Colbie Caillat Goes Country With Gone West

Life is a lot more intimate for Colbie Caillat these days. The two-time Grammy Award-winning singer, who sold more than six million albums and more than 10 million singles during her solo career, has embarked on a new path. She has teamed up with her fiancé, Justin Kawika Young, and their longtime friends Nelly Joy and Jason Reeves to form Gone West, a country music quartet. They signed a recording contract with Triple Tiger Records in January and immediately released an EP called “Tides” that hit the top five on the iTunes Country Charts. Their first single, also called “Gone West,” is not due to be officially released until this summer, but already it’s getting airplay on SiriusXM satellite radio. Their first tour, which included a stop at New York’s Gramercy Theater last month, is a far cry from the sold-out arena shows Caillat headlined when her singles “Bubbly” and “Realize” were at the top of the charts. Instead, Gone West showcases their voices and acoustic instruments at small venues where they trade off singing lead and intersperse the music with stories about how they met, their earlier careers and what brought them together. In an interview prior to their New York show,

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