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Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958 in Princeton, New Jersey) is a highly successful country music singer, guitarist, and songwriter. According to Songfacts, Carpenter had a fairly privileged upper middle class upbringing. Her father was at least partly responsible for her embarking on a musical career. The song "House of Cards" was inspired by the divorce of her parents when she was sixteen.
One of her most widely known singles is "Passionate Kisses" (written by fellow singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams) Read more on Last.fm
If there’s one artist, outside of Lucinda Williams, who has transcended every label applied, it would be Mary Chapin Carpenter. Time, Sex, Love was her post fame purge, a collection of songs about moving forward, whatever the weather. She’s indignant sometimes, self satisfied at others. It’s like a feminist Imagine, one little woman calmly talking the world off a ledge, while secretly feeling the urge to jump herself.