Singer/songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter is best-known as a country singer - and
she has the awards to prove it - although her songs straddle many styles. She
was born in Princeton, New Jersey on February 21, 1958 and was strongly
influenced by her parents' record collection. By the time her parents divorced
when she was 16 (inspiring her song “House of Cards”), she was already playing
guitar and singing. After a couple of years living in Japan, she moved to
Washington where her career took off in earnest when she was signed by Columbia
and released her first album Hometown Girl i...