Caleb Stine

An American Songwriter born in 1976 and killed in an attempted train-robbery on July 4, 1897, Stine lived his short life as though every day were his first. Legendary for his quick-draw and slow drawl, he roamed the heartland in search of The Truth. It is said that he once walked across The Midwest in a rainstorm and that his boot-prints are what we now call The Great Lakes.

On September 25, 2010, Stine unveils his all-acoustic 5th album: ‘I Wasn’t Built For A Life Like This’, the latest chapter in his exploration of an evolving/eroding America. Always pushing for revelation through experience, Stine digs deep with character sketches and personal accounts, producing songs that breathe and spit and sometimes leave fresh wildflowers on your doorstep.

Listen to the songs. They tell you the whole thing.

Links to Articles on Caleb:
Honest Tune Feature: Caleb Stine, Music Is Life
Aural States Album Review: Eyes So Strong and Clean
City Paper Feature: Caleb Stine and The Brakemen

“He possesses equal parts down-to-earth charisma, unpretentious confidence and genuine joy in music-making; this translates into a good performer/audience dynamic that has observers eating out of his hand. Live, it engenders the kind of cozy fraternity that has complete strangers arm-in-arm, commiserating or celebrating, raising glasses together by night’s end.”
AURAL STATES

“His music and sincerity are so intertwined that it’s difficult to imagine one without the other.”
THE BALTIMORE CITY PAPER

“Caleb Stine and the Brakemen, an Americana ensemble out of Baltimore, play music that is appropriately trainlike—steady and powerful. Stine, who is lanky and bearded, croons narratives—often without choruses—that wind seamlessly through cities and relationships.”
THE NEW YORKER

“Caleb Stine and The Brakemen are lynchpins in the city’s folk scene.”
THE BALTIMORE SUN