Musical performers at the Pegasus Coffee House run the gamut from local kids plucking out their first chords to professional musicians with years of stage time under their shiny belt buckles.

Carrie Clark, who performs March 25, falls somewhere in between the two.

The Oregon native has been a fixture on the Seattle alt-country music scene for more than a decade, and her third CD is due out any day.

With her bandmates, bassist Dayna Smith, guitarist Greg Fulton and drummer Larry Bichler, she has played clubs such as The Tractor Tavern and The Showbox, as well as touring nationally.

She has performed at festivals from Seattle’s Folklife to the huge South by Southwest artists’ showcase in Austin, Texas.

She’s come a long way, musically and geographically, from her childhood in Corvallis, Ore. Life in the small town gave her a lot of time to spend singing along to the radio and her parents’ records, including Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Crystal Gayle. Their influences can be heard in her music, although it has a decidedly “young” feel.

Her first two recordings, “Release the Butterfly” and “Reverie” have gotten national and international radio play, and she has given feature interviews on KUOW’s “The Beat” and KGRG’s “Out of the Box.”

You can catch Carrie Clark 7:30 p.m. April 1 at Pegasus Coffee House, 131 Parfitt Way E, Bainbridge Island. Concerts at the Pegasus are hosted by Music Community Resources, and admission is by a suggested $5 donation, which goes to the artist.