ArtistInfo

Caroline Herring

voc, *1969 US, Canton, Mississippi
Singer / Musician / Songwriter of World and Folk

Caroline Herring is an American folk and country singer, songwriter and musician. Born in Canton, Mississippi, Herring now lives in Decatur with her husband and two children. She started singing professionally when she was a graduate student at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. While there she co-founded Thacker Mountain Radio, a literary and musical hour broadcast from Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi, and still syndicated on Mississippi Public Radio. Herring began her solo career when she moved to Austin, Texas, in 1999. She has released six commercial albums, starting with her 2001 debut Twilight, which earned her 2001-2002 Best New Artist award at the SXSW Austin Music Awards. In 2012 Texas Music magazine named Twilight in its Top 50 Esse

Instruments

• Vocals
• Backing Vocals
• Acoustic guitar
• Guitar
• Banjo

Genres

• World
• Folk
• Children's Music
• Rock

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