10 Facts About Carolyne Mas

Carol Patricia Mas was born on October 20,1955, and professionally known as Carolyne Mas, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and producer.

Carolyne Mas broke out of the Greenwich Village music scene boom of the late 1970s, along with other artists such as Steve Forbert, The Roches, and Willie Nile.

Carolyne Mas is credited with having started the Songwriter's Workshop at the Cornelia Street Cafe in 1977, which later went on to become the Songwriter's Exchange, featuring singer-songwriters such as Jack Hardy and Suzanne Vega.

Carolyne Mas's records did well in the charts in Canada, but her greatest success was in Germany, where a live album, Mas Hysteria, was released by Phonogram.

Carolyne Mas recorded three albums while with Mercury: Carolyne Mas, Hold On, and Modern Dreams.

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Carolyne Mas was often hailed as being the female Bruce Springsteen, a distinction that served to set her apart from her female contemporaries.

Carolyne Mas toured the United States, Canada, and Europe extensively with a band of musicians which included David Landau, Crispin Cioe of the Uptown Horns, bassist Ivan Elias, drummer Bobby Chouinard, and keyboardist Charlie Giordano.

Carolyne Mas moved to Bremen, Germany, in 1989 where she continued to tour and record.

From 1989 to 1993, Carolyne Mas toured throughout Germany, performing in Austria and Hungary.

In 1999, Mas reunited with producer-guitarist Steve Burgh, who had produced her first two albums, Carolyne Mas and Hold On, while she was signed to Mercury Records twenty years before.