Chris Castle

CLEVELAND MAGAZINE REVIEWS HOLLOW BONES
"After more than a decade and a half of playing music, 32-year-old Chris Castle is still a well-kept secret. Maybe it’s because the Ohio-based singer/songwriter put down his guitar for six years before re-emerging last summer to record this 11-song collection, which feels like a confession from the heart of the American Midwest.
His soulful voice and engaging lyrics rest easily over stripped-down skeletons of acoustic guitar that shuffle along dirt roads and through tired towns. These are songs shaded with longing and loss and redemption.
Castle says he aimed to create 'an album of songs rather than production and arrangement.' What he ends up with is an authentic connection to the world-weary soul of American roots music."
Our Pick: Both Ends of a Gun
Over the past six months, I've been fortunate enough to share a stage with:
Tommy Womack, Jim White (with Fiona McBain of Ollabelle), The Wood Brothers, Bob McCarthy, Jeff Black, Will Kimbrough, Panama Red, Dave Potts, Pale Hollow, G.S. Harper, and the everybodyfields.
"From the opening strains of Fields of Stone to the picturesque set-stealer Both Ends of a Gun, there just isn't a bad cut on the disc. Be sure to hit the repeat button on this one, friends... not that you'll need that cue after hearing it yourself." -Cool Cleveland
"Chris Castle sounds like a warm log cabin in an otherwise cold and barren place. I think that because we did a gig together in Cleveland when it was 12 degrees outside and that's how he made me feel." -Tommy Womack
"Wow. Down is gorgeous." - Carol Young (the Greencards)
"This album is full of great songs." -Shawn Henderson 106.1 WSCA fm
"One of the best songwriters in the US." -Bob McCarthy