Caroline Jones

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Caroline Jones
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Jones in 2019
Background information
Born (1990-06-30) June 30, 1990 (age 33) [1]
New York City, New York, U.S.
Origin Greenwich, Connecticut [2]
Genres Country
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
  • Piano
  • Banjo
  • Dobro
  • Harmonica
  • Sitar
Years active2010–present
Labels Mailboat Records
Member of Zac Brown Band
Website www.carolinejones.com

Caroline Jones (born June 30, 1990) is an American country music singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and radio host. Jones has released a number of albums, the most successful one being Bare Feet released in 2018. Her most recent album, Homesite, was released on October 20, 2023. She became an official member of the Zac Brown Band in 2022. [3]

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Early life

Caroline Jones was born in New York City to Sonia and Paul Tudor Jones, and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. [4] [5] She attended the Professional Children's School in New York City and later New York University where she studied creative writing. [5] [1] She took singing lessons when she was nine, and wrote her first song when she was ten. [6] She learned to sing opera and jazz under Andy Anselmo, and she also learned how to play various instruments including piano, guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, and Dobro. [7] She was for some time more interested in pop, rock and R&B music until she visited Nashville when she was 16 or 17, and switched her interest to country music. [5] [8]

Career

In 2010, Jones launched The Heart is Smart initiative, which included performing in schools and colleges and providing music workshop for students. [4] She also wrote and produced her debut album herself in New York City and Nashville in 2010, playing multiple instruments on the album. In January 2011, Jones self-released the album, Fallen Flower. [9] [10] She quickly followed with three albums the following year. [6] [11] In 2013, Jones became the host of Art & Soul, a radio show on SiriusXM's Coffee House interviewing musicians on their music and songwriting. [8]

In 2017, she opened for Zac Brown Band and in 2018 Jimmy Buffett. [7] Through Buffett, she became signed to his Mailboat Records, and she also collaborated with Buffett on a song. [12]

Jones was listed as one of the 10 need-to-know new country artists by Rolling Stone in 2017, [13] and one of 15 country artists to watch by Billboard in 2018. [14] Jones released Bare Feet in March 2018. Jones wrote all the songs in the album, which was produced by Ric Wake. [15] In 2019, she was listed among the 40 Under 40 List put out by Connecticut Magazine . [16]

Jones' single, "Chasin' Me", entered the Mediabase country chart at number 50 for the week ending June 1, 2019. [17]

In 2021, she release the album Antipodes. [18] In 2022, she joined Zac Brown Band as a member of the band. She had previously opened for the band on a number of tours since 2017, as well as appearing as a guest performer in other tours. [3]

In late 2021, Jones married professional sailor Nick Dana. Their son, Declan Tudor Dana, was born on November 29, 2023.

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
US
Country
Sales

[19]
US
Heat

[20]
US
Indie

[21]
Fallen Flower [22]
Nice to Know You [23]
  • Release date: January 31, 2012
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Clean Dirt [24]
  • Release date: March 25, 2012
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Heart Is Smart [25]
  • Release date: September 28, 2012
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Bare Feet [26]
  • Release date: March 30, 2018
  • Label: True to the Song, Mailboat
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
11214
Antipodes
  • Release date: November 12, 2021
  • Label: True to the Song
  • Format: CD, digital download, streaming
Homesite
  • Release date: October 20, 2023
  • Label: True to the Song
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Extended plays

TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
US
Heat

[20]
US
Indie

[21]
Chasin' Me
  • Release date: October 18, 2019
  • Label: True to the Song, Mailboat
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
1945

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
US Country Airplay
[28]
2017"Tough Guys"Bare Feet
2018"Bare Feet"
2019"Chasin' Me"51Chasin' Me
2020"All of the Boys"55
2020"Intimacy"Non-album single
2021"Come In (But Don't Make Yourself Comfortable)"43Antipodes
2023"Million Little Bandaids" [29]
(featuring Zac Brown Band)
Homesite
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

YearVideo
2016"Tough Guys"
2017"Rise"
"Bare Feet"
"Country Girl"
2019"Chasin' Me"
"The Difference (GoshDamn)"
"Gulf Coast Girl"
2020"All of the Boys"
2021"Come In (But Don't Make Yourself Comfortable)"

Tours

Supporting

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