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Dee Carstensen (born February 18, 1956 in Maryland) is a New York City-based Pop/alternative harpist, singer and songwriter. is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area Ranked 42nd - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 km²) - Width 90 miles (145 km) - Length 249 miles (400 km) - % water 21 - Latitude 37° 53′ N to 39° 43′ N - Longitude 75° 03′ W to 79° 29...
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Harp is also a slang term for the diatonic harmonica. ...
A singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music. ...
A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ...
Early years
As the daughter of Professor Dr. Edwin L. Carstensen, a biomedical engineer in University of Rochester, NY, Dee was influenced by her father and his musical talent on piano and clarinet. Dee and her four siblings began to take music lessons, with Dee first playing piano.
At the age of eight, Carstensen was selected as one of five children tapped by the Eastman School of Music's experimental program to study harp with a classical harpist from the New York Philharmonic. Although the program only lasted one year, Dee studied the harp for nine. She also developed an interest in singing and songwriting, which eventually caused her to move from the conversatory path to a career as a singer-songwriter.
As a singer-songwriter Carstensen's singing and songwriting talents were discovered by vibist Mike Mainieri, who became her husband in 1993. Her debut album Beloved One, with distinguished guitar work by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, was released in 1993. Mark had commented that Dee is "the successor of Joni Mitchell". Mike Mainieri Mike Mainieri is a vibraphonist most known for his work with the jazz fusion group Steps Ahead. ...
Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a English-Hungarian guitarist, singer, songwriter, and film score composer. ...
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Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. ...
Her second album, Regarding the Soul (1995), marked her integration of singing, songwriting and harp-playing. Her rendition of Jimi Hendrix's Angel had become one of her signature songs. Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitar virtuoso, singer and songwriter. ...
The Map (1998) featured Dee's collaboration with Mike, as depicted in the song Be My Man, which expresses her love for the husband who she calls "my biggest musical influence". Their first child, Ruby Anna, was born on November 19, 2000. is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Dee also recorded a children's album, Can You Hear Lullaby (2001), with a number of other artists, including guest vocalists Everett Bradley, Curtis King and Julie Dansky and instrumental work by her husband.
Patch of Blue Seven years after her last solo release, The Map, Dee went back into the studio and recorded Patch of Blue in April 2004, which was released in 2005. Unlike previous work, all eight songs featured music and lyrics by Dee herself, except Fly Away whose music is co-written with her husband Mike Mainieri. Secondly, no guitarist appeared on the album. Instead, it features Dee's harp and vocals, together with Tosca String Quartet [1] and several woodwind players. Mike's vibraphone is also prominent on the album. Mike Mainieri Mike Mainieri is a vibraphonist most known for his work with the jazz fusion group Steps Ahead. ...
Impact on harp music She was the first pop singer to participate in the Lyon & Healy Jazz and Pop Harp Festival (1999), sharing the same stage with jazz harpists Park Stickney, Deborah Henson-Conant. Dee plays a Lyon & Healy electric harp in her recordings and live performances. Lyon and Healy (founded in 1889) is one of the two major harp manufacturers in the world, with its headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. ...
Deborah Henson-Conant and her Camac electric harp. ...
Her innovative incorporation of harp in singer-songwriter and pop music also influenced the new generation of young singer-songwriter-harpists, such as Joanna Newsom and Habiba Doorenbos. The harp is a stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. ...
Joanna Newsom (born January 18, 1982) is an American harpist, pianist, harpsichordist, singer and songwriter from Nevada City, California. ...
Discography - Beloved One (NYC Records, 1993)
- Regarding The Soul (Exit Nine/Universal Music, 1995)
- The Map (Exit Nine/Universal Music, 1998)
- Home Away From Home (Live Album, Exit Nine/Universal Music, 1999)
- Patch of Blue (Exit Nine/Universal Music, Released on November 2005)
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