Caroline Jones
Caroline Jones | |
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| Born | June 30, 1990[1] New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Origin | Greenwich, Connecticut[2] |
| Genres | Country pop |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Mailboat Records |
| Website | www |
Caroline Jones is an American country music singer and songwriter and a radio host. Her most recent album, Bare Feet, was released in March 2018.
Early life
Caroline Jones was born in New York City to Sonia and Paul Tudor Jones, and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut.[3][4] She attended the Professional Children's School in New York City and later New York University where she studied creative writing.[4][1] She took singing lessons when she was nine, and wrote her first song when she was ten.[5] She learned to sing opera and jazz under Andy Anselmo, and she also learned how to play various instruments including piano, guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, and Dobro.[6] She was for some time more interested in pop, rock and R&B music until she visited Nashville when she was 16 or 17, and switched her interest to country music.[4][7]
Career
In 2010, Jones launched The Heart is Smart initiative, which included performing in schools and colleges and providing music workshop for students.[3] 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.[8][9] She quickly followed by another three albums the following year.[5][10] In 2013, Jones became the host of Art & Soul, a radio show on SiriusXM's Coffee House interviewing musicians on their music and songwriting.[7]
In 2017, she opened for Zac Brown Band and in 2018 Jimmy Buffett.[6] Through Buffett, she became signed to his Mailboat Records, and she also collaborated with Buffett on a song.[11]
Jones was listed as one of the 10 need-to-know new country artists by Rolling Stone in 2017,[12] and one of 15 country artists to watch by Billboard in 2018.[13] Jones released Bare Feet in March 2018. Jones wrote all the songs in the album, which was produced by Ric Wake.[14] In 2019, she was listed among the 40 Under 40 List put out by Connecticut Magazine.[15]
Jones' single, "Chasin' Me", entered the Mediabase country chart at number 50 for the week ending June 1, 2019.[16]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||
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| US Country Sales [17] |
US Heat [18] |
US Indie [19] | |||||
| Fallen Flower |
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| Nice to Know You |
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| Clean Dirt |
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— | — | — | |||
| The Heart Is Smart |
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| Bare Feet |
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11 | 3 | 14 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
Extended plays
| Title | EP details |
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| Chasin' Me |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
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| US Country [21] |
US Country Airplay [22] | |||
| 2017 | "Tough Guys" | — | — | Bare Feet |
| 2018 | "Bare Feet" | — | — | |
| 2019 | "Chasin' Me" | — | 51 | Chasin' Me |
| 2020 | "All of the Boys" | — | 55 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Music videos
| Year | Video |
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| 2016 | "Tough Guys" |
| 2017 | "Rise" |
| "Bare Feet" | |
| "Country Girl" | |
| 2019 | "Chasin' Me" |
| 2020 | "All of the Boys" |
Tours
Supporting
- Welcome Home Tour (for Zac Brown Band) (2017)
- Down the Rabbit Hole Live (for Zac Brown Band) (2018)
- The Owl Tour (for Zac Brown Band) (2019)
References
- ^ a b Williams, Candy (July 3, 2018). "Caroline Jones making waves, touring with the legendary Jimmy Buffett". Trib Live.
- ^ Adaimian, John. "CT-born country singer Caroline Jones at Mohegan". Hartford Courant. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
- ^ a b "Bright Young Things of Greenwich". Westchester Look.
- ^ a b c "Caroline Jones's Unusual Journey to Country Music Stardom". Wall Street Journal. July 6, 2018.
- ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Caroline Jones". AllMusic.
- ^ a b Casey, Jim (March 30, 2018). "Who's New: Caroline Jones". Nash Country Daily.
- ^ a b Semmes, Anne W. (April 14, 2015). "Artist Caroline Jones creates music contest". Greenwich Time.
- ^ "Caroline Jones Shines on New Release 'Fallen Flower'". Skope. April 14, 2011.
- ^ "Artist Interview – Caroline Jones". Song Revelation. May 10, 2011. Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ "Caroline Jones". Bandcamp.
- ^ Dauphin, Chuck (March 30, 2018). "Caroline Jones Talks Singing With Jimmy Buffett, New Album 'Bare Feet'". Billboard.
- ^ Leight, Elias. "10 New Country Artists You Need to Know: January 2017". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Dauphin, Chuck; Weatherby, Taylor (January 5, 2018). "15 Country Artists to Watch in 2018". Billboard.
- ^ Silverfarb, Paul. "Caroline Jones Enjoying Success, Eager to Play Back Home". Greenwich Sentinel.
- ^ "40 Under 40: The Class of 2019". Connecticut Magazine: 52. February 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- ^ "Mediabase Report". AllAccess.
- ^ "Caroline Jones Chart History (Country Album Sales)". Billboard.
- ^ "Caroline Jones Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "Caroline Jones Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (January 15, 2019). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: January 14, 2019". Roughstock. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- ^ "Caroline Jones Chart History: Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
- ^ "Caroline Jones Chart History: Country Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved July 4, 2019.