Thursday music corner: Mary Chapin Carpenter is a Princeton-born American country/folk singer who released her debut album on Columbia Records in 1987, at the age of 29. Her success built until her million-selling, quadruple-platinum fourth album, 1992's Come On Come On, and she won five Grammy awards between 1992 and 1995. Carpenter's most recent album was 2020's The Dirt & the Stars, which reached number 6 on the US Folk charts.
Down at the Twist and Shout was Carpenter's third single from her third album, 1991's Shooting Straight in the Dark. The lyrics celebrate a much-loved Bethesda, Maryland, music venue (which later closed in 1998), and features a collaboration with the Louisiana cajun collective BeauSoleil, who are name-checked in the lyrics. Down at the Twist and Shout won Carpenter her first Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, and was featured prominently when she performed it at the 31st Superbowl in New Orleans in January 1997.
The video below is taken from Farm Aid V in Texas in 1992, but features the album version of the track audio.
Mary Chapin Carpenter w/ BeauSoleil - Down at the Twist and Shout (1991)
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