Carolyn Kendrick is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, fiddler, guitarist, and producer. After many happy years on the road as a side musician, Kendrick has blossomed as a solo artist since issuing her debut EP Tear Things Apart in 2020. Heralded as “hauntingly lovely” (Paste Magazine), you won’t want to miss a Carolyn Kendrick live performance.

After graduating from Berklee College of Music, Kendrick crisscrossed the country with her former duo project The Page Turners. She has shared the stage with beloved artists such as Darol Anger, Bruce Molsky, Aoife O’Donovan, Kaia Kater, Hannah Read, Margo Price, The Clements Brothers, and Jacksonport. She has played festivals such as Newport Folk Festival, Greyfox Bluegrass Festival, Savannah Music Festival, and won awards such as the Freshgrass ‘Best Duo’ Award, The Fletcher Bright Award, and was the Fall 2023 Composer In Residence at the University of the Pacific.

In addition to her songwriting career, Kendrick is active in the Bluegrass and Old-Time fiddle scene and produced music for the award-winning podcasts You’re Wrong About (Podcast of the Year, iHeart Radio) and You Are Good.

Her forthcoming album, Each Machine, is a collection of traditional and original political folk songs inspired by her time researching The Satanic Panic. These songs are modern, electric re-imaginings of hymns, murder ballads, pagan chanting, and even songs of devil-worship. The first singles, The Devil’s Nine Questions and Leela, are available now.

Physical + digital copies of the full album, as well as an accompanying zine of behind-the scenes photography and essays, will be released 12.6.24 on High Occulture Records.

“This is Carolyn Kendrick pushing the boundaries of what folk music can be. She takes beauty and cracks it open, lets it bleed out a bit, and then hands it back to you. Her latest release, Each Machine, feels less like an album and more like a journey, one that takes you deep into the cracked-open underbelly of American history and back out, slightly more broken but undeniably wiser.” — Hollywood Digest

"Carolyn Kendrick's upcoming album Each Machine is nothing short of spellbinding... With a delicate balance of vulnerability and strength, Kendrick creates a soundscape rooted in folk tradition yet forward-thinking in its lyrical empowerment." — Music + Gear Mag