BIOGRAPHY

‘CARTER & CARTER have so many runs on the board during the past 10 years that there should be no argument about describing them as Australian Independent country music artists of the decade.” - Country Music Capital News. 

2020 celebrates the 20 year anniversary of the release of Carter & Carter’s first album ‘Dance Away the Night’, and two decades later they are still making their trade mark music, bringing hope, community and entertainment to audiences world wide.

Dominating the Independent country music scene in Australia, Carter & Carter (Merelyn & David) have amassed more awards and more chart success than any independent artist in history.

Some of their achievements to date include:

• A Golden Guitar
  
• Eleven National #1Hits on Country Music Radio plus another fifteen National Top 10 Hits
  
• An APRA Award for Most Performed Country Work ( won against Troy Cassar-Daley, Sara Storer, Paul Kelly & Lee Kernaghan) 
  
• CMAA Industry Achiever Award for Independent Entertainer of the Year for three consecutive years
  
• 14 Australian Independent Country Music Awards - the most of any artist to date
  
• Multiple TSA Songwriting, ACMLA People’s Choice and Victorian Country Music Awards.
  
• 2020 Frank Ifield International Spur Award
  

Carter & Carter have released eight albums, one DVD and four books so far in their twenty year career. Their most recent album ‘Wonderful World’ was released to a full house at the Capitol Theatre in Tamworth at the Tamworth Festival.

Merelyn and David have been married to each other for 23 years and live with 58 animals on their beautiful mountain farm in Kinglake, Victoria. They have two children and 4 grandchildren, and faith and family are their highest priorities. They have enjoyed travelling all around Australia and abroad meeting people who have influenced their lives and stories.

‘Each song we create is a snapshot of an aspect of our lives, a glimpse into our hearts and souls. Through our music we choose to share these snapshots with the world. Whether it be one, or one billion people, the challenge is the same – can we connect?” Merelyn and David

And there have been some lows. In 2000 just before the launch of their debut album, they were involved in a major car accident, injured, but they walked away. David suffered a tumour on his spine in 2007 which was removed successfully, and in 2009 they were smack bang in the middle of the Black Saturday fires and were heavily involved in the rehabilitation and rebuilding of the fire affected communities, both on a personal and professional level in the years following. In 2017 Merelyn was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer.

Through all of this they have toured with their music for over 25 years, separately, then together. Their music is positive, uplifting, inspiring. It moves people to connect knowing that the life Carter & Carter write about is authentic – it is their life, it is our life. It moves us through our own journey – it is REAL.

With songs from the heart and borne of their amazing life experiences Carter & Carter continue to make music that makes a difference.

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