Carleton Stone

Carleton Stone’s Midnight Rose is an electrifying collection of sophisticated Americana, lush pop, and propulsive rock. Following up 2022’s critically lauded Papercut, the Atlantic Canadian song writer’s fifth album finds him once again in the producer’s chair (alongside the legendary Howie Beck this time), and working with trusted collaborators like Kayleigh O’Connor (<a href="spotify:artist:2dvThKiNFqpd5CVFCtJuFf" data-name="Baby Nova">Baby Nova</a>), <a href="spotify:artist:4uuXjSga3HgpAETXd0UpxW" data-name="Jason Collett">Jason Collett</a> , <a href="spotify:artist:5E77VtqGlC6ByX7U1GcJhB" data-name="Dylan Guthro">Dylan Guthro</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4WkanTEimYpnh2LSd4OwtB" data-name="Gordie Sampson">Gordie Sampson</a> and Brad Roberts (<a href="spotify:artist:1YEGETLT2p8k97LIo3deHL" data-name="Crash Test Dummies">Crash Test Dummies</a>). Older and (slightly) wiser, there cord finds Stone musing on his own Sisyphean burdens, love’s fickle nature, and smoking cigarettes with God.

As a musician, Stone is a Swiss Army knife. He’s won countless awards for his solo records and those he released with his former band, <a href="spotify:artist:6E9qPOOjsuwnt5kFLFCnWF" data-name="Port Cities">Port Cities</a>; he’s racked up numerous songwriting credits working with the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:4SOtk3HtPYKqxnVuxNBMti" data-name="Donovan Woods">Donovan Woods</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3QvuHlyW42Ei3AyGOO4AMT" data-name="Ria Mae">Ria Mae</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2dOaom01dm1MhNLnyHpWD5" data-name="Matt Andersen">Matt Andersen</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0YAZ2nVxNnOeiGmNOxe8U3" data-name="The East Pointers">The East Pointers</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2I2GpkVOATiTrXSXCafxvO" data-name="Quake Matthews">Quake Matthews</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7t6GsqGAwrj1kwYbvNX0hN" data-name="Classified">Classified</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:57FbfTkxFU7crAkIEtioth" data-name="Bobby Bazini">Bobby Bazini</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3cZi4em8rnssExt3yLA75E" data-name="The Boojums">The Boojums</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2UQ6mFkiLYy5VHRJnajQYT" data-name="Neon Dreams">Neon Dreams</a>; he’s become an accomplished producer, taking the helm behind the boards on his own albums as well as music by artists like Willie Stratton and CBC Searchlight winner <a href="spotify:artist:4PJuPTnsXBp1QY667NS0Oo" data-name="Maggie Andrew">Maggie Andrew</a>; and he’s a seasoned road dog, having toured consistently since he began playing music and recently supporting the Crash Test Dummies on six major jaunts across North America.