Caroline Jones | |
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![]() Jones in 2019 | |
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Born | [1] New York City, U.S. | June 30, 1990
Origin | Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. [2] |
Genres | Country |
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Years active | 2010–present |
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Member of | Zac Brown Band |
Website | www |
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. She became an official member of the Zac Brown Band in 2022. [3]
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]
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 released 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 October 2023, she released her third major solo album, Homesite.
In 2025, Jones signed with Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment and released "No Tellin'" as her first single under the label. [19]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||
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US Country Sales [20] | US Heat [21] | US Indie [22] | |||||
Fallen Flower [23] |
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Nice to Know You [24] |
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Clean Dirt [25] |
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The Heart Is Smart [26] |
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Bare Feet [27] |
| 11 | 2 | 14 |
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Antipodes |
| — | — | — | |||
Homesite |
| — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |
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US Heat [21] | US Indie [22] | ||
Chasin' Me |
| 19 | 45 |
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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US Country Airplay [29] | ||||
2017 | "Tough Guys" | — | Bare Feet | |
2018 | "Bare Feet" | — | ||
2019 | "Chasin' Me" | 51 | Chasin' Me | |
2020 | "All of the Boys" | 55 | ||
2021 | "Come In (But Don't Make Yourself Comfortable)" | 43 | Antipodes | |
2023 | "Million Little Bandaids" [30] (featuring Zac Brown Band) | — | Homesite | |
2025 | "No Tellin'" | 57 | TBD | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Video |
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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)" |
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