Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell - "Begonias"
(Yep Roc Records, 2005)
An under-the-radar album released last June, this album brings Caitlin Cary (formerly of Whiskeytown) together with fellow Carolina country singer Thad Cockrell for an alt-country album that rises above the rest. I've heard a lot of Caitlin's music over the years, and always thought she's gotten the rough end of things after Ryan Adams left Whiskeytown and stole all the limelight. But on Begonias she proves she's very capable of leading an album, and with Cockrell trading vocals the two have crafted some impressive classic country.
"Two Different Things" and "Something Less Than Something More" introduce the duo's sound, but on "Please Break My Heart" the two show what they really can do. The song, steeped in acoustic and steel guitar, sounds like Patsy Cline meets Don Everly, hearkening back to the classic country tradition of the fifties and sixties. This is a sound regaining a foothold on the country scene, thanks to artists like Tift Merritt, Roseanne Cash, Kasey Chambers and Jedd Hughes -- and Begonias gives good reason for this trend. This album is full of great songs which combine to form an equally great album, proof that good music's there to find if you look hard (or long) enough.
An under-the-radar album released last June, this album brings Caitlin Cary (formerly of Whiskeytown) together with fellow Carolina country singer Thad Cockrell for an alt-country album that rises above the rest. I've heard a lot of Caitlin's music over the years, and always thought she's gotten the rough end of things after Ryan Adams left Whiskeytown and stole all the limelight. But on Begonias she proves she's very capable of leading an album, and with Cockrell trading vocals the two have crafted some impressive classic country.
"Two Different Things" and "Something Less Than Something More" introduce the duo's sound, but on "Please Break My Heart" the two show what they really can do. The song, steeped in acoustic and steel guitar, sounds like Patsy Cline meets Don Everly, hearkening back to the classic country tradition of the fifties and sixties. This is a sound regaining a foothold on the country scene, thanks to artists like Tift Merritt, Roseanne Cash, Kasey Chambers and Jedd Hughes -- and Begonias gives good reason for this trend. This album is full of great songs which combine to form an equally great album, proof that good music's there to find if you look hard (or long) enough.
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