Carsie Blanton
Born Carson
Amanda Bradley Blanton, Carsie spent her childhood in the small town of
Luray, Virginia, running amok. After careening around the country (finding
temporary homes in Eugene and San Francisco) Carsie landed in
Philadelphia, where she now resides.
A devotee of folk music from the womb, Carsie later acquired a taste for
Jazz, R&B, Motown, and blues, and cobbled them together elegantly to
create her own brand of musical shenanigans, which she released in the
form of her first album, "Hush", at the tender age of sixteen. In 2005,
Carsie released "Ain't So Green", her first studio album, which she now
tours the east coast toting boxes of.
Since her move to Philadelphia in fall of 2006, Carsie has shared the
stage with nationally and regionally hailed acts including Amos Lee,
Jeffrey Gaines, Leon Redbone and Joan Armatrading, and has played at the
Tin Angel in Philadelphia, Club Passim in Cambridge, the Birchmere in
Alexandria, and live on WXPN radio.
Besides music, Carsie delights in teacups, the poetry of e. e. cummings,
four-leaf-clovers, swing dancing, and playing with dogs.

