Kaitlin Butts

A throwback to classic honky tonk spiked with a rebellious spirit indebted to Miranda Lambert, Kaitlin Butts possesses a high, keening voice and a knack for classic country tropes. This skill was showcased on her 2015 debut Same Hell, Different Devil and expanded on the mini-LP What Else Can She Do in 2022.
Raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Kaitlin Butts began singing as a child, raised on musical theater, pop and alternative rock. She was drawn to country in her teens, gravitating toward Miranda Lambert in particular. Butts learned Lambert’s songs as she took guitar lessons, which in turn inspired her to start writing her own material. Upon her graduation from Union High School in 2011, she attended the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma where she dabbled in indie rock in addition to country.
Butts began working on her first album after earning her associate’s degree, eventually cutting the record with producer Mike McClure at his Boohatch Studio. The resulting Same Hell, Different Devil appeared in February of 2015.
2019′s digital release of “White River” led to a series of three digital singles — “How Lucky Am I,” “White River (Remix),” and “Marfa Lights” — in 2021. Butts quickly followed these singles with the mini-LP What Else Can She Do. Featuring “Blood,” a song co-written with Pistol Annie Angaleena Presley, and produced by Oran Thornton, What Else Can She Do arrived early in 2022. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine