Carly Pearce

Greener Grass

Fiercely rooted in the classics, the girl who left her Kentucky home and high school at 16 to take a job at Dollywood has grown into a woman who embraces the genre’s forward progression and is confident in what she wants to say. Lighting a fire with her debut album EVERY LITTLE THING and the PLATINUM-certified history making title track, Carly has since become “Country’s ‘it’ girl” (ABC Radio), touring alongside Blake Shelton, Rascal Flatts and Luke Bryan. With the most CMA Awards nods for any new artist nominee in 2020, Carly led with New Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Video of the Year and won Musical Event of the Year for her PLATINUM-certified, No. 1 duet with Lee Brice “I Hope You’re Happy Now.” In a year of uncertainty, Carly turned to the comfort of records she’s drawn inspiration from since her childhood dream started to take hold. Like those before who spoke their minds with a little sass and steel guitar – Dolly, The Chicks, Trisha, Reba, Patty Loveless – she leaned on her own intuitions with Top 30-and-rising single “Next Girl,” and a clever new video. Carly explores more of a pivotal year with a seven-song collection called 29 (available now via Big Machine Records), finding creative simpatico with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne following the unexpected death of her mentor and former producer busbee.  Her catalogue boasts over 1 billion streams, Carly marks a new chapter coming of age. For the latest information and more, visit CarlyPearce.com.

Grew up in the south. Cut my teeth on soul, beach music and country and eventually waded into heavy metal. I like it all. The photo by Hunter Prince.
    The DAW has opened up a world that I could not have even dreamed of when I began playing.  I feel like a painter who has somehow stumbled into a studio full of brushes, canvases and paints.
   I like all music and in it I find human emotion, experience and imagination expressed.  I feel spiritually connected to the human race through music.