Tag: Caroline Spence

3×3: Caroline Spence on Kristen Wiig, Grapefruit LaCroix, and Her Obsession with Ryan Adams

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Artist: Caroline Spence
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA (now in Nashville, TN)
Latest Album: Somehow
Nicknames: Caro

 

My first #coffee in Switzerland. Served with chocolate (with music notes) and the world's cutest creamer.

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Who is the most surprising artist in current rotation on your iTunes/Spotify?
Brothers Osborne. Their latest single, "Stay A Little Longer" is undeniably catchy. TJ's voice is just so…manly.

Who would play you in the Lifetime movie of your life?
Kristen Wiig, for sure.

If the After-Life exists, what song will be playing when you arrive?
"Heavenly Day" by Patty Griffin.

What's brand of toothpaste do you use?
Crest.

What's your beverage of choice?
Grapefruit LaCroix. Or red wine.

What's your favorite TV show? 
Parks and Recreation

 

What a treat to hear Ryan Adams and Jason Isbell sing together. Better than I could have even imagined.

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Taylor Swift or Ryan Adams?
I love 1989 in both forms, but Ryan Adams is one of my all-time favorite music makers. Saw him two nights in a row at the Ryman.

Star Wars or Star Trek?
Star Wars?

Coffee or tea?
So. Much. Coffee.

WATCH: 10-String Symphony, ‘Someone to Be Good For’

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Artist: 10-String Symphony
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Song: "Someone to Be Good For"
Album: Weight of the World
Release Date: October 23 
Label: Poppychop Records

In Their Words: "'Someone to Be Good For' is probably the closest thing to a love song that I've written, although it's directed at a hypothetical person. It's largely about losing the motivation to be the best version of yourself, and wanting to find that person who will inspire you to be better, and make those moments where you chose a harder, more honest path, feel worthwhile.

I wrote this song with my good friend Caroline Spence, who is one of my favorite songwriters here in Nashville. I had the line 'someone to be good for' and a couple of the verses and I just got stuck. I couldn't finish it, even though I knew exactly what I wanted to say. I finally brought it to Caroline and she started strumming her guitar and, in about four minutes, she had transformed the chorus and come up with 'I don't need to be good / I just need someone to be good for.' It was kind of amazing. We worked through the verses together, focusing on some specific moments that the chorus could describe.

Christian and I wanted a really minimal arrangement for this one to highlight the yearning aspect of the song. Christian came up with the rhythmic chop, which is the backbone of the arrangement, and it felt really good to break into a full, old-time melodic break after all of that tension and build up." — Rachel Baiman

Photo by EJ Holmes. Video by Philip Noss. Audio by Tyler Andal.