The San Francisco Chronicle calls Canty's alto a "casually devastating voice" and NPR says her music mixes "a gritty side with aching ballads.".

[5][6] After college, Canty moved to New York City, where she was hired as the first employee of Live from the Artists Den, and later worked as a sustainability consultant.

Her 2012 album, Golden Hour, was recorded with her trio (Hans Holzen on lap steel and guitars, and Kyle Kegerreis on upright bass) and members of Darlingside in Portland, ME.

Produced by Jeffrey Foucault, it creates "a sound that harnesses the grit and spark at the heart of American music, tempered with a voice both haunting and distinct."

The studio and touring band includes Billy Conway (Morphine) on drums, Jeremy Moses Curtis (Booker T) on bass, Foucault on guitars and backing vocals, Eric Heywood (Ray LaMontagne, Tift Merritt, The Pretenders) on pedal steel and electric guitars, and Matt Lorenz (The Suitcase Junket, Chris Smither) on pump organ, banjo, piano and fiddle.