People talking

Reviews of Neon Streets:

Andrew Sutherland – Running Double Creative
May 17, 2010
“Seeing Caitlin play live is always an intimate experience, this is the next best thing. I’ve listened to this record on my commute into work, and it’s as if the traffic slows down around me. Her voice and lyrics quietly demand to be listened to.”

“The production is pitch perfect, featuring some subtle and beautiful playing by the members of string-rock quintet Darlingside. It takes a good ear to practice restraint, and this record is full of it. Just the right amount of percussion. A perfect string arrangement.”
Full Article

Wildy’s World
Sept 20, 2010
“Canty impresses with Neon Streets. Her low-key approach belies an intensity that emanates from Canty like heat from a furnace. Canty’s focus is piercing at times, a quality that should come through even more clearly in the live environment.”

“…reminiscent of early Ani DiFranco.”

“Canty has a low-key, cool delivery that’s as convincing as the lyrics here and a pleasant voice that wants to straddle the gap between an alto’s depth and a soprano’s grace.”
Full Article

Bill’s Music Forum
May 25, 2010

“The sweet and mellow sounds of Caitlin Canty tiptoe back into your ears on her latest, Neon Streets.”

“The string-rock band Darlingside … brings a heightened dramatic sound to Canty’s acoustic-based folk songs. The inclusion of cello, mandolin, and lofty harmonies augment her songs well. In some respects, this collaboration makes her songs sound better suited for a small theater than the coffeehouse”
Full Article

David Coffey – Daily Collegian
Oct 7, 2010

“New York-based songstress Caitlin Canty creates the bittersweet, but rare variety of acoustic folk pop that could make even the most callous barfly both weep and sing along in one three-minute tune.”

“…masterful beyond-her-years songwriting and vulnerably pure voice.”
Full Article

Freeden Oeur – Pop Matters
Nov 2, 2010

“Sincere vocals and intricate arrangements make Neon Streets…a welcome addition to the singer-songwriter canon.”

“Canty throws it down on the rollicking country twang of “Two Hands”, a nice change of pace with the singer-guitarist tipping her hat to both independence…and her own Vermont roots”
Full Article

Brian Palmer – Stereo Subversion
Nov 15, 2010

“Neon Streets is raw and beautiful… filled with pain and longing and yet composed of a strength and certainty missing from a lot of today’s singer-songwriters.”

“Among the sixty or so artists who were selected from six regions across North America, Canty’s slightly smokey vocals and down-to-earth lyrics and sensibilities made her one of the [2010 Mountain Stage Newsong] competition’s highlights.”
Full Article
——

Background / Bio pieces about Caitlin

Brent Hallenbeck – Burlington Free Press
May 20, 2010
Standout high school athlete turned singer-songwriter returns home for gigs

“Canty makes acoustic music with bite, as reflected on “Neon Streets,” her new seven-song mini-album that’s the first in a series of four planned EPs. Her voice has a whispery quality a la Suzanne Vega that rises and falls over her acoustic-guitar work”
Full Article

David Coffey – Daily Collegian
Sept. 10, 2010
Candid Canty dishes on new collaboration

“[Don Mitchell of Darlingside] specifically praises Canty’s vocal abilities, calling her a “natural vocalist.” Noting that she has had little to no formal training, he alleges, she succeeds where other folk and pop female vocalists tend to fall short.

“She can somehow pull off runs and turns that sound forced to me on many successful female pop artists,” says Mitchell. “And she has a knack for making the standard folk lines very much her own.”
Full Article