"Don't miss this act when they come to your town. It's Country music like it's supposed to be played, and sung." PureMusic.com

Cary and Cockrell Bring Back the 70s (by David Dye): Thad Cockrell and Caitlin Cary share songwriting duties -- and duet vocals -- on their new album, Begonias...The album evokes the spirits of George Jones with Tammy Wynette, or Loretta Lynn with Conway Twitty
(NPR.org)
Read Paste's Sept. 5 review of Begonias. "Looks like Caitlin Cary found her real Gram Parsons.(...) Never have their voices sounded as in tune as they do on these 11 gems."
Pop Matters recently gave a smoking review of Begonias (Jan. 30 2006).
Click here to read the full affair.
**They were also interviewed by Pop Matters back in June of 2005. click here for the text
Begonias was recently featured as a "New and Noteworthy release on Billboard.com.
Click here to read the review.
Read the Washington Posts's Reviews of Begonias:
"As good a traditional country album as we're likely to hear this year, a worthy
successor to the duets of Johnny Cash and June Carter..."

It's too tempting to make references to the greats--Loretta & Conway, George & Tammy, Dolly & Porter--and there will be a lot of that.

Country Duets Like Nashville Used to Make: Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell have achieved the near-impossible in modern-day Nashville...
Begonias, revels in the pair's wonderful, intertwining vocal lines and canny, crisp writing that pokes at the corpses of dying relationships.
In Brief: Caitlin Cary (Whiskeytown, Tres Chicas) has teamed with singer/songwriter Thad Cockrell for a duets album titled "Begonias," which hits stores June 14

Thad's new collaboration with singer and songwriter Caitlin Cary, that will make jaws drop. It is perfect.
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell and Son Volt’s Jay Farrar are slated for Guest DJ spots on Outlaw Country Channel 35 on SIRIUS Radio

Read PureMusic's Review of Caitlin and Thad live at the Opry Plaza (there's also a great ineterview with Caitlin and Thad here): "It's one thing to sing well in the studio, but at the show you really get to hear what the hubbub is all about. Some serious crooning and expert harmony entwining filled the courtyard of the Opry."

The Dallas Observer observes: "Whatever You Want" takes its cues from old single "Faithless Street," and catchy rocker "Second Option," Begonias' highlight, is a shot of liquor away from Whiskeytown's unofficial hit, "16 Days."
Read a live review of Caitlin and Thad (7-23-05) by Milwaukee's alt. weekly: "Cary & Cockerell dug into lyrical dialogues and harmony vocals that told stories recalling the songs of Jimmy Webb and the heyday of Nashville’s initial forays into pop music. ..."
   

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