Caroline Herring

Contemporary folk artist Caroline Herring is a literate singer/songwriter whose classic education only enhances her abilities to turn a phrase. Born in Canton, Mississippi, Herring was introduced to music at a young age by her father who played guitar and her mother who played piano. Naturally, her parents had her take piano lessons, but she eventually became more interested in guitar and the chance to sing her own songs. She didn't begin writing her own songs until she was a graduate student in American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where she took her inspirat...