Overview
Caroline Jones (born June 30, 1990) is an American country music singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and radio host. Jones has released a number of albums, the most successful one being Bare Feet released in 2018. Her most recent album, Homesite, was released on October 20, 2023. She became an official member of the Zac Brown Band in 2022.
Early life
Caroline Jones was born in New York City to Sonia and Paul Tudor Jones, and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. She attended the Professional Children's School in New York City and later New York University where she studied creative writing. She took singing lessons when she was nine, and wrote her first song when she was ten. She learned to sing opera and jazz under Andy Anselmo, and she also learned how to play various instruments including piano, guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, and Dobro. She was for some time more interested in pop, rock and R&B music until she visited Nashville when she was 16 or 17, and switched her interest to country music.
Career
In 2010, Jones launched The Heart is Smart initiative, which included performing in schools and colleges and providing music workshop for students. She also wrote and produced her debut album herself in New York City and Nashville in 2010, playing multiple instruments on the album. In January 2011, Jones self-released the album, Fallen Flower. She quickly followed with three albums the following year.
In 2013, Jones became the host of Art & Soul, a radio show on SiriusXM's Coffee House interviewing musicians on their music and songwriting.
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