FIVE-TIME Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter comes to Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts on 3 February,

The Nashville Songwriters' Hall of Fame inductee will be performing songs from her expansive 14-album catalogue and new songs from her latest album, The Things That We Are Made Of.

Produced by 2016 Producer of the Year, Grammy-nominee Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton), the album features eleven new songs written by Carpenter, and has received critical acclaim from NPR and Rolling Stone, among others.

Over the course of her acclaimed career, Carpenter has recorded 14 albums and sold over 14 million records.

With hits like Passionate Kisses and He Thinks He’ll Keep Her, she has won five Grammy Awards (with 15 nominations), two CMA awards, two Academy of Country Music awards for her vocals and is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Of the album, Carpenter said:“Working with Dave felt great from the first day of our sessions. He is always willing to try something new, believes that ‘yes’ is the only answer, and surrounds himself with wonderfully talented and generous musicians; by the end of the project, I felt as if I was a part of a new family.”

The new album finds the songwriter at her most thoughtful and also at times sweetly whimsical, perfectly capturing the buoyant spirit of her early successes and also serving as a reminder that she remains one of the most grounded, sentient songwriters of her generation.”

The Things That We Are Made Of was recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium and Low Country Sound studios during the spring and summer of 2016.

Cobb adds, “I wanted to work with Mary Chapin because very few people can cut with words like she can. She’s an absolute poet and legend. I was so happy to collaborate on this album together.”

Mary Chapin Carpenter will perform at Lighthouse with special guest Bella Hardy on Friday, February 3 at 7.30pm.

Tickets, £34.50 or £39.50. For tickets and information, call 01202 280000 or visit lighthousepoole.co.uk