The following biography was created for Grammy-nominated recording artist Carolyn Wonderland:
“Here was this groovy bird, very small, trying to make its way in sometimes less than friendly skies and the hard ground. This is the story of our similar dance moves.”
So says guitar goddess Carolyn Wonderland of “Victory of Flying,” a song she wrote on her recent honeymoon at the Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival for her new album, “Peace Meal” (Bismeaux).
Though she has come a long way since her days of financial woes and other Blues-inspiring happenstances, Carolyn Wonderland has never forgotten where she came from and that other people still live there. On “Peace Meal”, Wonderland brings the hard-won lessons of her own blessed life together with stories from some of the world’s best-known and most beloved songwriters (Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Robert Hunter, Elmore James, and Robert Johnson, to name a few) to create a musical “menu” of sustaining, satisfying songs that offers musical food for thought to her growing legions of fans. (more…)