For Your GRAMMY® Consideration
The Recording Academy Voting Season
Best Regional Roots Album: Forever Muscle Shoals
Best Regional Roots Performance: "The Best Thing You Ever Had"
Best Americana Performance: "Wild Horses" (Feat. James Otto)
Best Traditional R&B Performance: "Respect Yourself" (Feat. Ryan Shaw)
Best Arrangement (Instruments & Vocals): "Hold On, I'm Comin'“
Forever Muscle Shoals was recorded at FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and Noble Steed Studio, May-July, 2025, in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
Biography
A true soul singer at heart, Chrissi Poland is known for both silencing a room and bringing listeners to their feet with her transcendent vocal ability. An acclaimed vocalist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, she has toured the world and performed with legends including Hozier, Lady Gaga, Bette Midler, Nile Rodgers, Mavis Staples, Chaka Khan, and Sting. Her career has taken her to iconic venues such as The Hollywood Bowl, Madison Square Garden, and the Glastonbury Pyramid Stage.
"Now, this is a girl you GOT to hear!" -Sam Moore, Sam & Dave
"Sheer Ferrocity..." -Stacey Anderson, The New York Times
"Chrissi is a force. Her voice takes you on a genre-bending journey always rooted in truth and soul." -Scott Sharrard, Frontman for Little Feat
Listening Links
Forever Muscle Shoals (Goes live 8/26)
"Wild Horses" Feat. James Otto
"Resepct Yourself "Feat. Ryan Shaw
It was on a tour stop through Florence, Alabama in 2022 when Chrissi Poland decided she needed to return and make a record in Muscle Shoals. Stopping through Fame Studios to take the tour, being in the room where some of the greatest soul records were ever made, Chrissi experienced an emotional and visceral reaction.
Forever Muscle Shoals is a full-length album that celebrates the songs and sound recorded in Muscles Shoals, AL in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Recorded live at Fame Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Chrissi has brought her vocal power and interpretation to songs from Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Wilson Pickett, Cher, Bob Dylan and more.
“Returning to The Shoals to honor the music and artistry that shaped me, to be part of a new era of recording that’s happening in this sacred geographical corner of American music, is nothing short of a dream come true. I could feel the vibrations of Aretha and Etta in the room. I could visualize the moment Spooner Oldham played the famed opening riff to ‘I Never Loved A Man’ on that gorgeous Wurlitzer. So many of these songs shaped my brain, heart and soul as a singer, a writer. Above all, the feeling is what I connect to most deeply. Soul music isn’t just a genre, but more so an experience of human emotion. It demands that you be raw, real and connected. That’s why I’ve always been called to it.”
~Chrissi Poland
