Caitlin Canty

Caitlin Canty (born January 24, 1982) is an American singer/songwriter. The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' calls Canty's alto a "casually devastating voice" and NPR says her music mixes "a gritty side with aching ballads.".

Originally from Vermont, Canty moved to East Nashville, Tennessee in 2015. She tours internationally and spends much of her time on the road. Canty writes and performs primarily on a 1930s Recording King guitar.

Early life and education

Canty was born in Vermont. She sang in the Proctor Junior/Senior High School chorus and played the trombone in the band. At age 17, she was given a guitar as a Christmas gift and learned to play from a VHS tape of guitar lessons. Canty attended Williams College in Williamstown, MA. She majored in biology and took several songwriting classes and began writing songs.

Career

After college, Canty moved to New York City, where she was hired as the first employee of ''Live from the Artists Den'', and later worked as a sustainability consultant. During this time she recorded her first album in her makeshift home studio, and an EP coproduced by the band Darlingside, both of which were out of print as of 2015. After five years working full-time and playing solo shows or singing backing vocals in New York clubs including Rockwood Music Hall and The Living Room, Canty quit her day job to pursue music full-time. Her 2012 album, ''Golden Hour'', was recorded with her trio (Hans Holzen on lap steel and guitars, and Kyle Kegerreis on upright bass) and members of Darlingside in Portland, ME.

Her second album, the critically acclaimed record, ''Reckless Skyline'', was released on January 20, 2015. Produced by Jeffrey Foucault, it creates "a sound that harnesses the grit and spark at the heart of American music, tempered with a voice both haunting and distinct." The studio and touring band includes Billy Conway (Morphine) on drums, Jeremy Moses Curtis (Booker T) on bass, Foucault on guitars and backing vocals, Eric Heywood (Ray LaMontagne, Tift Merritt, The Pretenders) on pedal steel and electric guitars, and Matt Lorenz ( The Suitcase Junket, Chris Smither) on pump organ, banjo, piano and fiddle.

''Reckless Skyline'' was recorded over four days at Sonelab in Easthampton, MA. It includes 11 original songs and a cover of Neil Young's "Unknown Legend." 0/sup> 2/sup> 3/sup> 4/sup> 5/sup> 6/sup>

''Motel Bouquet'', released in 2018, was produced by Noam Pikelny (Punch Brothers) and was recorded live over three days in Nashville, TN. The band features Aoife O’Donovan (vocals), Paul Kowert (bass), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Gabe Witcher (fiddle), Russ Pahl (pedal steel), and Pikelny on electric guitar and banjo. Rolling Stone has described her music "dreamy and daring" and she was one of Rolling Stone Country's "Ten Country artists you need to know."

Canty writes and records with several bands including Down Like Silver, her duo with Peter Bradley Adams. /sup> Down Like Silver released its eponymous EP in 2011 and a single, "Light That Match" in 2014. Canty sings backing vocals on Joy Williams's GRAMMY-nominated record, ''Front Porch,'' Adams' record ''The Mighty Storm'' and ''A Face Like Mine,'' on Darlingside's ''Pilot Machines'' and ''Extralife,'' on Pieta Brown's ''Postcards'' and on Jeffrey Foucault's ''Salt as Wolves''. /sup>

Discography

*2007 ''Green'' (EP-Out of print)
*2010 ''Neon Streets'' (EP-Out of print)
*2011 ''Down Like Silver'' (with Down Like Silver)
*2012 ''Golden Hour''
*2013 ''Light That Match'' (with Down Like Silver)
*2015 ''Reckless Skyline''
*2016 ''Lost in the Valley''
*2018 ''Broken Coastline'' (single, with Down Like Silver)
*2018 ''Motel Bouquet''
*2023 ''Quiet Flame''

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Living people
1982 births
American women singer-songwriters
Williams College alumni
21st-century American singers
21st-century American women singers
People from Proctor, Vermont
Singers from Vermont