky combination of delicacy and strength rather in- spires flowery metaphor ... she somehow creates a still, serene space round her gentle, elegant vocals and the fragile poetry of her songs, floating effortlessly clear of her in- strumental accompaniment, and this is true in live perfor- mances as well as on record.” Music City News Austin TX

woman - and Inherited Road shows an artist The pairing of Philo and M’Carver pro- who knows where she’s from, who has a strong duced the Breathe the Moonlight debut, which sense of where she’s going, and a willingness to drew a round of raves for the Emmylou-like go the distance to seek what will ultimately be a clarity of M’Carver’s pipes and the sympathetic voice that’s distincly hers. CD Review realism of her songs - qualities abundantly rep- A startling debut effort ... a refreshing, unpol- resented on M’Carver’s follow-up, Inherited luted collection of downhome, touching tales ... Road. M’Carver’s got one hell of a way with an album of solid songs. All of M’Carver’s words, and if a picture is worth a thousand of yarns sound like real stories about real people. ‘em, these tunes are closer to portraits than sto- first three songs, ... he or she knows that M’- The album’s poignant opener, Silver-Wheeled ries. Houston Press Carver has hit upon the right approach: ... su- Pony, guarantees to make even the most jaded of Superb debut album ... at once lilting and perb song choices topped by her expressive voice,

• PH 281-224-3052 [email protected] heart soften up inside. The Austin Chroni- saddening, Breathe the Moonlight is a radiant confident and comfortable ... She avoids the clich- cle collection that bears - even demands - repeated es of the genre ... Both Santa Fe and Sweetest It’s clear the evocative mood setting work of listening and rewards the same with hauntingly Surrender have the feeling of classics. All Mu- fellow Texans such as , nuanced performances ... Ft. Worth Star- sic Guide and rubbed off on her ... It’s Telegram clear she has Texas and its environs in her soul. expresses power and angst and weaves a story The songs here contain elements of the border line much as Harry Chapin once did. Burling- INHERITED ROAD & gumbo that is Texas music ... She’s more than ton County Times, Willingboro NJ able to allow listeners to feel the emotions in her Her presentation is so in-touch with the BREATHE THE MOONLIGHT songs without wallowing in bathos. M’Carver meaning of her songs, I’d wager that listeners writes about love, dreams and longing in precise, who do not understand the English language will reviews cool language and makes all those states palpable be able to feel the mood of each track nevertheless with her intimate soprano. Inherited Road gives ... Breathe the Moonlight is an impressive first M’Carver’s Inherited Road is so full of that you a slice of M’Carver’s Texas. Houston album in all respects. Dirty Linen Texas border country-folk flavor that one should Post M’Carver returns with a veritable tour de qualify for frequent flyer miles to that region after force of melody and magic. The Waiting was just a few listens ... This Cold Night and Blue “If there’s one thing Texas song- truly worthwhile. Welcome home. Brum Beat, Norther serve up that perfect blend of country- writers learn, it’s how to tell a Great Britain good story. On her second album, meets-bluegrass. Gavin Report Americana M’Carver proves she’s learned Chart that lesson well with a low-key set Texas produces rowdy honky-tonkers, of tunes that could easily be straight-up traditionalists, and spinners of tales. adapted into a trilogy of one-act M’Carver falls squarely into the arms of the plays ... M’Carver’s lyrics are si- latter, writing about moments so clearly that you multaneously conversational and poetic - an irresistible blend - and feel like you’ve been transported across time and her wounded soprano is the per- space ... M’Carver’s musical spirit soars on the fect instrument for spinning these wings of bluegrass-inflected folkabilly ... she yarns ... like any good artist, M’- breathes an intimacy that suggests , Carver aims for the heart, not the charts, and she consistently hits gives vocal interpretations worthy of vintage her mark.” Dolly Parton, and provides just a touch of the ! border romance that has set Tish Hinojosa apart New Country from the crowd. But M’Carver is her own TN

[email protected] • ph 281-224-3052 • www.kimberlymcarver.com • Texas