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Critic Consensus
Based on 8 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Carsie Blanton is rated as a watchable live performer, with decent shows overall. Carsie Blanton concert reviews describe live shows and performances as entrancing, ferocious, groovy, and playful.
Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States (7/22/1985) (7/22/1985)
Bio
Carsie Blanton (born Carson Amanda Blanton on 22 July 22 1985 in Bethesda, Maryland) is an American singer-songwriter based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The daughter of a psychologist/novelist and a programmer/songwriter, Blanton was raised on an ex-cattle farm in rural Virginia, soaking up the mountains and the music of John Prine and Joni Mitchell.
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Nippertown (USA)
May 2, 2023
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Carsie Blanton in concert is a wild ride for the audience. Carsie Blanton's lyrics and music deal with personal feelings of love, loss, hope, and political outrage.
Singer, Songwriter, Anti-Fascist Carsie Blanton served up her unique musical cocktails of activism and hedonism at The Linda on Friday night to an engaged, appreciative audience.
Carsie Blanton grew up in the Shenandoah Valley, and she came to The Birchmere many times as a teenager. Since becoming a professional musician, she’s played the venue several times in an opening slot, beginning with a performance with the late Leon Redbone.
So much happened in the 20 months (minus one day) between when Carsie Blanton and her band were supposed to headline World Cafe Live and when they finally took the stage—life and death, wins and losses, love and rage—but somehow they captured it all in their 19-song, 90-minute set
The soul swaying and soothing social justice number “Be Good” introduces Carsie Blanton's nineteen song set, followed by the defiant “Down in the Streets” written as an explanation to her mother about the 2020 protests.
Carsie Blanton's show at The Hamilton Live on was 18 months in the making. On Friday evening, she finally made it to the venue, and had a whole new album of songs, Love & Rage, to share with the audience.
The new record, her sixth, made up the bulk of today’s setlist, with the groovy “Hot Night” giving way to the playful “So Ferocious” and Blanton’s quirky yet controlled voice sitting in the center amid dulcet tones.
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