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Article: BEST BETS
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 2, 2006
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A FOLK SINGER'S JOURNEY: Tracy Grammer , who tours the folk
circuit nationally, visits the Linden Tree Coffeehouse in Wakefield
on Saturday.
Grammer was raised in a musical family but put her guitar and
violin aside to attend college. During a semester off, her father
introduced her to Curtis Coleman , formerly of the New Christy
Minstrels. She began performing with him at local pubs and
coffeehouses and dove back into music.
In 1996, she moved to Portland, Ore., and saw Dave Carter perform
at a songwriter showcase. They began touring together in 1997 and the
next year recorded an album, "When I Go," in the kitchen of Grammer's
apartment. They recorded two more albums before Carter's death ...