Caitlin Cary

Who is Caitlin Cary?

Caitlin Cary is an alt-country musician.

Born to Hall Cary and Carol Campbell Thomas in East Cleveland, Caitlin Cary was raised with her half-brothers, Brian, Craig, and Keith Thomas, in East Cleveland and Cleveland Heights. She began playing the violin at age six. She attended the College of Wooster in Ohio. She joined the band Whiskeytown in 1994, as a graduate student at North Carolina State University.

Cary released her first solo EP, Waltzie, in 2000. She has since released two full-length solo albums and an album of duets with Thad Cockrell. Cary has collaborated on albums with such artists as Tres Chicas, Alejandro Escovedo, Kenny Roby, and Greg Hawks and The Tremblers.

In 2013, Cary co-founded the North Carolina Music Love Army with Jon Lindsay. The collective of NC-based musicians created an LP entitled, We Are Not For Sale: Songs of Protest, to oppose the regressive actions of the North Carolina General Assembly. The album was released worldwide via Redeye Distribution on November 26, 2013.