Bay Area singer/songwriter Zoe FitzGerald Carter has been touring both coasts in support of her new album, Before the Machine, since its release in June of 2024. Inspired by memories of a pre-smart phone world, the title track explores how technology, and specifically smart phones, has irrevocably altered our experience of time. Picking up where Zoe’s last album, Waterlines, left off, Before the Machine further showcases the artist’s vivid, literary sense of language while weaving a rich and confident fabric of folk, country, rock, blues and jazz.


A native of Washington D.C., Zoe began playing guitar and singing as a teenager. Although music was her first love, writing was her first career. A graduate of Columbia Journalism School, Zoe has written for numerous national magazines (The New York Times, Newsweek, Vogue) and, in 2010, published an award-winning memoir, Imperfect Endings. 

For more information and to hear her music, find Zoe on her website: https://zoecartermusic.com/

You can also buy her latest CD on BandCamp:https://zoefcarter.bandcamp.com/ 

Or listen and follow her it on all the major streaming platforms.

Her music videos, which have won awards and been featured in various film festivals are on her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@zoefitzgeraldcarter4548

You can also feel free to reach out to Zoe directly at zoecarter@mac.com