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Austin, Texas based singer/songwriter at the top of her game right now following the release of her stunning new album 'The Jeopardy of Circumstance' described by Bob Harris as making the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end.

A troubadour in the most classic fashion, Carrie Elkin has ridden a Gypsy breeze of serendipity for the last ten years, landing for, a time in Cleveland, Athens, Taos, Steamboat Springs, Colorado Springs and Boston, finally coming to settle in Austin, TX in the summer of 2007. It's exactly this sort of openness to the people and places that pass through her life, and to the opportunities that might, emerge in every new and particular circumstance, that grew to become the central theme of her brilliant new album 'The Jeopardy of Circumstance'. The album features two other stalwarts of the Austin scene, her best friend Danny Schmidt and long-time friend and colleague Colin Brooks of The Band of Heathens. While already making quite a buzz around the Austin scene with her highly spirited and spontaneous performances, Elkin spends the majority of her time on the road still, touring nationally and in the UK and Europe.

"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, offstage her eyes retain an impish 24/7 twinkle. So twinkle, twinkle..." Arthur Wood, Folkwax

"Instantly likeable, clever and rewarding, it resounds with a sense of warm, earthy poetry" Maverick Magazine

"Very few people in this world can captivate an audience with just a voice and a guitar the way Carrie Elkin can." Matthew Toledo, Athens Music Network

"What a wonderful album this is. I'm thinking Patti Griffin, Nanci Griffith and Iris DeMent. It's spellbinding from the opening track to Gospel Song at the end. Questions About Angels made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end" Bob Harris BBC Radio

"This album is an absolute treasure trove of riches. And her voice is fantastically expressive, with an actor's facility for making the lyric come alive." John Davy, Whisperin' & Hollerin'