Dee Carstensen
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Dee Carstensen (born February 18, 1956[1][2]) is a New York City-based contemporary folk and new age singer/songwriter who is best known for her harp playing.[3][4]
Personal life
Carstensen was born on February 18, 1956 in Maryland and later moved with her parents and four siblings to Rochester.[1][2] She started her musical interest by playing piano when she was 5 years old, and later took up stringed instruments when she was 8.[5] Part of her studies in the stringed instrument family included the harp, which was done with a harpist from the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.[2] Carstensen described her relationship with stringed instruments as "love-hate", while she said her upbringing was "classical training" she was also listening to Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, James Taylor, and Jimi Hendrix.[5] Carstensen is married to vibist Mike Mainieri, who she says is the "single most important influence on her musical career."[4][6] She cites this by mentioning 2 separate instances where she would "throw out ideas" and Mainieri offered his constructive criticism for her.[4]
Career
Carstensen's debut came in 1993 with her album Beloved One, which was largely produced by Bob Marlette and included guitar work by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits.[2][5] Her second album called Regarding the Soul came out in 1995, and was produced by Neil Dorfsman.[2] In this album Dee integrated her singing, songwriting and harp-playing after "fooling around" with the instrument for a bit.[4][5] Regarding the Soul was initially released under a subsidiary imprint called "Exit Nine Records" by Mainieri, and was later re-released in 1998 under Blue Thumb.[2][7] Dee's third album called The Map also came out during this year which was released under a joint-venture agreement between GRP and Mainieri's NYC Records.[8] However, the Gavin Reports release schedule for the Summer of 1998 mentions Blue Thumb instead.[9]
Dee also recorded a children's album, Can You Hear Lullaby (2001), which featured guest vocals Everett Bradley, Curtis King and Julie Dansky and instrumental work by her husband.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Dee went back into the studio and recorded a solo album, Patch of Blue, which was released in 2005.[6] Unlike previous work, all eight songs were originals, except Fly Away whose music was co-written with her husband, who played vibraphone on the album.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Patch of Blue did not include any guitar work.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Instead, it featured Dee's harp and vocals, with backing from the Tosca String Quartet and several woodwind players.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Carstensen has been described as using her harp "like a guitar" in her folk/pop compositions.[10]
Discography
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1999[1] Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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External links
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