The Tune Project Podcast7 Marras 2024

The Intersection of Folk Music, History, & Politics w/ Carolyn Kendrick

Carolyn is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, fiddler, guitarist, and producer. After many happy years on the road as a side musician, she has blossomed as a solo artist since issuing her debut EP Tear Things Apart in 2020. Heralded as “hauntingly lovely” (Paste Magazine), you won’t want to miss a Carolyn Kendrick live performance.

After graduating from Berklee College of Music, Carolyn criss-crossed the country with her former duo project The Page Turners. She has shared the stage with beloved artists such as Darol Anger, Bruce Molsky, Aoife O’Donovan, Kaia Kater, Hannah Read, Margo Price, The Clements Brothers, and Jacksonport. She has played festivals such as Newport Folk Festival, Greyfox Bluegrass Festival, Savannah Music Festival, and won awards such as the Freshgrass ‘Best Duo’ Award, The Fletcher Bright Award, and was the Fall 2023 Composer In Residence at the University of the Pacific.

In addition to her songwriting career, Carolyn is active in the Bluegrass and Old-Time fiddle scene and has produced and written music for the award-winning podcasts You’re Wrong About and You Are Good.

Her forthcoming album, Each Machine, is a collection of traditional and original political folk songs inspired by her time researching The Satanic Panic for the history podcast You’re Wrong About. These songs are modern, electric re-imaginings of hymns, murder ballads, pagan chanting, and even songs of devil-worship. The full album, both physical + digital copies, as well as an accompanying zine of behind-the scenes photography and essays, will be released December 6, 2024 on High Occulture Records.

https://www.carolynkendrick.com

Songs featured in the episode, in order of appearance:

“Devil’s Nine Questions”

"Leela"

"Perfect World"

Some of the topics we cover during our conversation today are:

- How history repeats itself and what we can learn from it from both a musical and humanity standpoint

- How songwriting and traditional instrumental music can and should coexist

- The intersection of folk music, religion, and politics

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