Press: Kristen Englenz

Kristen Englenz’s new debut album, ingénue, is meeting with rave reviews. The first two singles, “Got Me With Goodbye” and “Pray For Rain” have been featured on multiple radio stations included WFMU in New York, WMOT in Nashville, WRFK in Baton Rouge and the famous WSM 650 AM, the Grand Old Opry Station. Kristen has been interviewed on air by Americana’s most famous radio hosts, including Ana Lee, Lexi Carter and Gina Bacon.

Radio Interviews and Feeds

• NOLA County, on-air interview with host Jim Palacios, April 2020
• WRKF in Baton Rouge, “Pray For Rain” feat. Blind Boys of Alabama
• WMOT in Nashville (interview with Ana Lee and repeated spins of both “Got Me With Goodbye” and “Pray For Rain”)
• WMFU New York/Nashville, (interview with Gina Bacon on Someday Matinee)
• 650 WSM, Grand Old Opry Radio (interview with Lexi Carter, Nashville Today, “Pray For Rain” and “Got Me With Goodbye” live.
• RGB 94.3, JAPY’S in France
• Napster’s “Trending Rock” playlist, “Pray For Rain”
• Hammersmith78 “Top Ten Songs of the Week,” “Pray For Rain”
• Amazon Music (Canada) “Fresh, Folk and Acoustic” Editorial Playlist “Pray For Rain”
• AlternateRoots.com Weekly Playlist by Jeff Munger “Pray For Rain”
• Over 560 fan-based and algorithm Spotify playlist placements
• Sirius XM, Outlaw Country, Buddy and Jim show, “Got Me With Goodbye”

Reviews, Press, Premieres

• SoundBites: review of “ingénue” and “Shelf Life.” “Single best, original track to date.”
• Creative Loafing: album review, “Kristen Englenz Shines.”
• Stomp and Stammer: album review, “ingénue.” “Open your eyes and ears to Kristen Englenz.”
• The East Nashvillian: album review, “ingénue.” “A sonic wonderland.”
• Dust of Daylight: album review, “ingénue” and “Shelf Life.”
• Paste Studio Live: Live performance of “Got Me With Goodbye”, “Rebound”, and “Pray For Rain” with in-studio guests Blind Boys of Alabama
• DayTrotter placement of each live performance recorded at Paste Studio
• Paste Podcast by Josh Jackson featuring “Pray For Rain”
• November 2019 Paste Selected Songs Playlist featuring “Pray For Rain”
• Vevo/YouTube Featured Premiere, Organic Rock and Adult Alternative, “Got Me With Goodbye” official video
• Vevo Organic Rock playlist, “Pray For Rain” official video
• AmericanaHighways, Official Video Premiere, “Pray For Rain”
• Immersive Atlanta: “Got Me With Goodbye” video premiere and song review
• Immersive Atlanta: “Rebound”official video premiere
• SoundBites: PFR song review, Grade A
• SoundBites: Song Review: “Rebound”
• 2019 Around the World, Everynoise.com, Top 50 Country Blues “Pray For Rain”
• Dust of Daylight featured “Pray For Rain” and “Got Me With Goodbye” in Norway: Song review of “Got Me with Goodbye” and “Pray For Rain”, video premiere of “Got Me With Goodbye”)