Colin Cutler - Tarwater (2023)

A Greensboro, North Carolina-based singer-songwriter and Army veteran, Colin Cutler has transformed his life experiences into a tapestry of soul-stirring melodies. In 2018, he traded in his rifle for a guitar and banjo, embarking on a musical journey that would soon captivate audiences far and wide. His upcoming album, Tarwater, will be out November 3rd, 2023.

An English major turned teacher and songwriter, Colin’s upcoming album, Tarwater, is a marriage of his literary and musical interests. In a pilgrimage across the genres of the Americana genre, from his folk roots in banjo-based old time, to the gospel music of his Pentecostal upbringing, to honky-tonk country and blues-based roots rock, the lyrics explore the literary works of Flannery O’Connor, the Georgia Catholic writer whom Kurt Vonnegut hailed as “the greatest American short story writer of [his] generation.”

On Tarwater, Cutler draws inspiration both from O’Connor’s characters and themes and from his own life to craft original songs that explore themes of home, self-exile, violence, and religion, within the context of the “Christ-haunted South.”

~Rachel Hurley