Caroline Jones (singer)

Caroline Jones
Born (1990-06-30) June 30, 1990[1]
New York
Genres Country pop
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active 2010–present
Website www.carolinejones.com

Caroline Jones is an American country music singer and songwriter and a radio host. She released her album, titled Bare Feet, in March 2018.

Early life

Caroline Jones was born in New York City to Sonia and Paul Tudor Jones, and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut.[2][3] She attended the Professional Children's School in New York City and later New York University where she studied creative writing.[3][1] She took singing lesson when she was nine, and wrote her first song when she was ten.[4] She learned to sing opera and jazz under Andy Anselmo, and she also learned how to play various instruments including piano, guitar, banjo, mandolin and Dobro.[5] She was for some time more interested in pop, rock and R&B music until she visited visited Nashville when she was 16 or 17, and switched her interest to country music.[3][6]

Career

In 2010, Jones launched The Heart is Smart initiative that included performing in schools and colleges and providing music workshop for students.[2] She also wrote and produced her debut album herself in New York City and Nashville in 2010, playing multiple instruments on the album. In January 2011, Jones self-released the album, Fallen Flower.[7][8] She quickly followed by another three albums the following year.[4][9] In 2013, Jones became the host of Art & Soul, a radio show on SiriusXM's Coffee House interviewing musicians on their music and songwriting.[6]

In 2017, she opened for Zac Brown Band and in 2018 Jimmy Buffett.[5] Through Buffett, she became signed to his Mailboat Records, and she also collaborated with Buffett on a song.[10]

Jones was listed as one of the 10 need-to-know new country artists by Rolling Stone in 2017,[11] and one of 15 country artists to watch by Billboard in 2018.[12] Jones released Bare Feet in March 2018. Jones wrote all the songs in the album, which was produced by Ric Wake.[13]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
US
Heat
[14]		 US
Indie
[15]
Fallen Flower — —
Nice to Know You — —
Clean Dirt — —
The Heart Is Smart — —
Bare Feet
  • Release date: March 30, 2018
  • Label: Mailboat Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download, Stream
 3 14
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

  1. 1 2 Williams, Candy (July 3, 2018). "Caroline Jones making waves, touring with the legendary Jimmy Buffett". Trib Live.
  2. 1 2 "Bright Young Things of Greenwich". Westchester Look.
  3. 1 2 3 "Caroline Jones's Unusual Journey to Country Music Stardom". Wall Street Journal. July 6, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Deming, Mark. "Caroline Jones". AllMusic.
  5. 1 2 Casey, Jim (March 30, 2018). "Who's New: Caroline Jones". Nash Country Daily.
  6. 1 2 Semmes, Anne W. (April 14, 2015). "Artist Caroline Jones creates music contest". Greenwich Time.
  7. ↑ "Caroline Jones Shines on New Release 'Fallen Flower'". Skope. April 14, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Artist Interview – Caroline Jones". Song Revelation. May 10, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Caroline Jones". Bandcamp.
  10. ↑ Dauphin, Chuck (March 30, 2018). "Caroline Jones Talks Singing With Jimmy Buffett, New Album 'Bare Feet'". Billboard.
  11. ↑ Leight, Elias. "10 New Country Artists You Need to Know: January 2017". Rolling Stone.
  12. ↑ Dauphin, Chuck; Weatherby, Taylor (January 5, 2018). "15 Country Artists to Watch in 2018". Billboard.
  13. ↑ Silverfarb, Paul. "Caroline Jones Enjoying Success, Eager to Play Back Home". Greenwich Sentinel.
  14. ↑ "Caroline Jones Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard.
  15. ↑ "Caroline Jones Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
  16. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (September 24, 2018). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: September 24, 2018". Roughstock. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
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