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SATELLITE INTERVIEW NOTIFICATION

GUEST:

Five-Time Grammy Award Winner, Country Music Award Winner, Multi-Platinum Recording Artist  Mary Chapin Carpenter.

CARPENTER WILL PERFORM ON THE “TODAY” SHOW ON APRIL 21 AND “LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN” ON APRIL 27.             ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

MARY WILL TALK ABOUT:

n COLUMBIA RECORDS NASHVILLE RELEASE OF HER ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM ON APRIL 27TH –  BETWEEN HERE AND GONE.

Between Here and Gone is Carpenter’s first studio album since her critically acclaimed 2001 release, Time*Sex*Love*. In the interim, Sony Nashville released an anthology of her songs, The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter (2003).  It includes many of her top 10 singles.  It is a reminder for her uniquely broad appeal, which extends well beyond country music audiences.

n  CAREER HIGHLIGHTS.

n Sold Over 12 Million Albums.

n 5 Grammy Awards:  1994 Grammy Best Country Album;  1994 Grammy Best Country Song; 1994 Grammy Best Female Country Vocal Performance, 1993 Grammy Best Female Country Vocal Performance ;  1992 Grammy Best Female Country Vocal Performance; 1991 Grammy Best Female Country Vocal Performance.  Plus:  "He Thinks He'll Keep Her” earned a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year in 1994, a remarkable achievement, since it marked the first time in Grammy history that a country hit had received such a nomination without crossing over to the pop charts.

n 2 CMA Awards:  1993 CMA Female Vocalist of the Year; 1992 CMA Female Vocalist of the Year.

n 2 ACM Awards:  1992 Academy of Country Music Top Female Vocalist; 1989 Academy of Country Music Top New Female Vocalist.

n 3 Billboard Video Awards:  1995 Best Country Video Clip of the Year; 1993 Best Country Video Clip of the Year; 1992 Best Female Artist Video/Country.

n 4 #1 Singles;  3 Gold Albums;  3 Platinum Albums!

Special Projects and Appearances:  Performed at the Clinton Inaugural Democratic Convention (2000); For 3 years, Carpenter traveled with Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen and Carol King to perform for the troops at Christmas time (1997-1999);  Authored two children’s books, Halley Came to Jackson, based on her song of the same name (1998 Harper Collins) and Dreamland (1996 Harper Collins);  Co-hosted, in conjunction with Amnesty International, a celebration in Washington, D.C., commemorating the 50^th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1998); Performed at the Earth Day celebration in Washington, D.C. (1998) and the Earth Day celebration in Atlanta, GA (1994);  Performed at Stormy Weather ’98, a concert hosted by Don Henley to benefit this Walden Woods Project (1998);  Performed at the Super Bowl XXXI pre-game show.  Her performance marked the first time any portion of the pre-game show was televised live, reaching an audience of more than 800 viewers worldwide (1997);  Performed for Coming Around Again:  A Concert Tribute To Christopher Reeve;  She performed at the “Voters For Choice” march in Washington, D.C.;  Contributed an essay to A Voice of Your Own:  Leading American Women Celebrate the Right To Vote, commemorating the 75^th anniversary of the 19^th amendment (1996);  Contributed her song, “Dreamland,” to Child of Mine: The Lullaby Video and ‘Til Their Eyes Shine: The Lullaby Album which benefited the Voiceless Victims project for the Institute for Intercultural Understanding (1992).

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