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CAITLYN SMITH’S HIGH & LOW AVAILABLE TODAY ON MONUMENT RECORDS
Self-Produced Third Album Arrives One Day After Smith Receives Nomination for ACM New Female Artist of the Year Smith Sits Down with “CBS Mornings” to Discuss the Inspiration Behind the Record, Watch HERE NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Monument Records’ powerhouse vocalist Caitlyn Smith arrives today with the self-produced full album: High & Low, signaling the start of her “virtuoso creative era” […]

CAITLYN SMITH’S “THE GREAT PRETENDER”
Self-Produced Third Album, HIGH & LOW, Due April 14, 2023 On Monument Records NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After completing her new album High & Low and turning the self-produced body of work in to her label, Caitlyn Smith wrote a song so powerful and important that the only answer was to cut it overnight, alone in her home. The recording’s vulnerability and isolation […]

CAITLYN SMITH READIES HIGH & LOW
SELF-PRODUCED THIRD ALBUM, DUE APRIL 14, 2023 ON MONUMENT RECORDS NEW TRACK “LATELY” OUT TODAY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Last year, Monument Records’ powerhouse vocalist Caitlyn Smith released High, the first half of a record that the critically acclaimed singer/songwriter self-produced. Today, Smith announces the completion of that project, adding six new songs to make her full record, High & Low, due April […]

CAITLYN SMITH RELEASES “DREAMIN’S FREE”FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM
CAITLYN SMITH RELEASES “DREAMIN’S FREE” FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM Kicks Off Headlining Tour Tonight in Hometown Minneapolis, Minn. Pre-Save High; Arrives April 8 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A week before the release of her forthcoming self-produced third album, High, Monument Records’ acclaimed songstress Caitlyn Smith gives fans another sliver of what’s ahead with “Dreamin’s Free.” “I spent a good portion of last […]

ACM NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR NOMINEE CAITLYN SMITH ANNOUNCES SELF-PRODUCED NEW ALBUM HIGH ARRIVES APRIL 8
ACM NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR NOMINEE CAITLYN SMITH ANNOUNCES SELF- PRODUCED NEW ALBUM HIGH ARRIVES APRIL 8 Releases New Single To Country Radio: “DOWNTOWN BABY” Album Pre-order Available Tomorrow NASHVILLE, Tenn. – “How will you ever know what you’re capable of if you never try?” singer and innovator Caitlyn Smith asks. “For far too long, […]

POWERHOUSE VOCALIST CAITLYN SMITHEARNS FIRST ACM NOMINATION WITH NOD FORNEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
POWERHOUSE VOCALIST CAITLYN SMITHEARNS FIRST ACM NOMINATION WITH NOD FORNEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Teases Music to Come with Self-Produced Track “High”Plots Headlining High & Low Tour 2022 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – When singer-songwriter Caitlyn Smith arrived in Music City she quickly made a name for herself in writing rooms around town, penning songs for the likes of […]

CAITLYN SMITH RELEASES POWERFUL NEW TRACK “HIGH”
CAITLYN SMITH RELEASES POWERFUL NEW TRACK “HIGH” New Track, “High” Available Everywhere Now Listen Here Watch Video Here NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Powerhouse vocalist Caitlyn Smith spent much of the last two years reflecting. Coming off her second album on Monument Records, released nearly the day the word shut down in 2020, she was at a crossroads – remain in […]

Caitlyn Smith Releases Stripped EP: Supernova Acoustic OUT NOW
Nashville, TN – When Minnesota native Caitlyn Smith first arrived in Nashville and found herself in writers’ rooms about Music Row, she marveled at the simplicity and purity their songs were in initially: just vocals and guitar or piano. To this day, it’s her favorite form in which to listen. It’s with that foundation in mind that Smith […]

CAITLYN SMITH’S SUPERNOVA (DELUXE) ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW
FEATURES “I CAN’T,” NEW COLLABORATION WITH OLD DOMINION Rising singer-songwriter Caitlyn Smith releases Supernova (Deluxe), available today on Monument Records. The deluxe version of her critically-acclaimed sophomore album features “I Can’t” reimagined as a duet with Nashville powerhouse group Old Dominion and produced by 3x GRAMMY Award-winner Shane McAnally, as well as Caitlyn’s stunning cover […]

CAITLYN SMITH SOPHOMORE ALBUM SUPERNOVA AVAILABLE NOW
ritically-acclaimed singer-songwriter Caitlyn Smith’s highly-anticipated sophomore album Supernova is available today via Monument Records. Inspired by Caitlyn’s time on the road with her husband and two young sons, Supernova showcases Caitlyn’s most vulnerable songwriting to date, expressing both the highs and lows that make life so beautiful. NPR’s All Songs Considered has featured Supernova on their New Music Friday: The Top 10 Albums Out on March […]

Caitlyn Smith Releases New Music With Starfire Vinyl For Record Store Day On April 21
Caitlyn Smith announced via social media an exclusive Deluxe Edition vinyl release of her debut album Starfire featuring two new songs. The vinyl album available this Saturday, April 21 for Record Store will feature unreleased tracks “Breakfast in the Afternoon” and “If I Didn’t Love You.” “When I recorded Starfire, I knew I also wanted it to be available on vinyl,” […]

Caitlyn Smith Launches First Headlining Starfire Tour Last Night
Caitlyn Smith kicked off her first-ever headlining Starfire Tour last night at Northampton, Massachusetts’s Iron Horse Music Hall. The twenty-four-date tour will take Smith across the country with stops in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Chicago and Atlanta before wrapping on May 10 at Nashville, Tennessee’s Mercy Lounge. The tour is in support of Smith’s […]

Caitlyn Smith Premieres Debut Album Starfire Available Everywhere Today
Caitlyn Smith, known for her impactful lyrics and unmistakable vocals delivers her long-awaited, debut album, Starfire, everywhere today. On the heels of a whirlwind month including what Rolling Stonecalled a, “fiery, blues-drenched” performance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, the singer/songwriter that The New York Times says has a voice that is, “lean and […]

Caitlyn Smith’s Electrifying TV Debut On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
After years of penning hit songs for others and working behind the scenes in writers rounds, Caitlyn Smith steps out into the spotlight, making her national T.V. debut on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The singer American Songwriter calls a “powerhouse vocalist” delivered the album cut “Contact High” off her debut album for Monument Records, Starfire, available for pre-order now and everywhere this Friday, Jan. 19. The singer […]

Caitlyn Smith Debuts Video For Song ‘This Town Is Killing Me’
With Caitlyn Smith’s debut studio album Starfire set to hit shelves on Jan. 19, the small-town Minnesota native is reflecting on almost giving up the dream she fostered from a very young age — and all of the barriers she overcame to achieve it. The musician says her new song “This Town Is Killing Me” comes from “an intimate place between the singer […]

Caitlyn Smith’s ‘Starfire’ Out January 19th
Caitlyn Smith is on the rise with a debut release, Starfire, that is burning bright and capturing attention and accolades. Her Monument Records release, which is due on January 19, 2018, is the culmination of years spent writing for other artists including James Bay, John Legend, and Meghan Trainor, before finding her own voice […]

Caitlyn Smith Finds Destiny In Tacoma
Singer-songwriter Caitlyn Smith debuts All the Way to Tacoma, a documentary which follows her 3,000-mile train trip from Memphis to Tacoma, during the Nashville Film Festival Friday, April 21 (8:30 PM/CT) and Tuesday, April 25 (8:30 PM/CT). Shot last spring by director/cinematographer Justin Key the documentary follows Smith on a cross-country trip on an Amtrak […]

Monument Records Re-launches Under Sony Music Entertainment; Jason Owen and Shane McAnally To Helm
Sony Music announced the re-launching of their label Monument Records, with respected industry veterans Jason Owen and Shane McAnally serving as co-presidents of the label. Critically acclaimed newcomers Caitlyn Smith and Walker Hayes are Monument’s leading artists. An imprint of Sony Music Entertainment, Monument Records will employ a staff of creative and innovative thinkers in […]
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“If a song didn’t give me chills at some point, then I didn’t want to put it on the record,” says Caitlyn Smith. “I wanted to feel and believe every song.”
With the 2018 release of her debut album, Starfire, Smith established herself as one of the brightest rising stars in Nashville; her finely etched writing and soulful voice earned her numerous television appearances, festival bookings, and high-profile touring slots. Now, with the follow-up, Supernova, the singer-songwriter who garnered acclaim from Rolling Stone, Billboard, and countless critics has upped the ante, delivering a set of songs that are bigger, bolder, and more powerful sonically and lyrically.
“I had years to collect songs for the first album,” says Smith. “This time I was much more focused going in, I had a better idea of what I wanted to create. Being on the road and playing for a lot of different audiences, I gained a good sense of what works live, which contributed a lot to the songs and production choices.”
The territory staked out in Supernova represents Smith diving deep into her life and experiences in the last few tumultuous years. “The songs are about being on the road, the highs and lows of marriage, things people around me were going through,” she says. “A song like ‘Long Time Coming’ came from a season of a lot of growth—it’s song of victory, of looking in the mirror and excavating anxiety and things I want to get rid of. It’s about becoming a better version of myself.”
Growing up in the small town of Cannon Falls, Minnesota, Smith was drawn to music at a young age. She put together her first band when she was 12 years old and started cold-calling local venues for gigs. After making three albums before she turned 19, she began making the fourteen-hour drive to Nashville as often as she could. She soon become one of the town’s most celebrated songwriters, but attempting to re-launch herself as a singer proved more challenging than she expected.
That journey, and her ultimate triumph, formed the backbone of Starfire. With Supernova, Smith advances the story, grappling with life as a touring artist, a wife, and a mother of two young children. She explains that the album’s title track is the project’s centerpiece. “The song ‘Supernova’ is kind of a sad love song about how short life is, and it set the bar for the emotion of this record,” she says. “A supernova is a blast, the final and fullest expression of a star, and, to me, its most beautiful form. I made it the album title because I wanted the album to represent a whole range of emotions. I wanted each song to have that weight, to sit in its utmost emotion.
“‘Supernova’ was a song that just fell out,” she continues. “I was sitting having coffee on my back porch and watching our two-year-old playing in the backyard. I had this moment of ‘How am I 33, own a house, have a husband and a kid?”—it knocked me upside the head. A second ago I was six years old and upside down on the monkey bars, and now I’m here!”
As she continued writing, Smith felt a different sense of ambition for her compositions this time around. “The goal was to push boundaries and grow,” she says, citing such inspirations as Paul Simon, Bonnie Raitt, and the Beatles. “I was stretching for different melodies, taking extra time to craft them. These songs all have guts, they have teeth.”
Just as notable is the shift to more expansive, wide-screen production on Supernova. Smith says that she didn’t have a specific sound in her mind going into the sessions, but that it didn’t take long for a target to emerge.
“As soon as the songs started to come together, the vision became a little clearer,” she says. “I did ‘Long Time Coming’ with Leggy Landon, who produced most of the record, and I loved the direction he was taking it in—how huge it was, with that big, anthemic chorus and gigantic guitar. That really became a starting point for the other tracks.”
One measure of the respect that Smith earned with Starfire was the tours she was asked to join, including shows with the likes of Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Sheryl Crow, and Amos Lee. “It’s been an incredible honor to be around all these heroes of mine,” she says. “The biggest thing I’ve learned is watching how they run their career and their business.” She singles out one artist as a particular inspiration both personal and professional. “I’ve looked up to Sheryl my whole life and was so inspired to see first-hand how this incredible rock star is also an incredible boss and mother of two. She balances it all so gracefully.”
If Starfire chronicled a young artist chasing her dream, then Supernova dives into what happens after that dream starts to come true—the struggles of the road, the pressures felt on family and friendships, and the rewards of lessons learned and hard-fought love that transcends all. As Caitlyn Smith prepares to go back on tour with her husband and her kids (“it’s a traveling circus, and a total shit show,” she says with a laugh), this exhilarating collection of songs offers wisdom, solace, and compassion.
“A lot of these songs are little vignettes, details of life,” she says. “We’re constantly bombarded by so much noise, and I wanted to create a record that held all those tiny moments—the ups and downs—that make life so beautiful.”