Caitlin Cary, Waltzie, Yep Roc Records
by Angie Carlson
From the "nurturing gone awry" fable of "Sorry," with its achingly beautiful vocal and string arrangement, this record rings out pure and true: the kind of album to reminisce along to, the kind of melodies that play through your mind as you drift off to sleep. Cary--a short-story writer who relocated to Raleigh to pursue a graduate degree at N.C. State--peoples her songs with the kind of characters you find in Clyde Edgerton's novels: a town drunk who lets his beloved dog die, a widow (Cary's real-life Aunt Rosie) suddenly free after her much older husband dies.
Cary closes the album with the Richard and Linda Thompson tear-jerker, "Withered and Died," a "living-room" recording that captures Cary's skill as a performer. For my money, Waltzie is as good as anything out there.
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