Kristina Murray

The spirit of perseverance forms the bedrock of Kristina Murray’s stunning new

album, Little Blue. 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.