Country-pop singer Caitlyn Smith represents the complete Nashville package: a versatile songwriter with a soulful, soaring voice. The notoriously tough Music City scene made a lasting impression—Smith testifies to it on the sombre “This Town Is Killing Me”, from her 2018 debut, Starfire—but the Minnesotan quickly blossomed there. An artist with both jaw-dropping vocal chops and a knack for incisive, moving songwriting is rare, but Smith makes it look easy in her fiery declarations of love (“Before You Called Me Baby”), sophisticated yet restless pop anthems (“I Can’t”) and passionate, fiddle-swept rockers (“High”).