Here's a combination I never expected to see. Country-folk star Mary Chapin Carpenter was been making stately, pretty music since 1987. In the '90s, she sold millions and won a bunch of Grammys. She ...

The voice seems unchanged: rich, deep, instantly recognisable, with a lovely touch of vibrato. She’s great at husky sotto voce – “Rhythm of the Blues” is a case in point – and her voice always sounds ...

Unliked Baez, Mary Chapin Carpenter doesn’t possess a conventionally great voice, but she certainly possesses a very beautiful one. The tone colour is warm and intimate; confessional even. She’s pitch ...