Little Blue by Kristina Murray
Little Blue, the latest album from Nashville artist Kristina Murray, was recorded with producers Misa Arriaga and Rachael Moore. The collection grapples with loneliness, desperation, and existential crises through a series of cinematic snapshots of small-town burnouts and last call lovers. Murray is a country artist in the truest sense, a genuine craftswoman with a keen eye and ear for the little details that bring her working-class characters to life, and her delivery is timeless, blurring the lines between the old school honky-tonk, swampy Americana, and R&B-infused southern rock she grew up on in her home state of Georgia. If Murray sounds like a seasoned vet on Little Blue, that’s because she is. While the album marks her Normaltown debut, Murray’s spent the last decade since moving to Nashville paying her dues in an endless series of dive bars and juke joints, and the result is an electrifying introduction to an artist only just beginning to get the kind of wider recognition her talent has long warranted.
“I’ve been to some pretty low places these last ten years,” Kristina Murray confesses. “Faced a lot of heartbreak and loss and grief, but you have to learn to live with those things if you’re going to survive. You have to persevere.” That spirit of perseverance forms the bedrock of Little Blue.
Tracklist
| 1. | You Got Me | |
| 2. | Has Been | |
| 3. | The After Midnight Special | |
| 4. | Fool’s Gold | 4:39 |
| 5. | Watchin’ The World Pass Me By | 4:36 |
| 6. | Get Down To It (feat. Logan Ledger) | |
| 7. | Just A Little While Longer | |
| 8. | Phenix City | |
| 9. | Little Blue | |
Credits
All songs written by Kristina Murray
© Kristina Lyn Murray (BMI) (P) Scoots Blues (BMI)
except
“Get Down To It” written by Kristina Murray & Logan Ledger
© Kristina Lyn Murray (BMI) (P) Scoots Blues (BMI) / Mystery Pacific (BMI)
Logan Ledger appears courtesy of Rounder Records
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Tracks 1, 6, 8, 9 produced and engineered by Rachael Moore at East Avalon Recorders, Muscle Shoals
Assistant engineer: Colin Lott
Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 produced and engineered by Misa Arriaga at Music City Studio B, Nashville
Assistant engineer: Ryan A. Keith
Mastered by Raelynn Janicke at Infrasonic Sound, Nashville
Booking: Atomic Music Group
Photography: Schuyler Howie
Hand-drawn Titling: Amanda R Visger / Ramblin Arts
Design & Layout: Matt Etgen
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Thank you Rachael Moore for your vision for and endless advocacy of me and my art; thanks for your friendship, putting up with me, taking a chance with me, and for believing in me. Thank you Misa Arriaga for your wisdom, lightness, dreaming, ease, and effortless guidance to bring these songs to life; eternally grateful for you and the way you love and create art and put it into the world and thanks for the beers! This record would not exist without you two; thank you.
All of the musicians who played and sang on this record: Dominic Billet, Eddy Dunlap, Erin Rae McKaskle, Ethan Ballinger, Frank Rische, Hank Long, Ilya Portnov, James Paul Mitchell, Jamie Dick, John Mailander, Jonathan Beam, Laura Lamb, Logan Ledger, Mike Fried, Miss Tess, Ryan A. Keith, Sean Thompson, Tim Kuras. Thank you also to my band for sticking with me and playing my songs so good.
Thank you Corey Parsons for listening to demos and keeping me going. I love you! Thank you: Momma, Adi & Bob; Kent Wolfenbarger, George Jr., Katie Keller and all the fine folks at New West; Schulyer Howie, Alex Jensen, Justin Ryan Francis, Mike Venatta, Robby Moore, Kate & Ashley, Josh Shoemaker, Mary Richardson, Elle Long, JP Harris, Randy & Hannah, Meredith Watson, Carter Brallier, Mattman & Steph, Charles Holloman at East Avalon Recorders. All my friends and music community in Nashville and Atlanta, Honky Tonk Tuesday and Santa’s Pub, thank you.
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Georgia-bred, Nashville-based artist Kristina Murray plays Americana and country music rooted and steeped in troubadour storytelling and southern-rock grit.
Kristina currently lives in Nashville, active in the independent country and Americana music scene. One listen and you’ll believe every word that drips from her honky-tonk hewn, yet honeyed vocal style.