About
Caitlin Canty is an American singer/songwriter whose music carves a line through folk, blues, and country ballads. Her songs harness the grit and spark at the heart of American music, tempered with a voice both haunting and distinct.
"Dreamy and daring” — ROLLING STONE
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Caitlin Canty’s new record, Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove is her fifth studio release and marks a return to her roots, a grittier and more electric Americana sound. Recorded live in the studio while nearly 8 months pregnant with her second child, the songs can be seen in the light of major shifts in Canty’s life, from pre-parenthood city life in Nashville to her present day filled to the brim with family and nature, living on top of a mountain in southern Vermont.
Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove finds Canty in the producer chair and playing her electric guitar on a record for the first time. Co-produced alongside Sam Kassirer (Josh Ritter), the album was recorded live at Great North Sound Society in rural Maine over 4 days with Rich Hinman (guitars), Jeremy Moses Curtis (bass), Ray Rizzo (drums) and Kassirer (keys). Matt Lorenz (The Suitcase Junket) joins on backing vocals. All songs on the record are entirely from Canty’s own pen, with the exception of "Heartache Don't Live Here" written with Jamey Johnson, which serves as both the coda and encore of the album.
Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove releases on October 2, 2025.
Caitlin Canty’s guitar seems to have been around forever – it’s a battle-scarred Recording King Jumbo from 1939 – and her songs are the same way. Her melodies draw from the blues and folk tradition but in startlingly fresh ways and with lyrics as vivid and precise as Raymond...
"Dreamy and daring” — ROLLING STONE
“A beautiful voice both strong and deliberate. Her stage presence is radiant and her songs pack a big lyrical punch” — NO DEPRESSION
"Caitlin Canty mixes a gritty side with aching ballads” — WORLD CAFE
"Profound musical and lyrical authenticity … not only sets Canty apart, but draws so many of the acoustic world’s greatest artists into her corner"— THE BLUEGRASS SITUATION
Since the release of her critically-acclaimed Reckless Skyline in 2015, Canty has put thousands of miles on her songs, touring throughout the U.S. and Europe. She is a constant collaborator, both as a cowriter with Peter Bradley Adams, Maya de Vitry and Jamey Johnson among others, and appears on albums by Joy Williams, Jeffrey Foucault and Darlingside. She has performed at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, FreshGrass, Tonder and Green Mountain Bluegrass and Roots Festival.
She won the Telluride Troubadour songwriting competition at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in 2015. Her song, “Get Up,” was nominated for Song of the Year in the Folk Alliance International Music Awards and was featured on NPR Music’s, “Songs We Love.” Her songs have appeared in film and TV, including Code Black, House of Cards, Money Heist, Rebuilding, and Rainmaker (2025) and have garnered over 40 million streams on Spotify alone.
Her current touring band for Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove (out October 2025) includes Will Seeders (banjo, electric guitar and pedal steel), Jeremy Moses Curtis (bass), and Jeff Berlin (drums).
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