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 About
Carey
When
David
Crosby (CSNY)
first heard Wammie™ Award winner Carey Colvin, he said,
“Definitely give up your day job!” Carey’s warm,
expressive, and powerful vocals “draw you into her world with
grace, humor, and panache” (Richard
Fox,
WCUW-FM, Worcester, MA). Her award-winning debut album, The
Distance Wall,
is a compelling recording with award-winning songs that feature an
effervescent concoction: A dash of blues, rock-edged pop, and
pop-influenced contemporary folk.
While
she is available as a solo performer, Carey for the most part
performs in a duo format with her husband and musical partner Granger
Helvey
on electric bass and vocals. She received the 1997
Wammie™ Award
for Folk-Contemporary
Female Vocalist,
the 2000
Wammie™ Award
for Debut
Recording of the Year,
and the pair have received several nominations in other categories
over the years including Female
Rock/Pop Vocalist,
Male
Rock/Pop Vocalist,
Rock/Pop
Instrumentalist (Granger),
and Folk-Contemporary
Duo/Group.
Carey has also received awards for her songwriting skills in the
Folk, Alternative, and Rock categories. In February 2003, she
was listed with artists to watch in Washingtonian
Magazine.
Described
as a songwriter with an intelligent approach to her lyrics, Carey
has been a featured performer on stages such as Writer's Night at The
Bluebird Cafe
in Nashville, TN; The
Birchmere
in Alexandria, VA, opening for CPR
(David Crosby, Jeff
Pevar,
James Raymond); the Cellar Door Stage opening for Styx
and Pat
Benatar
at the Nissan
Pavilion
outside Manassas, VA, and The
Kennedy Center
in Washington, DC. She has been a Featured Artist on radio
stations nationwide, including WUWF-FM (Pensacola,
FL), KABZ-FM
(Little Rock, AR), KPFA-FM
(Berkley, CA), WHFS-FM
(Washington, DC), Whole
Wheat Radio
(Talkeetna, AK), and Car
Talk
(NPR). Carey was interviewed for features in two books: Complete
Guide to House Concerts: And Other Satisfying Alternative Venues,
and Girls
Rock!: Fifty Years of Women Making Music.
Her artistic skills extend to web and CD design, and the duo are
involved in event production from all aspects, including booking,
stage management, technical/sound, and scriptwriting.
Carey
returned to the studio in 2003 to begin recording her next CD, Let
It Flow.
Guest artists include Jeff
Pevar
(CPR, CSN, Ray Charles), Jon
Carroll
(Mary Chapin Carpenter), and more.
In
2003, Carey and Granger relocated to Navarre, FL from the
Washington, DC area, where the winters are very cold. In 2004, Hurricane
Ivan
hit Navarre almost straight on and kicked them in the behind for
their smugness over moving to a warmer climate. (Let's not even
talk about the other hurricanes since Ivan, and the new roof on the
house.) Only performing intermittently while in Florida, they
have recently relocated back to Virginia and are currently booking shows. |
