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Recordings 
Springfield (1996) Carole recorded Springfield, the first of two solo albums, in July 1996. Named after her hometown in Western Massachusetts, Springfield is dedicated to her mother, Mildred Fredericks Williams who passed away just before the album was completed. Springfield pays tribute to those who influenced Carole's music and became her idols - Aretha Franklin, the Beatles, Sam and Dave, and Mahalia Jackson. She decided to sing what she knew best - gospel and the blues. Collaborating with Jean-Jacques Goldman, Erick Benzi, Jacques Veneruso, Gildas Arzel, Christophe Satterfield and fellow American, Yvonne Jones, Carole wrote 12 original songs for the album. The selections include six contemporary gospel songs - Save My Soul, Reachin', Shine, Jesus In Me, Change, So I Pray - the traditional Silent Night and a remake of Edwin Hawkins Oh Happy Day in a capella accompanied by the Lafayette Inspirational Ensemble of Brooklyn. Carole's six blues tracks are no less inspiring. She sashays through Tender Love with only bass accompaniment and mournfully laments lost love in No Rain. Carole seems to have a raucous good time with Runaway Love while Let Him Be Blues and Reason To Stay are a send up to torch song divas like Etta James, Aretha Franklin and Janis Joplin. 'You Had It Comin,' just one of the many gems offered on Springfield, is a rare duet with oldest brother blues musician Taj Mahal. Recorded entirely in English, Springfield was released to rave reviews in France, Belgium and Switzerland. For close to three years Carole toured Europe sharing personal stories of her childhood with enthralled audiences and singing the music of her roots. Springfield swept the 2004 JPF Music Awards on November 7th with 3 wins in the Gospel Category: Best Gospel Album: Springfield and Best Gospel Song: Shine. Second Place Finalist in the Best Gospel Song category: Save My Soul. Lyrics and music for Shine and Save My Soul were written by Carole Fredericks and Erick Benzi, the publishers are Ed. JRG/Kevin Organisation. Thanks to Dave Sobel and Richard Carr for the nice photos from the big night. Take a look...
CAROLE FREDERICKS: Couleurs Et Parfums Reissue CD With Bonus Track "Veille" (2008) This album was released in celebration of the 2008 return of Carole Fredericks. She is coming home, literally. From February 15 through November 9, 2008, The Springfield Museums are presenting Blues in Our Blood: The Artistic Evolution of Taj Mahal and Carole Fredericks, a multimedia exploration of an apparently ordinary African American family that produced an extraordinary collection of musicians, artists, writers, teachers and entrepreneurs. A treasure trove of photographs, film footage and print documents shed light on the historical markers, social conditions and personal dramas that shaped the careers of two of its most outstanding members. Personal artifacts, including gold records, performance clothing and jewelry and handwritten lyrics have been shipped from Paris to Springfield especially for the exhibition which also incorporates rare film and video footage and photographs from her international tours. Blues in Our Blood, the exhibition's evocative title, was inspired by a 1999 song recorded by Fredericks entitled "J'ai le sang blues," "I Have Blues in My Blood." Transcending place and race, music once again speaks directly to the irrepressible force that resides within the human spirit to fulfill its destiny. That the career of Carole Fredericks blossomed most fully in French comes as no surprise to lovers, speakers and teachers of French. That her musical legacy will continue to reach a new and broader audience in her mother country is the ultimate round trip. Blues In Our Blood: The Artistic Evolution of Taj Mahal and Carole Fredericks
Fredericks Goldman Jones ...and on the recordings by the electrifying, magnetic rock trio Fredericks Goldman Jones. Together with writer/producer/lead guitarist, Jean-Jacques Goldman, and second guitarist, Michael Jones, Carole was catapulted into prominence in the French-speaking world. Fredericks Goldman Jones took world stages by storm. The trio toured extensively throughout Europe, South East Asia, Japan, Africa and the French-speaking world. They released:
"[Carole] arrived in France in 1979. Shortly afterwards she launched a career as a studio musician - i.e. one of those people with extraordinary technical skills who put her talent at the service of other singers. In the course of her career Carole provided backing vocals for a lot of different singers and that is how I came to meet her myself"
Carole's vocal presence is stamped on the international breakthrough recordings of:
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