Caroline Herring is a country

Country music

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 and folk

Folk music

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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. Born in Canton, Mississippi

Canton, Mississippi

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, she has lived in Oxford, Mississippi

Oxford, Mississippi

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 and Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

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, but now lives in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

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 with her son, daughter, and husband. Many of her songs deal with slavery and her Mississippi upbringing. She co-created Thacker Mountain Radio, a literary and musical hour that broadcasts out of a bookstore in Oxford

Oxford, Mississippi

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, MS

Mississippi

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, that is still syndicated on Mississippi Public Radio

Mississippi Public Broadcasting

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Awards

• Austin Chronicle XLent AMP Awards: Top 5 Albums of 2001 (for Twilight)
• Austin Chronicle Top Ten Albums of 2005 (for Wellspring)
• Atlanta Journal Constitution Top 100 Songs of 2005 (for "Mistress" from album Wellspring)
• NPR lists Lantana one of the Top Ten Best Folk Albums for 2008

Discography

• Twilight (2001)
• Wellspring (2003)
• Lantana (2008)
• Golden Apples of the Sun (2009)
• Silver Apples of the Moon [EP] (2009)

Other contributions

• 107.1 KGSR Radio Austin - Broadcasts Vol.10 (2002) - "Whipporwill"

External links

• Official website
• Myspace Music page
• interview on NPR's All Things Considered http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122110056