“This sweet and arresting record should appeal to a widening audience for this artist: those who have found some calm, and those who wish they could.”
“Wise and winning”
“The new music is at times as quietly contemplative as much of Guy Clark’s best (‘Red Bank Road’); at others it rides Mr. Douglas’s patented liquid yet rhythmic dobro groove (‘Texas Tea’); and sometimes summons the spooky sounds of heirloom folk tunes (‘The Gates’).”
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With a distinctly Appalachian tone including forlorn harmony, twangy acoustic guitar, and angular fiddle, Caudle steps firmly into traditional territory with this release. Using the depressive, introspective twang of Appalachian folk music to strengthen his narrative, Caudle embarks upon a deep examination of his past, present, and future on “I Don’t Fit In.” Peering deeply into his habit of intellectual and physical wandering, Caudle identifies his desire not to be assimilated into social expectations as the source of his constant discomfort. With “Forsythia as potentially his final album,” Caudle acknowledges that, while his musical journey may soon draw to a close, this constant wandering will continue for the rest of his life. Listen to “I Don’t Fit In” below, and stay on the lookout for the October release of Forsythia!
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Those who have followed Caudle’s career will appreciate his reflective attitude here, especially since the songs are hewed with such immaculate care and detail.
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How Caleb Caudle Found a New Spark With ‘Forsythia’
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Counting himself as part of the last pre-internet music generation, North Carolina native and singer/songwriter Caleb Caudle believes the things that matter take time -- whether sending handwritten postcards randomly to fans or making sure a vinyl release invites listeners fully into his world through artwork.
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"My favorite records are ones that create worlds for the songs to live in, which is exactly what I aimed to do with Forsythia," says Caudle. "I want this record to provide the same escape for listeners that writing the songs did for me in the heat of the pandemic when so many doubts were creeping into my head about if I'd ever be able to do this again. I'm so thankful that no longer looks like it'll be the case."
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Caleb Caudle has lived a lot of his life on the road. His father was a truck driver and Caleb learned early on that making a living often meant long days away from home. The North Carolina-born musician started out in a rock band before he found his calling as a thoughtful alt-country singer-songwriter. When Caleb released his debut solo album Red Bank Road in 2007, he was just beginning to realize what made his songwriting voice distinctive, and his numerous releases since then have been a journey deeper into his own sound and point of view.
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Caleb Caudle’s Forsythia is elemental, captivating with a rich greenness textured at intervals by bluebirds, flowering gold, and even a darkness that somehow feels necessary rather than foreboding, the shadow from his heels in the morning sun.
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“This is the most autobiographical song I’ve ever written. I grew up across the street from a small general store called Gordy’s Hardware which was run by some cousins on my Mom’s side of the family. They had slingshots, harmonicas, candy and pretty much everything else a kid would want. There’s a creek that runs back behind my folks' house and I used to fish and look for crawdads back there. After traveling all over the world, this song is a celebration of my first world; a real small one. I love the innocence of it and I go there in my mind when life gets tough.” -C
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“Caleb Caudle made his new record as if it was going to be his last, and it sounds as so; there is something grand and defining about it.”
“The songs lay out a philosophical map of Caudle’s life and the stars by which he navigates it. It’s vast and calming, washing all around you as you listen to it like an ocean.”
“Like the rest of the songs on Forsythia, it finds beauty in simpler times; a renewed childlike sense of hope and contentment that feels powerfully subversive in these increasingly dark days.”
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“Driven forward by Caudle's clever, slice-of-life storytelling and toe-tapping accompaniment, "Crazy Wayne" is a charming, folk-rooted gem.”
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I’m thrilled to announce my new album Forsythia available everywhere on October 7th! Listen to “Crazy Wayne” now!
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