FREE: Caitlin Cary CD I'm Staying Out

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Caitlin Cary's 2002 solo full-length debut served notice that Ryan Adams wasn't the only Whiskeytown alum deserving of attention. Aptly titled While You Weren't Looking, that disc was a surprisingly graceful, fully confident first effort. For the follow-up, Cary and her newly seasoned road band again recorded with producer Chris Stamey, and the result is another accomplished collection that adds richer arrangements and instrumentation to Cary's mix of rock, folk, and country tunes. Stately peals of electric guitar shimmer between verses of the ode to laziness "Sleepin' in on Sunday." Cary steps out for violin solos on "Please Break My Heart" and the twangy title cut. Whether lending color to ballads like "The Next One" or a bouncy soul kick to the up-tempo "You Don't Have to Hide," ex-Jayhawks pianist Jen Gunderman is everywhere. It's a credit to Cary that neither the newfound swirl of sounds nor the bucketful of big-name guests--among them Mary Chapin Carpenter, Don Dixon, Mitch Easter, and Springsteen cellist Jane Scarpantoni--ever threaten to steal the spotlight from her solid songs and expressive soprano. --Anders Smith Lindall