Caroline Cobb

In 2011, author and singer-songwriter Caroline Cobb (legal name Caroline Cobb Smith) gave herself a goal to write a song for every book of the Bible in a year. That year of writing set in motion a new calling: to tell the stories of scripture through music and writing — with imagination, artistry and faithfulness to the text.

Caroline’s first book, Advent for Exiles: 25 Devotions to Awaken Gospel Hope in Every Longing Heart (2024), explores the rich and relevant theme of exile by weaving together God’s Word, song, biblical imagery and responsive exercises. Her album Psalms: The Poetry of Prayer (May 2023), gives voice to a rich range of prayers from the book of Psalms, helping listeners express trust, hope, joy, confession, lament and more through 11 tracks. Patterned loosely after the A.C.T.S. model of prayer or a church service, many of these songs began during Cobb’s private devotional time, as she prayed the Psalms back to God in the upheaval of 2020.

The fifth in an anthology of albums that tell the biblical Story, Psalms builds on previous full-length projects A King & His Kindness (2021), A Seed, A Sunrise (2020), the Blood + the Breath (2013) and A Home & a Hunger (2017). Each album traces a biblical theme, with every song parachuting into a different scene from scripture. Advent for Exiles is yet another iteration of Cobb’s work to “tell God’s Story”.

Caroline has been featured by Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Risen Motherhood and more, with A Home & a Hunger named among the “Best Albums of the Decade (2010’s)” by The Gospel Coalition. She has been compared to Rich Mullins, Andrew Peterson, Sandra McCracken, and Ellie Holcomb. Caroline and her husband live in Dallas, TX, with their three children, Ellie, Harrison, and Libby.

—from carolinecobb.com (2024)