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Caroline Doctorow

About Me

New Record ANOTHER COUNTRY Produced by Pete Kennedy
*6 ROOTS MUSIC REPORT/FOLK CHART 2/13
*29 TOP ALBUM Folk Radio,1/09
*25 TOP SONG/Folk Radio 1/09
*KAXE/BEST NEW MUSIC/CURRENTS 2/09
*2 FAR CHART/KTRU, 1/09
*4 FAR CHART/KTRU, 12/08
*15 TOP SONG, FESTIVAL RADIO, 12/08
*18 Top Album/WVIA 3/16
*27 NEW YORK ROOTS CHART 3/23
*28 Top Album Folk DJ 3/09
*30 Top Artist FolkDJ 3/09
*Top Tracks on XM15 The Village ( March 31- April 6, '09)
*TOP TRACKS XM 15 The Village/ April 17th-23rd, The Quiet Joys...
*TOP TRACKS XM 15 The Village/April 28th-May 4th, Reno Nevada *TOP ALBUM Folk RADIO, 39/ APRIL 2009
Many thanks to these fine radio stations for their continued support!
For several years now the live music and indie recording scenes in the New York area have blossomed. One artist who has helped define both scenes is folk singer and songwriter Caroline Doctorow. Through seven albums that seamlessly mix originals and covers, Doctorow has become a favorite of folk and college DJ's across the country. Her voice has been called “wondrous", "velveteen", and "one of those pure clear voices that is captivating no matter what she sings”.
Caroline cites her main influence to be the folk singers and songwriters of the 1960's. Her newest release “Another Country” was produced by Pete Kennedy and is a retrospective of the songs of folk icons Richard and Mimi Farina. This record boasts several stellar musical guests including Nanci Griffith, John Sebastian, The Kennedys, Eric Weissberg, and Happy Traum.
Over the years Doctorow's back up bands have been comprised of many acoustic music luminaries such as Cindy Cashdollar, Eric Weissberg, Barbara Lamb, and Barry Mitterhoff to name several. Her version of Bob Dylans “One Too Many Mornings” reached number 13 on the folk charts in 2006 and was also released on "Bob Dylan Uncovered" ( Paradiddle Records) She also covered Dylan's ”I Want You” on the critically acclaimed album “Carmel Valley Ride” (produced by Frank Carillo) which became a hit on college radio in 2003. The record received several honors including "Best Recording of 2003" Iowa City Press Citizen, and " Number 15 "Best Recordings of 2003 " MSNBC/Altercation. In 2006 she was nominated by WIVK Knoxville for a HEMI award in the "Future Female Artist" category. She appears on the forthcoming Nanci Griffith tribute album “Trouble in the Fields”. Her singing can be heard on the PBS series “Freedom A History of Us” narrated by Katie Couric, as well as on several film soundtracks and several indie releases. She tours regionally with her folk band.

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Member Since: 9/11/2007
Band Website: carolinedoctorow.com
Band Members: Here's the current band: ...Andrew Carillo: guitar, dobro and mandolin, Mick Hargreaves bass, harmony and duet vocals, Gary Olayer, fiddle, and Robin Gould: percussion Also sitting in sometimes ...Barbara Lamb:fiddle, Gene Casey guitar and vocals, and Joe Selly: guitar.Past band members include: Cindy Cashdollar:dobro and pedel steel, Eric Weissberg: banjo and fiddle, Danny Weiss: guitar, Larry Cohen: bass
Influences:
1960's folk artists, Bob Dylan, Donovan, Richard and Mimi Farina, Mary McCaslin, Jim Ringer, Nanci Griffith, Glen Campbell, John Hartford and John Prine



Sounds Like: 1960's Folk/rock
Record Label: Narrow Lane Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Mike Regenstreif of CKUT/Montreal, Reviews Another Country

Caroline Doctorow / Another Country   The Songs of Mimi and Richard FarinaMimi and Richard Fariña had a very brief career in the mid-1960s, releasing two fine albums  Celebrations for a Grey Day and ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 10:50:00 GMT

Sing Out Review

CAROLINE DOCTOROWAnother Country:The Songs of Mimi and Richard Fariña /Narrow Lane The truly astonishing thing is that nobody has done a full album of RichardFariñas songs until now. On Another Co...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:06:00 GMT

Beast of Burden

Beast of BurdenI was once traveling across the country with two musician friends, from Washington State to New York. It was 1979 and I had been playing in The Barking Dog Bluegrass Band and living in ...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:15:00 GMT

Reflections in A Crystal Wind

Reflections In A Crystal WindEast End native Caroline Doctorow has made many excellent folk and singer-songwriter albums through the years. Her latest, Another Country: The Songs of Mimi and Richard F...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:05:00 GMT

"Someday Never Comes"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeWoK2xIvtE From a recent performance at The Living Room in NYC. with: Andrew Carillo, Mick Hargreaves and Gary Olayer.
Posted by on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:19:00 GMT

Gentle On My Mind

In my never ending quest to try and write good songs, I have made the following observation. And that is, that a good song seems to distill down a particular emotion to such a narrow and specifi...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:35:00 GMT

Subterranean Finds

Digging below the surface to discover some exceptional new soundsBy Lee ZimmermanPublished on December 10, 2008 at 9:51amNew TimesCaroline Doctorow/Another CountryCaroline Doctorow's penchant for craf...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:01:00 GMT

Prairie in the Sky

Seeing Mary McCaslin Folk singer and songwriter Mary McCaslin is a pioneer in many ways. She sites her main vocal influence to have been Hedy West. And in Mary's early recordings for Philo relea...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:51:00 GMT

"Expecting Rain"

"Expecting Rain" the Bob Dylan web site posted an article about our new record Another Country called "Finding and Reviving a lost voice of the 60's" and a fan video of "I Want You" yesterday, October...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:10:00 GMT

New Recording

I have a new record out that I hope you might like..."ANOTHER COUNTRY" Produced by Pete Kennedy"Another Country" is a retrospective of the extraordinary songs of 1960's folk icons Mimi and Richard F...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:24:00 GMT