I am an independent rock artist out of Brooklyn, NY originally from Virginia. My second EP "Martha's Calling" is out on March 7th, 2025 via Good Eye Records. I teamed up with Good Eye last September and we've put out three singles. The final single "Prettiest Girl of Heaven" has received acclaim from the likes of Under the Radar and WFUV, with features on top Spotify Editorials including Fresh Finds and Fresh Finds Folk.
I wrote this EP over the course of 2023 and 2024 and recorded it last January with my good friend Cole Roberts out of Spacebomb Studios in Richmond, Virginia. We worked really hard.
The project has to do with breaking apart and coming back together, going from a separated self to a fully realized one. It's a project about self-realization and solitude.
In addition to my solo project, I work in theater and children's music.
In 2023 I originated the role of The Voice and provided the original live score and contributions to sound design of the off-broadway production of "Joan of Arc in a Supermarket in California" in New York City for its sold out premiere run. The play was written by Chloe Xtina and directed by Kaycie Sweeney
During 2024, I originated the role of Sam in "Lost Grrl Found" playing live guitar on stage and making my acting debut for two sold out productions in June and November of 2024.The play was written by Holly Nance and Penelope Gould and directed by Marina Cartlstoem.
And finally, I wrote the brand new theme song for New York Kids Club's Musical Tots program. Children's music has become a passion of mine over the last year and I am happy to call myself a children's music teacher and writer.
WORDS ON THE LATEST SINGLE "PRETTIEST GIRL OF HEAVEN"
"Strickland’s vocals simmer and glower, filling out the spacious instrumental with an elliptical earworm melody line...When the track’s tempo picks back up, the refrain returns soaked in layers of reverb, repeating like a mantra or a portentous reminder - 'You are one of the prettiest girls of heaven.' "
"When I first heard this Caroline Strickland tune, there was something in it that felt so moving and powerful, like when I first head Sharon Van Etten’s 'Serpents.' It had that same sort of traditional indie rock songwriting, though coated in this almost gothic vocal, like a pained soul doing all they could to contain themselves."
- Nathan Lankford, Austin Town Hall
- Caleb Campbell, Under the Radar
