Carrie Pazdziora

Carrie's life began in a small town in North Carolina where the fields run green but the blues are at your heels. Though the quaint town of Hertford might not be considered the hottest spot for an upcoming artist, there she learned to dream of something greater, which provided inspiration for her beautiful music and the longing to share it with others. Many a song was written to the rhythm of the Perquimans River lapping against her neighbor's pier, an escape that will always remain close to Carrie's heart.

Her family's involvement in the local church provided Carrie the opportunity to debut her voice at the tender age of three.  She began writing songs and poems as a youngster, but didn't begin learning her instrument, the guitar, until she was fifteen.  This opened new worlds for her as a songwriter, now finally able to write down the chords of her music.  Carrie had been a fairly frequent soloist for her church's youth and adult choirs, but having solo original pieces to perform proved to be an exciting aspect of music that she simply couldn't get enough of!  She debuted first few original songs in 2003, which were met with enthusiastic reception from audiences in local churches and schools. 

In 2004, Carrie studied songwriting at the YWAM School of Worship in Nashville, TN, throughout which she was responsible for writing at least one new song each week.  She has since performed her original compositions in cafés from Nashville to Atlanta, as well as abroad, appearing in Paris and southern France. Carrie began her college studies in 2005 at Belmont University in Nashville, where she developed further as a vocal artist.

Carrie moved to Chicago in 2006, a day after changing her last name to the somewhat confusing "Pazdziora" (pronounced "Paz-di-ora" in English, "Pazh-ju-rah" in Polish).  There she continues her studies in music and performs regularly in local venues.

              Carrie's first full-length CD, "a look inside," was released in June 2008.

Above photo taken by Casey Jo Jenkins.

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