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Artist
Cort Carpenter
12+ albums
country
about
Though his musical roots date back to his youth, Cort was much better known back then for other talents -- namely, his standout performance as a record-setting athlete, with a promising professional baseball career within his sights. Unfortunately, a car accident ended his playing career, and it was time for his first reinvention -- himself. Cort wasted no time in channeling all that drive into a new direction -- country music. Cort’s original sound and irresistible stage presence immediately caught on, and his part-time musical pursuits soon snowballed into a full-blown, thriving country music career. Cort quickly rose up the ranks of the country scene, and he now plays 150+ shows a year to packed houses at some of the biggest festivals and music venues all across the U.S. While Cort’s love of country drew him years ago to his adopted hometown of Nashville, Tenn., he was raised in the Pacific Northwest, where musical tastes are more diverse. “I like to dance. My brother is a DJ in Seattle, and spins house music and is in the scene. So I’ve been into that for a number of years,” Cort says. It was during a return visit to that region’s nightclub scene that Cort’s next reinvention began to simmer -- a subtle yet daring infusion of just the right amount of that fist-pumping Seattle energy into the Nashville sound that had earned him a huge fan base with his first two EPs. The result was his hot new release, "Changing Lanes” -- a creative cocktail of expertly blended modern and
