Lori Carson was signed to a development deal with Manhattan Records in 1987, and to a recording contract with Geffen Records in 1988.
13 Facts About Lori Carson
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In support of the record, Lori Carson toured as part of a trio opening for Joe Jackson in Canada and the US In 1991, she was dropped from the label.
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Lori Carson signed to Restless records in 1994, and Where It Goes was released in 1995.
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Lori Carson toured extensively in support of the record, often accompanied by Paul Pimsler and cellist Jane Scarpantoni.
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Lori Carson opened for Counting Crows as a soloist, facing their hit-hungry audiences with only an acoustic guitar.
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Lori Carson received an offer to co-write a song for Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days with composer Graeme Revell.
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In 1998, Lori Carson moved from New York City to Seattle and recorded Stars with Layng Martine III and Joe Ferla as co-producers.
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In 2002 Janet Rienstra of Meta Records asked Lori Carson to compose a song-cycle that would work in the context of yoga or meditation.
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In 2016 Lori Carson cofounded the small press 3 am analog to publish "fiction and creative nonfiction of musicians and songwriters" including Jesse Harris, Matt Keating, and Sylvie Simmons.
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Lori Carson was born in Queens, New York and grew up in Bethpage.
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Lori Carson's father, Marvin, now deceased, was an engineer who went to work on Wall Street.
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Lori Carson graduated from Plainedge High School in North Massapequa, was a Fine Arts major at FIT in New York City, and attended Hunter College.
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Lori Carson was briefly romantically involved with her Golden Palominos bandmate Anton Fier in the 1990s.