Personnel: Carrie Newcomer (vocals, guitars, acoustic guitar, banjo, bouzouki); Chris Wagoner (vocals, lap steel guitar, dobro, ukulele, violin, viola); Mary Gaines (vocals, baritone ukulele, cello); Krista Detor (vocals, field organ); Michael White (vocals); Keith Skooglund (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Slats Klug (harmonica, accordion, piano); Anne Corrigan (English horn); Gary Walters (piano, Wurlitzer organ); Jeff Hedback (upright bass, electric bass); Jim Brock (drums, percussion).

Veteran folk-pop singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer returns with the lovely GEOGRAPHY OF LIGHT. A full band recording that frames Newcomer's warm, burnished vocals and delicate acoustic guitar with piano, strings and percussion, GEOGRAPHY OF LIGHT recalls such vintage singer-songwriters as Joni Mitchell and Carole King on mature, thoughtful songs like "There Is A Tree" and "A Map of Shadows." Other highlights include "A Mean Kind of Justice" and "You'd Think By Now."

Dirty Linen (p.41) - "Carrie Newcomer's music comes from heartland, heart, and spirit....[W]ith some string lines and quiet melodies that will please listeners of classical music and classic folk, as well."

Harp (magazine) (p.115) - "Carrie Newcomer imparts weighty wisdoms and searches for universal truths...grafting complex verse to the sweetest, un-fussiest of post-folk, country-informed, pop-shaded melodies..."