Come Darkness, Come Light will be released on September 30, and follows her critically acclaimed, GRAMMY® nominated, 2007 Zoë/Rounder release, The Calling which The Wall Street Journal said was “…mature and uplifting, highminded and accessible, and delivered with controlled passion.”  The Boston Globe raved it was “…her most comfortable and confident work in years.”

Over the course of an 11-album recording career, Mary Chapin Carpenter has won five GRAMMY® Awards and sold over 13 million records. She has scored 12 top 10 singles, including “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her,” which was nominated for a Record of the Year GRAMMY®. Carpenter has achieved the same success as a live performer, having toured nationally and internationally for nearly two decades and won two Pollstar Country Tour of the Year awards. She has remained immersed in humanitarian work throughout her career, performing in support of cancer and AIDS research, U.S. troops overseas, the Campaign for a Landmine Free World and hunger relief efforts, among other causes. She has performed or been profiled on NBC’s “Today Show;” CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman,” CBS News’ “Sunday Morning,” NPR’s “Morning Edition” as well as NPR’s “All Things Considered.” She was also part of a CNN special on the anniversary of September 11.