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"The Texas-based singer-songwriter draws on the region’s legends for this album, a gentle tour through nostalgic music all about the people who break our hearts – and what it takes to pick up the pieces, even if they can’t be glued back together. On A Soft Place to Land, Hastings dazzles with the wide array of musical styles she excels in. Western swing, folk, country, honky-tonk, it doesn’t matter: it is clear that Hastings knows herself, and that foundation gives this album life."

Rachel Cholst, No Depression

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Candace Hastings is an Americana singer-songwriter, both Indigenous and cowgirl, whose small songs about big things blend rough-cut beauty, sharp observation, and a lifelong search for hope and home. Adopted, and often on the outside looking in, she learned to study the world from the edges, capturing in words what people carry. Her latest album, Soft Place to Land, was released in June and has received accolades from the Bluegrass Situation, No Depression, and Americana Highways.

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Industry SMTX, San Marcos. Every 4th and 5th Sunday and every 5th Saturday
Cigar Vault, Buda. Monthly on Saturdays from March to October

Past Shows

Music & Meat Festival, Dale, TX
Evening with the Songwriter, The Blue Pearl, Lockhart, TX
Main St. Songwriter Series, Cigar Vault, Buda, TX
Desert Ghost Distillery Anniversary Show, Marathon, TX
Bubbles in My Beer Cindy Walker Tribute benefiting HAAM, Austin, TX

Upcoming Shows

For the Sake of the Song with Matthew Payne, Batch ATX, Austin, TX Dec. 1

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Accolades

Soft Place to Land makes Saving Country Music's Most Anticipated New Albums for 2nd Half of 2026
"Horses I Left Behind" makes Symphonic's Spotify Playlist for Indigenous People's Day 2026
"It's Too Damn Hot" makes No Depression's "Best of June" Spotify Playlist for 2026
Soft Place to Land debuted on the AMA Albums Chart at #118 and was listed on the CDX Traction Chart as a Surging and Emerging Americana Album for the week of July 22.

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Americana Highways features Soft Place to Land

VENTS MAGAZINE: Americana singer-songwriter Candace Hastings talks about new single, “Call Your Mama”

Anti-Music Singles Out "Come Home"

Take Effect Reviews Soft Place to Land

Accolades

Soft Place to Land debuted on the AMA Albums Chart at #118 and was listed on the CDX Traction Chart as a Surging and Emerging Americana Album for the week of July 22.

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Americana Highways features Soft Place to Land

VENTS MAGAZINE: Americana singer-songwriter Candace Hastings talks about new single, “Call Your Mama”​

Anti-Music Singles Out "Come Home"

Take Effect Reviews Soft Place to Land

Accolades​

​Soft Place to Land debuted on the AMA Albums Chart at #118 and was listed on the CDX Traction Chart as a Surging and Emerging Americana Album for the week of July 22.

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Reviews & Features

VENTS MAGAZINE: Americana singer-songwriter Candace Hastings talks about new single, “Call Your Mama”

Accolades

Soft Place to Land debuted on the AMA Albums Chart at #118 and was listed on the CDX Traction Chart as a Surging and Emerging Americana Album for the week of July 22.