aaamusic | On 12, Apr 2011

After a remarkable breakthrough, the divine Caitlin Rose announces her biggest headline show to date, playing the Scala on June 21 ahead of a raft of not-to-be-missed festival dates, including Glastonbury, Camp Bestival, Latitude, Bestival and End of the Road.

“Confident, adventurous, eclectic and fun, this is a stunning debut” – Album of the Week 5/5 Sunday Times

Caitlin Rose rounded off last year with her highly acclaimed debut album at number 4 in Rough Trade’s Album’s of the Year, hitting the Sunday Times number 3 best newcomer of 2010 list (and Number 2 Best Song of the Year for ‘Shanghai Cigarettes’), number 11 in The Sun and voted Album of the Year at the Nashville Scene newspaper (quite a feat given her album didn’t drop stateside until March 2011).

Released in August to much excitement, Own Side Now also achieved ‘Albums of the Week’ in The Sunday Times, The Independent, Independent on Sunday and The Evening Standard. She also gave a sterling debut UK TV performance on BBC 2’s The Late Review. You can view her charmingly effortless showing here

Praise for Caitlin’s debut album Own Side Now:

“The best thing to come out of anywhere for a very long time”
‘Album of the Week’ Independent on Sunday

“Never mind one to watch, here’s one to hear”
‘Album of the Week’ 4/5 Evening Standard

“For fans of Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch, this debut will be like catnip”
‘Album of the Week’ 4/5 The Independent

“The 21 year old with the bell-clear vocals scarcely puts a foot wrong”
4/5 Uncut

“Her debut proper more than lives up to expectations… lovely stuff”
4/5 Q

“Own Side Now is a beautifully-wrought emotional rollercoaster”
4/5 The Sun

“Major star alert”
Guardian Guide

“This Nashville-raised Rose is an impressive bloom”
The Observer

“Her voice is as sweet as Saturday night whisky and rings as clear as a Sunday church bell”
4/5 Daily Mirror

“The vulnerability in Caitlin’s voice chimes as true as the clink of a quarter in an old jukebox”
8/10 NME

“Sweet sounding, fabulously wry vocal drawl… a 21st century talent”
Metro

“Own Side Now combines shiny Nashville production, pedal steel and honky tonk with wry observational lyrics (and) sounds like the real deal”
Word