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“...Cothron plays the role of the steely and unattainable temptress, and artfully so with a seductive-almost-racy style that maintains an air of class and sophistication...Cothron isn't the first contemporary to take on jazz pop, but hers in genuine, not meant to be kitschy and probably the most authentic of its kind I've heard...” - Boro Pulse


The music of Kristen Cothron is born from a dark Southern psyche charred by half-burned cigarette ash then soaked in sweet tea.

Kristenʼs musical career began early. She was onstage at 13, singing the standards, but at some point she dropped out of the jazz clubs, dropped out of Berklee College of Music, and was dropped onto the dim stages of the Nashville alternative scene, where her persona took shape, took a drag, slid into thigh-high boots, and then got fed-back and distorted through an amplifier. Kristen carries her jazz background the way a gunfighter carries a rosary. To Kristen, jazz is heritage. It is interweaved in her twisted roots, inseparable, but masked by the mysterious character that has grown out of it.

This transition is all documented in a series of recordings, beginning with Kristenʼs 2001 release Only Words. The metamorphosis completed with 2006ʼs Love Letters From A Fool, which marked the beginning of her on-going collaboration with producer Ben Strano. This album kicks off with the explosive and moody single “Dangerous,” a song which became Kristenʼs debut music video and signaled that a strong, strange, and sexy iconoclast had arrived to destroy and rebuild the temple of the female singer-songwriters.

Between albums, Kristen has contributed to several compilations, finding her voice alongside Regina Spektor, Chris Barron, and many more.

Kristenʼs hypnotic melodies and entrancing lyrics are at their strongest on her most recent release, an eponymous three-song 7” vinyl offering, the release of which coincided with a tour to 2011ʼs SXSW. The three songs carry the artistʼs trademark brooding and foreshadow an upcoming full length album, Show Me Where The Edge Is. The album will be a combination of new original music and several covers in tribute to Kristenʼs strongest musical influence, Elvis Costello.


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released March 3, 2011

Produced by Ben Strano as 'The Sonic Fedora'

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Kristen Cothron and The Darkside Nashville, Tennessee

"Cothron writes smart pensive tunes that have a slight jazzy feel...This young lady is sultry, provocative. and uniquely cool in so many ways."
- BabySue

"Tougher than Fiona Apple, edgier than Norah Jones, Cothron combines cabaret and indie rock as well as anyone since Elvis Costello." - The Memphis Playbook ... more

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