Saturday December 7, 2024

Baltimore’s Letitia VanSant’s lyrics are as personal as they are political, tracing questions of power into the human heart. With sparse indie-folk arrangements fortifying a distinctly intimate vocal style, her stage presence is down-to-earth and immediate. Paste Magazine named her among 10 Artists to Watch in 2020, BBC Radio says she is “a fascinating new artist” and PopMatters called her a “consummate reflection of a rising Americana star.” Her song writing has earned her awards including the Kerrville New Folk competition. WTMD in Baltimore plays her songs “Gut it to the Studs” and “You Can’t Put My Fire Out” on a regular basis. Raised in Colorado Springs, Caleb Stine grew up in a house filled with records and books. At age 12 he asked his mother if he could get the guitar out and she showed him the 4 chords she remembered from long-ago and then drove to the store. By the time she returned with the groceries, Caleb Stine had written his first song. He continued writing and playing through high school and eventually knew that he had to strike out on his own. It was the early influence of troubadours like Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and Townes Van Zandt that set Stine’s eyes to the horizon and filled him with a longing to make music.