Chicago Native Rorey Carroll Brings Her Americana Debut Album Home

Nov. 30, 2010 - PRLog -- CHICAGO, IL – Rorey Carroll will be bringing her hypnotic blend of Americana folk and bluegrass music to Chicagoland's Gabe's Backstage Lounge on December 18 for her Midwest CD release party.  Carroll's album, recorded by Asheville, NC heavyweight Eric Willson, features some of the industry's most influential players (members of Ricky Skagg's Kentucky Thunder, Mountain Heart, Stuart Duncan and Zebulon Bowles).  “Roadside Lullabies” includes 12 original songs, all of which were recorded by Echo Mountain Studios and Omni Artists Productions and mastered at Crossroads Music. Carroll will take the stage at Gabe’s in Highwood around 9 pm with Bowles and other local musicians from the Old Town School of Folk Music. Chicago singer-songwriter Mike Meo will open for Carroll, and Touchstone Culture, Ltd. will be styling the event.  Further, Carroll will donate a percentage of the proceeds from the event to The Max Schewitz Foundation as a way of honoring her late brother, Michael T. Carroll, who unexpectedly passed away in 2009 from a heart condition.  Entrance to the event is $5/person or $15, which includes a CD.

About Rorey Carroll

Rorey Carroll is known for her soulful lyrics and unmistakable gentle voice, but also for her independent spirit that has taken her all over the country and back.  At a relatively young age, Carroll has collected a mountain of stories to share, and strikes a luminous chord through her poetry and compilations on her first album.  Carroll’s ability to wrap her arms around her audience as if they were friends around a campfire, offers a fantastical experience as she tells the tales of her life on the Appalachian Trail, of love lost and found, and the characters she’s met along the way.  Carroll has attracted the attention of the music industry by her onstage performances at numerous festivals and notable venues, singing songs like “Leaning on Lonely” and “Head Hung.”  

Carroll’s earliest roots were planted in a magical Chicago childhood, filled with music, travel and family adventures.  Later, Carroll moved to a small mining town in Leadville, CO, where she was exposed to a bohemian lifestyle of living in a tent and out of a backpack.  Inspired by her new life, she picked up a guitar and put her poetry into music.  From her first three chords, she wrote her first songs.  At 20, Carroll decided to walk the Appalachian Trail, from northern Georgia to Maine, with a good friend, a mean dog and a backpack friendly guitar. She fell in love with the mountains and culture of Appalachia and landed in Asheville after finishing the trail. Immersed in a community of talented musicians and inspiration, Carroll learned more about the art of songwriting and composition, and ultimately crafted her songs of love, angst and her emotional journeys.

“Roadside Lullabies” is dedicated to Carroll’s late brother, Michael T. Carroll, who suddenly passed away in 2009 from a heart condition.  Performing at an event close to her hometown means a lot to Carroll, “Having my family and friends together over the holidays is especially important this year,” she adds. “I am so honored to share my music with the people I love… the people who love me, and made this album a reality.”

Carroll currently lives in Lyons, CO, but is on the road performing.  For more information, please visit her website: www.roreycarroll.com, or contact Kat Publicity: kathleen@katpublicity.com.

About The Max Schewitz Foundation

The Max Schewitz Foundation is a nonprofit organization formed by friends and family of Max Schewitz, a 20-year old Lake Bluff resident, who died suddenly from a cardiac arrhythmia in 2005.  The Foundation has dual missions: to support education, prevention and research of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young people; and to support environmental conservation, a lifelong interest of Max’s.  The Foundation’s core program is called, “Screens for Teens,” which provides free EKG testing to high school students.  Almost 14,000 students have been screened through this program, of whom 189 students were flagged with abnormal EKG’s, requiring further evaluation.  To learn more about The Max Schewitz Foundation, please visit their website:  http://www.maxandthewildthings.com/

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