Carrie Newcomer (born on May 25, 1958 in Dowagiac, Michigan), a native of Elkhart, Indiana, is an American singer and songwriter. During the 1980s she was a member of the folk group Stone Soup. Since the early 1990s she has released a number of solo albums.She has pursued her passion for music and justice across two continents, and is considered one of the definitive voices of the heartland. She has been an artist, a teacher, a truck stop waitress, a single mother, an activist and writes and sings about the human condition with compassion and clarity. Newcomer presents ideas of spirituality in her music that are compelling and challenge traditional interpretations of theology. Her music draws a bridge between the everyday and the divine rather than setting up a fence between them. Newcomer?s activism springs from her Quaker faith and belief in the dignity and value of the individual, the power of that individual?s calling, and the importance of the gathered community. She supports an

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