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Oct 3, 2012 · Over the last few years, singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter's life has been drastically transformed. In 2007, she suffered a life-threatening pulmonary embolism, her marriage ended...
Carpenter's 2012 album Ashes and Roses included a duet with James Taylor. Ashes and Roses followed on Zoë in 2012. Two personal life events influenced this album's songs: the death of her father, and her divorce from her husband. James Taylor provided duet vocals on the track "Soul Companion".
Songfacts®: This song finds Carpenter reflecting on one of the most upsetting days she had to endure after divorcing her husband, contractor Timmy Smith. "That was a moment-by-moment replay of having to clean out my former spouse's things from my house," she explained to Billboard magazine.
Timmy Smith and Mary Chapin Carpenter were married for 7 years. They dated for 5 months after getting together in 2001 and married on 1st Jun 2002. 7 years later they divorced in 2010.
Aug 16, 2012 · She divorced. She suffered a life-threatening pulmonary embolism. Carpenter, 54, has emerged with a batch of emotionally authentic and subtle new songs that speak directly to the midlife heart.
Oct 3, 2012 · Over the last few years, singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter's life has been drastically transformed. In 2007, she suffered a life-threatening pulmonary embolism. Her marriage ended soon after, and then her father died. She channeled her grief from those experiences into Ashes and Roses.
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Jun 8, 2012 · D.C.-bred country-singer-turned-folkie Mary Chapin Carpenter went through a serious illness, a divorce and the death of her father before making the wrenching catalogue of woes that is her...