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Americana, singer-songwriter, country.


Caleb Caudle Brings It Back Home and Builds a World on ‘Forsythia’
The singer-songwriter leaves Nashville for North Carolina, reconnects with his roots, and even finds a little hope along the way

IN LATE 2020, Caleb Caudle did the thing you’re not supposed to do when you’re focusing on a music career and moved from Nashville back to his North Carolina hometown. The onset of the pandemic had brought his touring operation to a complete standstill, leaving his future as a musician in grave jeopardy. It was a tough decision, but, along with the financial benefit, it made him see things in ways he hadn’t before.

With his new album Forsythia, Americana star Caleb Caudle, in his follow-up album to 2020’s brilliant and classic Better Hurry Up, continues to add to his reputation as one of the genre’s most talented singer-songwriters.

Deftly produced by John Carter Cash at the legendary Cash Cabin, Caudle delivers an album that is not only one of this year’s best but one that stands as a wonderful aural document for our times. With its breadth of introspection about life and what is truly important and its unbounded compassion for the human condition, it is one of those records that rewards repeated listens.

Written against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic and its devastating effect on the music industry, Caudle was faced with the looming prospect that it may be his last album and that his music career had come to a screeching halt.
Moving back home to North Carolina and committing himself to write every day with the newfound time on his hands due to the pandemic, Caudle wrote a batch of new songs that ultimately turned into Forsthyhia.

He created an album of a superior songwriter at the top of his game whose layered songs are nostalgic without being oversentimental and optimistic without being ignorant of the toughness of life for all of us here on this earth.

Highlights of the record include the lead track “I Don’t Fit In,” an artist’s anthem about the value of non-conformity, the titular composition “Forsythia,” which is an ode to childhood and how beautiful life is, “Through My Hands,” a reflection upon the fluidity of time and the precious nature of existence, and the two songs “Texas Tea,” and “Shattered Glass,” which are two expressions of a world-weary traveler trying to maintain an uncompromising faith and optimism in the face of all that life is throwing at him.

Ultimately this album is the work of a man attempting to leave his mark through his art. And like all great artists, Caudle is wise to the life-defining subtleties all around him and can artistically express them in a manner that is relatable to his audience. That he succeeds so masterfully is a testament to his prowess while providing a purely joyful listening experience to all listeners.

Tracks:
01. I Don't Fit In
02. The Gates
03. Forsythia
04. Whirligigs
05. Crazy Wayne
06. Through My Hands
07. Tears of Savannah
08. Texas Tea
09. Shattered Glass
10. Red Bank Road

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