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Russell draws upon a unique array of influences in creating her distinctive musical sound. She uses the phrase “Keith Urban meets Bonnie Raitt” to best describe her blend of Aussie style, soulful vocals, insightful and emotional songwriting and accomplished musicianship. Yet her remarkable lower register vocal timbre has the unmistakable stamp of an even earlier inspiration, Karen Carpenter. Her engineer Mike Bradley once dubbed her “the Alanis Morissette of country music.”


“I’ve loved traveling to all these new places and meeting and playing for so many different people this past year,” she says. “I like to think of Kicking Down The Door as my way of working out some personal relationship problems and dealing with a lot of different issues, and I think these songs will connect really well with fans of both country and adult contemporary music. I’m excited about keeping everything going strong and taking my career to the next level.”