Carly Black has been musical since a very early age. At 3 years of age, she began her 15 years of dance, vocal and performance training. She wrote her first song, "God Will Never Fail", on the piano at about age of 14. She feels she was called to be a Praise & Worship Leader around this same time. At college is where the "Rock Star Bug" bit her! She sang at local venues and began songwriting. While obtaining her M.S.P.T degree, she taught herself guitar. Finally, she was able to incorporate instrumentation with her melodies and lyrics! Her first professional band "Carly Black and the Shadows" was circa 2008. Her recording career began when she released her first single, "Life Is Good" in 2011. This was followed by another single in 2012 and a self-titled album in 2013. Her second professional band, "A Touch of Black" was formed circa 2011. After their last show at Birmingham Artwalk 2014, ATOB disbanded. Carly reformed ATOB circa 2015 & this band performed together for the next fove years. An album was released in 2017 with four songs from each band featured. In 2018, being led by The Holy Spirit, Carly decided to devote all her God bestowed talent to the advancement of The Kingdom! Her first Christian EP was released in 2018. "My Everything" followed in 2019 & "Abandon" in 2022. She professes a sincere repentance process & claims she has just recently had the revelation of much of her own music! She states she prays her listeners feel His Love through her music.