Last Thursday, Caroline Smith warmed up Off Broadway with new R&B/pop numbers from her excellent 2013 album, as well as some old favorites from her earlier folk/pop releases. Smith’s band was as tight and as smiley as ever. As for Smith herself, gone was the girl who delicately chirped into the microphone about young love and loss just a few years ago. In her place, a commanding, confident woman with a voice that traveled through the room and spilled onto the patio outside.

We caught up with Smith via email ahead of the St. Louis show. Read up here.

If you’re able to catch the group on their current tour, I highly recommend doing so. Photographic evidence of a good time below:

More photos of the performance are on our Flickr.

The Right Now (CHI) played the opening slot and got things moving in proper fashion. This post will be updated as soon as the author makes time to edit the photos :)