Carbon Leaf
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Carbon Leaf is a five-piece indie rock band from Richmond, Virginia
that is known for their Alt-Country and Celtic / Bluegrass infused Indie Rock. When the band signed to Vanguard Records
their albums became more mainstream, however since parting ways with Vanguard Records the band has once again returned to their roots, again infusing Indie Rock and Alt-Country with a high energy Celtic and Bluegrass flair. On March 20, 2010 in a radio interview on WCNR
the band announced that they are leaving Vanguard Records with the aim to release music more frequently and via media other than CD.
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Carbon Leaf got their start at Randolph-Macon College
in Virginia
in 1992 practicing in an auditorium on campus. Their next step was playing backyard parties, mixers, fraternity, and sorority parties. Shortly after everyone graduated they moved to Richmond, Virginia
. From Richmond, they played the college circuit in Virginia and up the East Coast before moving on to clubs. Their style is not "Brazilian Polka Metal", despite the joking claims of guitarist Carter Gravatt (B., David. 2002).
Meander
, their first album, was released in 1995. The first songs Carbon Leaf wrote, including "One Day" and "Country Monkee" are on the album.
Shadows in the Banquet Hall
, released in 1997, includes "Flood," "Wolftrap and Fireflies," and "Attica's Flower Box Window." An award winning video was made for "Flood."
Ether~Electrified Porch Music
(1999) is the first album with Jordan Medas as the bassist and contains "Home" and "American Tale." The band had sold over 10000 copies of their first three independent CDs by late 1999, released on their own label, Constant Ivy Music.
Echo Echo
was released in 2001 with "The Boxer" as the first track. In January 2002 Carbon Leaf won the first-ever American Music Awards Presents the Coca-Cola New Music Award for "The Boxer." As part of winning they performed "The Boxer" live on the AMAs, becoming the first unsigned band to perform at the awards show. Following this appearance, "The Boxer" entered regular rotation on radio stations including Washington, DC's DC101 (WWDC
101.1 FM). In May 2002 the band members gave up their day jobs in order to dedicate more time to the band and touring. The hidden bonus track "Dear" from their Echo Echo CD was originally written to play over the closing credits and on the soundtrack of the Kevin Hershberger civil war
film Wicked Spring. Barry Privett also starred in the film. In September 2002, Carbon Leaf won the Pontiac Vibe
Summer Sound Off resulting in "The Boxer" being played in Pontiac Vibe commercials on MTV and VH1.
In January 2003 Carbon Leaf gave permission for fan-made recordings of their concerts to be included in the Live Music Archive
, a part of the Internet Archive
. Various concerts are available from 2000 to present in lossless
formats SHN
or FLAC and the lossy format VBR
MP3
, with the majority coming from the years 2002 - 2004. 5 Alive!
, Carbon Leaf's first live album, was released in the summer of 2003. The album was recorded over five concerts during the autumn and winter of 2002 with the track list assembled to match a concert playlist.
. "Life Less Ordinary" rose to number 5 on the Adult Album Alternative
charts and 29 on the Hot AC Charts. Carbon Leaf performed "Life Less Ordinary" on the November 30, 2004 episode of The Dr. Phil Show
. "What About Everything?" rose to 25 on the AAA charts. Indian Summer has been ranked in the top 10 by KMTT
in Seattle, and number 40 out of the Top 50 Albums of 2004 by WXPN
in Philadelphia
. The album was produced by John Morand
and David Lowery
. The video for "Life Less Ordinary" debuted on January 5, 2005.
In June 2006, an interview with Carbon Leaf guitarist Terry Clark was chosen as the cover feature for the inaugural issue of The Green Room magazine. On September 12, 2006, the band released Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat
. According to their blog, it was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee
, and mixed in collaboration with producer Peter Collins
and Trina Shoemaker
. The title track was featured in the October 30, 2006 episode of ABC's What About Brian
. Tom McCormack began touring with Carbon Leaf, playing keys and accordion.
In memory of the lives lost in the Virginia Tech shootings
, Carbon Leaf played at Sudflood 2007. All proceeds went towards the memorial fund for the victims and their families.
In August 2007, Scott Milstead was replaced by Jason Neal on drums. In August 2008, Jordan Medas left the band to pursue a teaching career. He was replaced in October 2008 by Jon Markel.
The band released their seventh studio album, Nothing Rhymes with Woman
, on May 19, 2009. On June 30, 2009 Carbon Leaf was the featured band at Red Rocks
' Film On The Rocks.
The producers of Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
were using an acoustic version of "Life Less Ordinary" as a placeholder in the film. The request to license it snowballed into wanting to license additional songs and ultimately a request that Carbon Leaf do the majority of the soundtrack. Carbon Leaf contributed several songs to the soundtrack for the animated film , including versions of "Life Less Ordinary" and "Let Your Troubles Roll By" with new lyrics and "The Friendship Song". The soundtrack, and the direct-to-DVD movie, was released on March 2, 2010.
Carbon Leaf has played with many acts, including Dave Matthews Band
, Something Corporate
, O.A.R.
, and David Gray, and have toured with Jason Mraz
, Blues Traveler
, Great Big Sea
, Jump, Little Children
, Matt Nathanson
, Big Head Todd and the Monsters
, The Avett Brothers
, and Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
.
In January 2010 Carbon Leaf was one of the bands to join Sister Hazel
's floating Music festival The Rock Boat
10.
on March 20, 2010 that they were amicably parting with their label, Vanguard Records, with the intent to record and release music on their own schedule by embracing the lack of distribution and use the internet to get their music out. Barry Privett said, "I don't know if the label knows or not but we're leaving the label." He continued by saying, "As of this point we're going to be an independent band again. We're tired of waiting ... two years to make a record and then you know waiting for six months for a setup and then you know having it be fully dependent on a label's schedule." They explained that they may be smaller projects but there will be more of them. They want to use giving away some of their music at shows as a marketing tool to develop larger, long term sales as their fan base grows. They put the proposal to Vangaurd for Nothing Rhymes with Woman, but it was rejected because Vanguard's priority is CD sales. On July 6, 2010 they released How the West was One, the first of their albums since returning to indie status. The album, inspired by and written during their touring the American west, was initially released directly by the band for sale on their website and was subsequently made available from iTunes
and Amazon.com. Their ninth studio album and third of 2010, a collection of original Christmas and winter themed songs titled Christmas Child, was released on November 16. Barry Privett described the songs as "encompassing
both the joy and melancholy of the season."
A second live album and DVD was recorded in January 2010. As of July 2010 the band was going through the footage and mixing of the audio. The 3 disc set was expected to be released in early 2011 and that a new album would follow in the spring of 2011. Live, Acoustic...And In Cinemascope! was released on May 3, 2011.
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
that is known for their Alt-Country and Celtic / Bluegrass infused Indie Rock. When the band signed to Vanguard Records
Vanguard Records
Vanguard Records is a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. It started as a classical label, but is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by a number of pivotal folk and blues artists from the 1960s; the Bach Guild was a subsidiary...
their albums became more mainstream, however since parting ways with Vanguard Records the band has once again returned to their roots, again infusing Indie Rock and Alt-Country with a high energy Celtic and Bluegrass flair. On March 20, 2010 in a radio interview on WCNR
WCNR
WCNR is an Adult Album Alternative formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Keswick, Virginia, serving the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle and Western Fluvanna Counties. WCNR is owned and operated by Saga Communications.-History:...
the band announced that they are leaving Vanguard Records with the aim to release music more frequently and via media other than CD.
Band members
- Barry Privett: Vocals, penny whistle, acoustic guitar, bagpipesBagpipesBagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones, using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes of many different types come from...
- Terry Clark: Electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, acoustic guitar, vocals - Carter Gravatt: Acoustic, electric mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, acoustic guitar, electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, 12 string guitar, lap steel, bouzoukiBouzoukiThe bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...
, bodhranBodhránThe bodhrán is an Irish frame drum ranging from 25 to 65 cm in diameter, with most drums measuring 35 to 45 cm . The sides of the drum are 9 to 20 cm deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side...
, loops, effects, vocals, violin/fiddle - Jason Neal: drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Jon Markel: Electric bassElectric BassElectric bass can mean:*Electric upright bass, the electric version of a double bass*Electric bass guitar*Bass synthesizer*Big Mouth Billy Bass, a battery-powered singing fish...
, Upright bass
Former band members
- Palmer Stearns: Bass
- Devin Maguire: Bass
- Scott Milstead: Drums, percussion, vocals
- Nick Cain: Lead Guitar
- Jordan Medas: Electric bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, bowed and double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
, vocals
1992–2004: The Constant Ivy Music years
Randolph-Macon College
Randolph–Macon College is a private, co-educational liberal arts college located in Ashland, Virginia, United States, near the capital city of Richmond. Founded in 1830, the school has an enrollment of over 1,200 students...
in Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
in 1992 practicing in an auditorium on campus. Their next step was playing backyard parties, mixers, fraternity, and sorority parties. Shortly after everyone graduated they moved to Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
. From Richmond, they played the college circuit in Virginia and up the East Coast before moving on to clubs. Their style is not "Brazilian Polka Metal", despite the joking claims of guitarist Carter Gravatt (B., David. 2002).
Meander
Meander (album)
Meander is Carbon Leaf's first album. It was released in 1995 by the band's own label, Constant Ivy Records.-Track listing:#"Directional" - 3:39#"Clockwork" - 3:55#"One Day" - 3:46#"Weird Guy Haus" - 2:53#"Kettle" - 3:51#"Skeleton Man Dance" - 4:51...
, their first album, was released in 1995. The first songs Carbon Leaf wrote, including "One Day" and "Country Monkee" are on the album.
Shadows in the Banquet Hall
Shadows in the Banquet Hall
Shadows in the Banquet Hall is Carbon Leaf's second album. It was released in 1997 by the band's own label, Constant Ivy Records.-Track listing:#"Wolftrap and Fireflies" - 4:12#"Attica's Flower Box Window" - 4:40#"Come Again?" - 3:42#"Flood" - 5:21...
, released in 1997, includes "Flood," "Wolftrap and Fireflies," and "Attica's Flower Box Window." An award winning video was made for "Flood."
Ether~Electrified Porch Music
Ether~Electrified Porch Music
Ether-Electrified Porch Music is Carbon Leaf's third album. It was released in 1999 by the band's own label, Constant Ivy Records.-Track listing:#"Ordinary Eyes" - 4:04#"Home" - 4:38#"Nowadays" - 5:11#"For Your Violin" - 4:36...
(1999) is the first album with Jordan Medas as the bassist and contains "Home" and "American Tale." The band had sold over 10000 copies of their first three independent CDs by late 1999, released on their own label, Constant Ivy Music.
Echo Echo
Echo Echo
Echo Echo is Carbon Leaf's fourth album. It was released in 2001 by the band's own label, Constant Ivy Records.-Track listing:#"The Boxer" - 3:26#"Wandrin' Around" - 4:00#"On Any Given Day" - 5:04#"Torn to Tattered" - 5:29#"Mellow Tone" - 4:18...
was released in 2001 with "The Boxer" as the first track. In January 2002 Carbon Leaf won the first-ever American Music Awards Presents the Coca-Cola New Music Award for "The Boxer." As part of winning they performed "The Boxer" live on the AMAs, becoming the first unsigned band to perform at the awards show. Following this appearance, "The Boxer" entered regular rotation on radio stations including Washington, DC's DC101 (WWDC
WWDC (FM)
WWDC is a commercial radio station in Washington, D.C., broadcasting to the Washington, DC-Baltimore, Maryland area. WWDC airs an alternative rock format on 101.1 FM branded as DC101.-History:WWDC-FM signed on in 1947 as a beautiful music station...
101.1 FM). In May 2002 the band members gave up their day jobs in order to dedicate more time to the band and touring. The hidden bonus track "Dear" from their Echo Echo CD was originally written to play over the closing credits and on the soundtrack of the Kevin Hershberger civil war
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
film Wicked Spring. Barry Privett also starred in the film. In September 2002, Carbon Leaf won the Pontiac Vibe
Pontiac Vibe
The Pontiac Vibe is a compact hatchback car that was produced in Fremont, California, in the United States by NUMMI , a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota, and marketed under General Motors' Pontiac brand...
Summer Sound Off resulting in "The Boxer" being played in Pontiac Vibe commercials on MTV and VH1.
In January 2003 Carbon Leaf gave permission for fan-made recordings of their concerts to be included in the Live Music Archive
Live Music Archive
The Live Music Archive , part of the Internet Archive, is a collection of over 60,000 concert recordings in lossless audio formats. The website is known for its extensive collection of Grateful Dead recordings.-History:...
, a part of the Internet Archive
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
. Various concerts are available from 2000 to present in lossless
Lossless data compression
Lossless data compression is a class of data compression algorithms that allows the exact original data to be reconstructed from the compressed data. The term lossless is in contrast to lossy data compression, which only allows an approximation of the original data to be reconstructed, in exchange...
formats SHN
Shorten
Shorten is a file format used for compressing audio data. It is a form of data compression of files and is used to losslessly compress CD-quality audio files . Shorten is no longer developed and more recent lossless audio codecs such as FLAC, Monkey's Audio , TTA, and WavPack have become more...
or FLAC and the lossy format VBR
Variable bitrate
Variable bitrate is a term used in telecommunications and computing that relates to the bitrate used in sound or video encoding. As opposed to constant bitrate , VBR files vary the amount of output data per time segment...
MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
, with the majority coming from the years 2002 - 2004. 5 Alive!
5 Alive!
5 Alive! is the first live album released by the band Carbon Leaf. It was recorded over five concerts in the autumn and winter of 2002 and released in 2003 on the band's own label, Constant Ivy Music. It is their last release on their own label prior to signing with Vanguard Records in 2004.-Track...
, Carbon Leaf's first live album, was released in the summer of 2003. The album was recorded over five concerts during the autumn and winter of 2002 with the track list assembled to match a concert playlist.
2004–2010: The Vanguard Records years
In Spring 2004, Carbon Leaf signed with Vanguard Records, part of the Welk Music Group and in July of that year released their album, Indian SummerIndian Summer (album)
Indian Summer is an album by Carbon Leaf released on July 13, 2004, on the Vanguard Records label. Carbon Leaf's first major-label release, Indian Summer brought the band more popular attention and national radio airplay, especially the first two tracks on the album.-Track listing:All songs by...
. "Life Less Ordinary" rose to number 5 on the Adult Album Alternative
Adult album alternative
Adult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....
charts and 29 on the Hot AC Charts. Carbon Leaf performed "Life Less Ordinary" on the November 30, 2004 episode of The Dr. Phil Show
Dr. Phil (TV series)
Dr. Phil is a reality/talk television show hosted by Phil McGraw. After McGraw's success with his segments on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil debuted on September 16, 2002...
. "What About Everything?" rose to 25 on the AAA charts. Indian Summer has been ranked in the top 10 by KMTT
KMTT
KMTT , marketed as "103-7 The Mountain", is an adult album alternative FM radio station in the Seattle, Washington market.The station broadcasts at 103.7 MHz and is owned and operated by Entercom Communications. The station's transmitting antenna is on Reichert's Hill on Cougar Mountain...
in Seattle, and number 40 out of the Top 50 Albums of 2004 by WXPN
WXPN
WXPN is a non-commercial, public radio station operated by the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia that broadcasts a music radio format called adult album alternative , along with many other format shows supported all with an indie slant...
in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
. The album was produced by John Morand
John Morand
John Morand is a US based record producer, engineer and studio owner.He works at Sound of Music Studios in Richmond, Virginia, US and has produced numerous records together with David Lowery.-Bands:* Sparklehorse* Anton Walgrave* Neeka...
and David Lowery
David Lowery
David Lowery is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter; he is the founder of alternative rock band, Camper Van Beethoven, and co-founder of the more traditional rock band, Cracker...
. The video for "Life Less Ordinary" debuted on January 5, 2005.
In June 2006, an interview with Carbon Leaf guitarist Terry Clark was chosen as the cover feature for the inaugural issue of The Green Room magazine. On September 12, 2006, the band released Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat
Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat
Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat is an album by the band Carbon Leaf on the Vanguard Records label. Recording for the album started in 2004 and it was released on September 12, 2006.-Track listing:#"Learn to Fly" – 4:04#"Love Loss Hope Repeat" – 4:19...
. According to their blog, it was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, and mixed in collaboration with producer Peter Collins
Peter Collins (record producer)
Peter Collins is a record producer, born January 15, 1951, in London.In 1976 Collins was signed to Magnet Records and formed a group called Madison, along with Ziggy, Peter Spooner and Page 3 girl Cherri Gilham, to perform his pop song "Let It Ring"...
and Trina Shoemaker
Trina Shoemaker
Trina Shoemaker is a mixer, record producer and sound engineer responsible for producing/engineering and/or mixing records for popular bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris, Something for Kate, Nanci Griffith and many more....
. The title track was featured in the October 30, 2006 episode of ABC's What About Brian
What About Brian
What About Brian is an American comedy-drama television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions. The series premiered on April 16, 2006, on ABC, as a midseason replacement and concluded on March 26, 2007...
. Tom McCormack began touring with Carbon Leaf, playing keys and accordion.
In memory of the lives lost in the Virginia Tech shootings
Virginia Tech massacre
The Virginia Tech massacre was a school shooting that took place on April 16, 2007, on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. In two separate attacks, approximately two hours apart, the perpetrator, Seung-Hui Cho, killed 32 people...
, Carbon Leaf played at Sudflood 2007. All proceeds went towards the memorial fund for the victims and their families.
In August 2007, Scott Milstead was replaced by Jason Neal on drums. In August 2008, Jordan Medas left the band to pursue a teaching career. He was replaced in October 2008 by Jon Markel.
The band released their seventh studio album, Nothing Rhymes with Woman
Nothing Rhymes with Woman
Nothing Rhymes With Woman is the eighth album by the Virginia band Carbon Leaf and third on the Vanguard Records label. Recording for the album started in 2008 and it was released on May 19, 2009.- Track listing :# "Indecision" – 4:03...
, on May 19, 2009. On June 30, 2009 Carbon Leaf was the featured band at Red Rocks
Red Rocks Park
Red Rocks Park is a mountain park in Jefferson County, Colorado, owned and maintained by the city of Denver as part of the Denver Mountain Parks system. The park is known for its very large red sandstone outcrops. Many of these rock formations within the park have names, from the mushroom-shaped...
' Film On The Rocks.
The producers of Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! is a traditionally-animated film adaptation of the children's stories by H.A. Rey and Margret Rey. It is a sequel to the successful 2006 film Curious George. It was originally titled Curious George: Monkey on the Run.-Plot:The movie starts with George swinging...
were using an acoustic version of "Life Less Ordinary" as a placeholder in the film. The request to license it snowballed into wanting to license additional songs and ultimately a request that Carbon Leaf do the majority of the soundtrack. Carbon Leaf contributed several songs to the soundtrack for the animated film , including versions of "Life Less Ordinary" and "Let Your Troubles Roll By" with new lyrics and "The Friendship Song". The soundtrack, and the direct-to-DVD movie, was released on March 2, 2010.
Carbon Leaf has played with many acts, including Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...
, Something Corporate
Something Corporate
Something Corporate is an American rock band from Orange County, California, formed in 1998. Their current line-up includes pianist and vocalist Andrew McMahon, guitarist Josh Partington, bassist Kevin Page and drummer Brian Ireland....
, O.A.R.
Of a Revolution
O.A.R. is an American rock band composed of Marc Roberge , Chris Culos , Richard On , Benj Gershman , and Jerry DePizzo...
, and David Gray, and have toured with Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz
Jason Thomas Mraz , also known as Mr. AZ and Mr. Raz, is an American singer-songwriter. Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy ", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, "Mr. A-Z", in 2005, that Mraz achieved...
, Blues Traveler
Blues Traveler
Blues Traveler is a rock band, formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. The band has been influenced by a variety of genres, including blues-rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock, soul, and Southern rock...
, Great Big Sea
Great Big Sea
Great Big Sea is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year-old Irish, English, and French heritage...
, Jump, Little Children
Jump, Little Children
Jump, Little Children, later known as Jump, was a band formed in 1991 in the city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Known for their unique sound, energetic live performances, and willingness to interact with fans, the band built a strong following over their fourteen years together...
, Matt Nathanson
Matt Nathanson
Matt Nathanson is an American singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic and electric guitar, and has played both solo and with a full band. His work includes the platinum-selling song "Come On Get Higher".-Early life and college...
, Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Big Head Todd & the Monsters is a rock band formed in 1986 in Colorado. The band has released a number of albums since 1989 with their 1993 album Sister Sweetly going platinum in the United States...
, The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers is a folk rock band from Mount Pleasant, North Carolina. The band is made up of two brothers, Scott Avett and Seth Avett, who play the banjo and guitar respectively, and Bob Crawford who plays the stand-up bass. Joe Kwon, cello, and Jacob Edwards, drums, are touring members of...
, and Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers is an American rock band formed in Western Massachusetts in 2003. The band features lead singer Stephen Kellogg , bassist and keyboard player Kit 'The Goose' Karlson, drummer Boots Factor, and electric guitar/pedal steel player Sam 'Steamer' Getz...
.
In January 2010 Carbon Leaf was one of the bands to join Sister Hazel
Sister Hazel
Sister Hazel are an alternative rock band from Gainesville, Florida, whose style also blends elements of folk rock, pop, classic rock 'n' roll and southern rock. Their music is characterized by highly melodic tunes and generally optimistic lyrics. The band's instrumentation often features abrupt...
's floating Music festival The Rock Boat
The Rock Boat
The Rock Boat is an annual rock-themed "floating music festival at sea."The Rock Boat concept was born in 2001 with a joint venture from Gainesville, FL alternative rock band Sister Hazel and Atlanta, GA travel company Sixthman in a partial charter aboard the Carnival Jubilee. Sister Hazel was also...
10.
2010–present: Return to indie status
The band announced in a radio interview on WCNRWCNR
WCNR is an Adult Album Alternative formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Keswick, Virginia, serving the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle and Western Fluvanna Counties. WCNR is owned and operated by Saga Communications.-History:...
on March 20, 2010 that they were amicably parting with their label, Vanguard Records, with the intent to record and release music on their own schedule by embracing the lack of distribution and use the internet to get their music out. Barry Privett said, "I don't know if the label knows or not but we're leaving the label." He continued by saying, "As of this point we're going to be an independent band again. We're tired of waiting ... two years to make a record and then you know waiting for six months for a setup and then you know having it be fully dependent on a label's schedule." They explained that they may be smaller projects but there will be more of them. They want to use giving away some of their music at shows as a marketing tool to develop larger, long term sales as their fan base grows. They put the proposal to Vangaurd for Nothing Rhymes with Woman, but it was rejected because Vanguard's priority is CD sales. On July 6, 2010 they released How the West was One, the first of their albums since returning to indie status. The album, inspired by and written during their touring the American west, was initially released directly by the band for sale on their website and was subsequently made available from iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
and Amazon.com. Their ninth studio album and third of 2010, a collection of original Christmas and winter themed songs titled Christmas Child, was released on November 16. Barry Privett described the songs as "encompassing
both the joy and melancholy of the season."
A second live album and DVD was recorded in January 2010. As of July 2010 the band was going through the footage and mixing of the audio. The 3 disc set was expected to be released in early 2011 and that a new album would follow in the spring of 2011. Live, Acoustic...And In Cinemascope! was released on May 3, 2011.
Studio albums and EPs
| Year | Album details | Peak positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Rock | US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
US Indie Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels... |
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| 1995 | Meander Meander (album) Meander is Carbon Leaf's first album. It was released in 1995 by the band's own label, Constant Ivy Records.-Track listing:#"Directional" - 3:39#"Clockwork" - 3:55#"One Day" - 3:46#"Weird Guy Haus" - 2:53#"Kettle" - 3:51#"Skeleton Man Dance" - 4:51...
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| 1997 | Shadows in the Banquet Hall Shadows in the Banquet Hall Shadows in the Banquet Hall is Carbon Leaf's second album. It was released in 1997 by the band's own label, Constant Ivy Records.-Track listing:#"Wolftrap and Fireflies" - 4:12#"Attica's Flower Box Window" - 4:40#"Come Again?" - 3:42#"Flood" - 5:21...
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| 1999 | Ether~Electrified Porch Music Ether~Electrified Porch Music Ether-Electrified Porch Music is Carbon Leaf's third album. It was released in 1999 by the band's own label, Constant Ivy Records.-Track listing:#"Ordinary Eyes" - 4:04#"Home" - 4:38#"Nowadays" - 5:11#"For Your Violin" - 4:36...
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| 2001 | Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo is Carbon Leaf's fourth album. It was released in 2001 by the band's own label, Constant Ivy Records.-Track listing:#"The Boxer" - 3:26#"Wandrin' Around" - 4:00#"On Any Given Day" - 5:04#"Torn to Tattered" - 5:29#"Mellow Tone" - 4:18...
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| 2004 | Indian Summer Indian Summer (album) Indian Summer is an album by Carbon Leaf released on July 13, 2004, on the Vanguard Records label. Carbon Leaf's first major-label release, Indian Summer brought the band more popular attention and national radio airplay, especially the first two tracks on the album.-Track listing:All songs by...
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| 2006 | Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat is an album by the band Carbon Leaf on the Vanguard Records label. Recording for the album started in 2004 and it was released on September 12, 2006.-Track listing:#"Learn to Fly" – 4:04#"Love Loss Hope Repeat" – 4:19...
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| 2009 | Nothing Rhymes with Woman Nothing Rhymes with Woman Nothing Rhymes With Woman is the eighth album by the Virginia band Carbon Leaf and third on the Vanguard Records label. Recording for the album started in 2008 and it was released on May 19, 2009.- Track listing :# "Indecision" – 4:03...
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| 2010 | How the West was One
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| 2003 | 5 Alive! 5 Alive! 5 Alive! is the first live album released by the band Carbon Leaf. It was recorded over five concerts in the autumn and winter of 2002 and released in 2003 on the band's own label, Constant Ivy Music. It is their last release on their own label prior to signing with Vanguard Records in 2004.-Track...
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| 2011 | Live, Acoustic...And In Cinemascope!
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| 2001 | I Know The Reason | Constant Ivy Music | — | — | — |
| The Boxer | Constant Ivy Music | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | Life Less Ordinary | Vanguard Records | 5 | 29 | 30 |
| 2005 | What About Everything | Vanguard Records | 25 | — | — |
| Let Your Troubles Roll By | Vanguard Records | — | — | — | |
| 2006 | Learn To Fly | Vanguard Records | — | — | — |
| 2007 | Comfort | Vanguard Records | — | — | — |
| 2009 | Miss Hollywood | Vanguard Records | 33 | — | — |
Awards
- 2000 - First Place, Unsigned Music Video, Internet Underground Music ArchiveInternet Underground Music ArchiveThe Internet Underground Music Archive was a pioneer of online music. IUMA was started by Rob Lord, Jeff Patterson and Jon Luini from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1993, for the purpose of providing a venue for unsigned artists to share their music and communicate with their audience...
, IUMA(for "Flood") - 2002 - First ever American Music Awards Presents the Coca-Cola New Music Award for 2001
- 2002 - First Place, Rock Category, International Songwriting Competition (for "The Boxer")
- 2002 - Pontiac VibePontiac VibeThe Pontiac Vibe is a compact hatchback car that was produced in Fremont, California, in the United States by NUMMI , a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota, and marketed under General Motors' Pontiac brand...
Summer Sound Off Campaign Winner (for "The Boxer") - 2007 - Second Place Overall, First Place Lyrics, 2007 USA Songwriting Competition (for "The War Was In Color"),