Kris grew up on a farm in Florida making up songs with her sister in their treehouse.
In 2019, kris packed up her broken heart in her little car and performed in all 50 states in less than 5 months while writing and recording an album that debuted at #1 on the iTunes singer/songwriter chart and as the highest ranked indie release on the Billboard Top Current Albums chart. She has performed at Folk Alliance International and Life is Beautiful Festival, as well as in the UK and Europe as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Songs & Whispers Tour. She is a voting member of the Recording Academy, was selected for the Grammy NEXT program, and has sung on two Grammy nominated records.
“That Siren, Hope” debuted at #1 on the iTunes singer/songwriter chart, was on the Americana Albums radio chart for 19 weeks, getting to #59 with spins all over the country on FM and SiriusXM, the title track was featured on Netflix’s “Atypical”, and the music video was premiered by American Songwriter Magazine. Her music video for “Photobooth” had 4 nominations including Video of the Year and 3 wins in the International Independent Music Video Awards including Best Folk/Americana Video and Fan Favorite.
“The Skies We Look To” came out April 30th, 2021 at #1 on the iTunes singer/songwriter chart and “I’d Give Anything” was featured in American Songwriter, landed on New Music Nashville, Next From Nashville, and Indigo Official Spotify playlists, charted for 15 weeks on Americana radio, and was featured in RollingStone magazine. “My Quiet”, another song from the album, was a winner in the International Songwriting Competition.
Kris’s latest record, “Damn Shame Waste” came out Sept 9th, 2022. “Run” and “Win the Game” from that album were the #1 and #3 most played new adds on SiriusXM’s The Loft as well as being featured on iHeartRadio in the wake of her being the top fundraising artist ever for MusicBeats Cancer.
She signed with Blue Elan Records early in 2024 and has released a new full length album “Le Sigh”