Alicia Blue
Raised between the orange groves of Southern California and the south
borderlands of Texas, Nashville-based Alicia Blue writes country songs rooted in
desire, consequence, and control. The daughter of a truck driver and a bank teller,
her voice carries a blue-collar directness shaped by classic country.
Alicia doesn’t look away from her past—she instead aims straight through and
lands somewhere between the outlaw gravity of Waylon, the high-lonesome clarity
of Dolly and the ache of Emmylou. It's not borrowed, but claimed. Her 2024 duet
with Lucinda Williams, “Tennessee,” is true proof of that.
Four-time Grammy Award–winning producer Shooter Jennings heard Alicia's
demo's last year, calling her voice "as rare as they come, coming along once in a
generation.” Together, refusing to play it safe, they made her debut album, Country
Desire without even a label yet in place. Shooter was confident and that created an
air of confidence all around the project.
The sessions pulled together a powerhouse of players—Jay Bellerose on drums
(Alison Krauss, Robert Plant, Ray LaMontagne), Brian Whelan on keys and
textures (Dwight Yoakam), Ted Russell Kamp on bass (Sturgill Simpson,Tanya
Tucker), Greg Leisz on pedal steel (Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton), and Alicia’s guitarist
Alex Labrie—each one serving the songs rather than polishing them up.
With label support from Soundly (Thirty Tigers), two tour runs with Charley
Crockett and the full album, Country Desire, hitting on August 28 with strong
reviews, lots of editorial support on DSP’s, and fan support across the board—the
ground is shifting beneath her feet. Alicia Blue isn’t arriving. She’s already here.