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Carolyn Currie's music has been described as haunting, luminous and spellbinding. Her poetic lyrics intrigue the discerning listener, offering multiple layers of meaning and becoming highly personal for each indivdual as the stories unfold. The Tacoma Reporter notes, "Even more impressive than Currie's obvious talent as a performer is her genius as a songwriter and lyricist. You will swear, by the end of the night, that a least one of her poetic melodies was written specifically about you." Carolyn's third release, Kiss of Ghosts, (2004), was finished on a rainy, October midnight in Washington state. Her mother, Suzanne Altshuler (an inspiration in Carolyn's life and an artist in her own right), died unexpectedly the next morning on the East Coast. "I woke up to a changed world," Carolyn says. "When I couldn't sleep in the first few days after she was gone, I listened to the music in the dark, headphones wrapping around me. So many of the songs were suddenly so prophetic, and the cadence and spirit of the music was warming and sad and comforting at the same time." On the strength of songs from Kiss of Ghosts, Carolyn performed at the 2003 Kerrville Folk Festival's Newfolk competition, returned to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubadour Contest (where she walked away with a new Martin guitar), and the 2004 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Songwriting Showcase. Moving from Seattle to Maine prior to the release, Carolyn began to introduce New England to her unique voice and style. Kiss of Ghosts has garnered enormous praise among critics, was chosen in 2005 as one of the top independent releases by Performing Songwriter Magazine, and won the 2005 People's Choice Award at INATs East.