"Welcome to the world of talented author, journalist, and singer Carol Markstrom...where American folk music washes gently against Americana”
Country Music People Magazine
2024 & 2025 RELEASES:
A BETTER WAY
NEWLY RELEASED SINGLE!
This song speaks to finding a bridge across the differences
that divide us to a better place of peace and unity.
co-written by Carol Markstrom & Seth Maynard
Engineered and Mixed by Merel Bregante, Cribworks Digital Audio, Liberty Hill, TX
The song can be purchased here:
ORDERS/CONTACT - Carol Markstrom - Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter
NEWLY RELEASED SINGLE!
This song speaks to finding a bridge across the differences
that divide us to a better place of peace and unity.
co-written by Carol Markstrom & Seth Maynard
Engineered and Mixed by Merel Bregante, Cribworks Digital Audio, Liberty Hill, TX
The song can be purchased here:
ORDERS/CONTACT - Carol Markstrom - Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter
SEEKERS is Carol's latest album of 12 original songs--all on aspects of Native American history and cultures.
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OUT HERE IN THE STICKS is a new "humor" single from Carol about strange sightings in the West.
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RED CARPET AWARD SHOW IN EUROPE:
2024: Musician of the Year 2023: Best Country Rock Cover Female 2022: Best Original Folk Female + 2025 Nominations
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Kay-Ya Ha Chickasaw
by Dawn Anita Plumlee & Carol Markstrom 1st Place for Best Songwriting/Lyrics from the Cowpokes Int'l Film Festival in Electra, Texas #1 - The Georgia Songbirds Top-40 in Australia |
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East to El Paso
by Carol Markstrom Performing at the Red Carpet Award Show in Europe. Backed by the amazing Allstar Band: Thomas Rittmeyer from Germany on vocal and guitar; Alan Fox and Jeremy Stork accompanying |
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Bandida
Best Music Video Award Wild Bunch Film Festival Top-10 - Int'l Western Music Assn. #4 - International Country with Star Central, Australia |
RECENT AWARDS
* 2024 Musician of the Year, Red Carpet Award Show in Europe
* 2024 Best Music Video for Jeffords' Secret, Wild Bunch Film Festival
* 2023 Best Country Rock Cover Female for Long, Long Time, Red Carpet Award Show in Europe
* 2022-2023 Awards for Best Song/Musical Score for Miner's Candle film from the Will Rogers Medallion Awards, Cowpokes Intl, Wild Bunch, & Barcelona Int'l Film Festival (honorable mention), and beyond
* 2022 Silver Arrow Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Native American Music Industry, Spirit Wind Records
* 2022 Best Folk Original Song for Miner's Candle, Red Carpet Award Show in Europe
* 2022 1st Place Best Songwriting/Lyrics for Kay-Yah Ha Chickasaw from the Cowpokes International Film Festival (w/Dawn Anita Plumlee)
* 2021 Mile After Mile: Western Album of the Year, Academy of Western Artists
* 2020 BANDIDA: Best Music Video, Wild Bunch Film Festival
*2018 & 2017 Best CD of the Year Awards, Rural Roots Music Comm.
*2018 Finalist, Native Heart Award, Native American Music Association
*2017 and 2015 Western Female Vocalist of the Year: Academy of Western Artists
* 2024 Musician of the Year, Red Carpet Award Show in Europe
* 2024 Best Music Video for Jeffords' Secret, Wild Bunch Film Festival
* 2023 Best Country Rock Cover Female for Long, Long Time, Red Carpet Award Show in Europe
* 2022-2023 Awards for Best Song/Musical Score for Miner's Candle film from the Will Rogers Medallion Awards, Cowpokes Intl, Wild Bunch, & Barcelona Int'l Film Festival (honorable mention), and beyond
* 2022 Silver Arrow Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Native American Music Industry, Spirit Wind Records
* 2022 Best Folk Original Song for Miner's Candle, Red Carpet Award Show in Europe
* 2022 1st Place Best Songwriting/Lyrics for Kay-Yah Ha Chickasaw from the Cowpokes International Film Festival (w/Dawn Anita Plumlee)
* 2021 Mile After Mile: Western Album of the Year, Academy of Western Artists
* 2020 BANDIDA: Best Music Video, Wild Bunch Film Festival
*2018 & 2017 Best CD of the Year Awards, Rural Roots Music Comm.
*2018 Finalist, Native Heart Award, Native American Music Association
*2017 and 2015 Western Female Vocalist of the Year: Academy of Western Artists