CARBON LEAFI.A touring mainstay and indie folk-rockstaple, this Virginiaquintet’slively stage presence andmusical inspiration pullsfromAmericana,folk, roots, rock andpoptraditions usingacoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, banjo,fiddle,cello,bass, drums,penny whistle and vocal harmony.Withover 3,500 lives shows spanning 30 years and 20recordings,Carbon Leaf’s independent music and spiritcontinue to resonate with its fans.In 2020Carbon Leafbegan working on the concept for arelease slated for 2021, but was pushed back during thepandemic, and is set for release in 2024.

II.Carbon Leaf debuted as an independent college band in1993, gaining a strong regional following playing smallclubs and campuses in surrounding Virginia.The band spent 5 years establishing their roots in the mid-Atlantic region, pickingup weekend shows where theycould and putting the funds into four self-released albumsbetween 1995-2000.In 2001 the band received national attention with their song“The Boxer” which gained key support at a handful ofAAA radio stations across the country, a uniqueaccomplishment considering the group was still anunsigned band at the time with no formal representation.Carbon Leaf’s momentum continued into 2002, becomingthe first unsigned act to ever win an American MusicAward in the show’s 46-year history, and the first toperform live at the AMAs to a globally televised audienceas an independent artist.The band’s 2004 radio single“Life Less Ordinary”,received considerable airplay and reached a broaderaudience nationwide, peaking at #5 on AAA radio and #28at Hot AC. The increased exposure put the band on theroad for 250+days in2004 and 2005.Between 2007-2009, the band collected a series ofsongwriting awards, including the InternationalSongwriting Competition’s first prize honor for ‘The WarWas In Color”.

Missing theautonomous flexibility of theirearlier years,the band decided not toextend its contract for a 4th releaseunder the label, and as2009 came to a close,Carbon Leafonce again embraced its independent roots.Energized by the renewed freedom, Carbon Leaf built itsown recording space, Two-Car Studio, and began writingand releasing on their own again. The band’s creativityaccelerated in this new environment and 6 independentprojects were released between 2010-2013, including twoEPs (How The West Was vol. OneandChristmas Child); alive album and acoustic concert film (Live, Acoustic...andin Cinemascope!); two full-length albums (Ghost DragonAttacks CastleandConstellation Prize) and the soundtrackfor Universal’sCurious George 2: Follow That Monkey."We’ve been gifted an opportunity to write and perform infront of alive audience,” said Barry Privett, whilereflecting on the band’s 27 years. "We are lucky to havefans on the other end of that long road, receiving what wecreate. Our audience has been what sustains us. And whatcompels us forward. It’s not something we take forgranted."Carbon Leaf is Barry Privett (lyrics, vocals), Terry Clark(guitars, vocals), Carter Gravatt (guitars, strings, vocals),Jon Markel (bass, vocals) and Jesse Humphrey (drums,vocals).From 2014-2016 the band focused their efforts on re-recording the three albums released through Vanguard,which hold the rights to those master recordings, but not tothe songs themselves. Fans eagerly supported the three re-recordings, and with the newly completed versions (IndianSummer Revisited,Love Loss Hope Repeat Reneauxand

Nothing Rhymes With Woman2016), Carbon Leaf regainedthe publishing rights to 100% its song catalogue.After taking a much-needed break from touring in 2016 tofocus on things back home and in the studio, the bandreturned to the road heavily in 2017 behindGathering Vol.1, the first of four acoustic EPs released under the‘Gathering’ banner.In 2018, the band celebrated its 25th Anniversary withextensive U.S. touring.2019 was spent writing and recording songs for a new EPGathering-The Hunting Ground,and a 27-song videoproject filmed on location at a beach house on the AtlanticOcean,Cottage: Songs By The Sea.