I just found out that 3 (!!!) of the songs from "That Siren, Hope" are Semi-Finalists in the International Songwriting Competition out of 18,000 entries! 

They are 'Ghost' and 'If I Can't Have What I Want' which I wrote with Garrison Starr of My Sister, My Brother

and the title track 'That Siren, Hope'

I'm honored and excited to be among the other semi-finalists!

That Siren, Hope just debuted at #79 on the Billboard Top Current Albums chart! It's the highest independent release on there! That's because of YOU and I'm so grateful! Please keep spreading the word and buying and streaming! You're making it happen!

I added a bunch of the press I've been getting for "That Siren, Hope" to the PRESS section.

Including a guest blog I wrote about my 50 state tour and a breakdown of all the songs on the album. 

I was so excited and amazed that my newest album was at #1 on the iTunes singer/songwriter chart when it came out on Jan 24th!

And it's still on that chart over a week later! Thank you so much for buying it and streaming it! Keep it up and we can keep it visible for more people to hear! 

Please go rate and review it too!

bit.ly/thatsirenhope

The first track from "That Siren, Hope" has been added to SiriusXM Velvet radio station! If you hear it, give it a Shazam and a couple streams on Spotify afterward ;) It shows them that people like it so they keep playing it!

I got to experience Music's Biggest Night on Sun Jan 26th as a member of the Grammy NEXT program and member of the Recording Academy. It was wonderful and inspiring to see long-time friends be nominated and WIN!!! I also literally slipped and fell on my butt in the outfit below right next to some of my favorite artists. Yay!!!

I'm so honored and excited to have the music video for "That Siren, Hope" premiered by American Songwriter Magazine in their "Best New Music" section.

Click the image to read the article and watch the video exclusively on americansongwriter.com

In celebration and for the countdown to me completing my 50 state tour, I'm trying to reach 50 patrons on Patreon.com/krisangelis! 

Anyone who becomes a patron or upgrades their patronage by Nov 7th (the last show of the tour in the 50th state, HAWAII) will get a handwritten postcard from me from Hawaii!

You also get all kinds of fun rewards just for becoming one of my "angels" depending on your level and your ongoing support gets you access to exclusive and early behind the scenes, songs, and videos.

Go check it out and spread the word!

xo Kris

I have been doing a lot of live-streaming on the LiveAF app (you can join and follow me for interactive streams of me singing, going through tour life/regular life, sometimes I do "bedtime stories" where I ready Harry Potter out loud because why the heck not? :) 

I have gotten a ton of support on this app (I have over 50k followers in just 10 weeks!) and I've won 3 contests! One was to be on this billboard in Chicago and go to the unveiling party and ride in a helicopter, the next was to be on a billboard and party in NYC, and the last is a $3000 shopping spree to get new wardrobe and such for my shows/tours/videos/promo etc! Below is the billboard in Chicago (#BeLikeKris haha!), me at the party in Chicago, and some screenshots of the photoshoot for the NYC Billboard. You can see more photos on Instagram and I'll have more on that when I go there next month.

And here's the guy who has made me the winner in all of these contests along with a bunch of other amazing, generous folks. Justin was my biggest supporter so he got to come to Chicago and celebrate!

As you may know, I'm on a mission to play in all 50 of the United States in 2019! I'm flying by the seat of my pants a bit because I started out before it was all booked but I'm making it happen! Here's a map of where I've played so far (blue)! If I haven't been in your state and you don't see it on the TOUR page yet, rest assured, I WILL be playing there in some capacity before the year is over so keep your eyes peeled for more emails, updates on my website and follow me on my socials (links at the bottom of this email) You can find posts about this with #KrisPlaysTheStates on Instagram. 

I'll be sharing some video of life on the road on my Patreon soon (as well as the brand new tracks from my upcoming EP!) so join now to get first access to that fun stuff!