Carrie Newcomer

Newcomer is known for interweaving her music with her contemplative Quaker faith. She has shared the stage with artists like Alison Krauss, and has collaborated with influential authors, scientists, and theologians like Parker J. Palmer, Jill Bolte Taylor, Philip Gulley, Scott Russell Sanders, Sandy Sasso, and Barbara Kingsolver.

Carrie Newcomer weaves her life and her art together, with music, community activism, and personal concerns all playing a role. She's one of those people who exudes a spirituality that's all her own, and she has to be seen in concert to be truly appreciated. Says novelist Barbara Kingsolver: "She's a poet, storyteller, snake-charmer, good neighbor, friend and lover, minister of the wide-eyed gospel of hope and grace."