Daily Discovery: Caroline Spence, “Trains Cry”

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 Caroline’s new album “Somehow” will be released on March 3rd. Pre-order it now, here! 

ARTIST: Caroline Spence

SONG: “Trains Cry”

BIRTHDATE: August 18, 1989

HOMETOWN: Charlottesville, VA

CURRENT LOCATION: Nashville, TN

AMBITIONS: to grow old and wise.

TURN-OFFS: not laughing at my jokes.

TURN-ONS: being able to talk about books and songs like they are the most important things in the world.

DREAM GIG: The Ryman Auditorium

FAVORITE LYRIC: “You’re like a picture on the fridge that’s never stocked with food” – Paul Westerberg (The Replacements)

CRAZIEST PERSON I KNOW: Debra & Paco

SONG I WISH I WROTE: “I Take My Chances” by Mary Chapin Carpenter & Don Schlitz

5 PEOPLE I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: Ira Glass, Lauryn Hill, Mary Oliver, Jimmy Fallon, and Emmylou Harris.

MY FAVORITE CONCERT EXPERIENCE: I saw the Spice Girls in 1998 so…

I WROTE THIS SONG: about being a touring musician and having to leave places and not look back.