Album Notes

'I'm Ready' is an understatement.

Kristina Quigley cannot remember a time when she wasn't a singer. She was raised in a trucking family, and from a young age she would travel with them all over the country singing for people at truck stops with her karaoke machine.

Beginning at age 15, Kristina sang at Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace every weekend, where her grandmother, Harriet, helped her hone her skills as a professional singer. In the summers, based out of Oregon, Kristina traveled around the U.S. singing at county fairs, rodeos, coffee houses, and private parties. During those traveling years, she recorded with the band Cracker on their album "Kerosene Hat."

Of the numerous singing contests Kristina has entered, she has never lost one. When she was 19, she entered an international singing contest in Branson, MO that went on for 11 months, and she won it.

Kristina has been in many major concerts, sharing the stage with country greats; Meryl Haggard, Don Williams, Barbara Mandrell, Bill Monroe, Paulette Carlson + Hwy 101, Charlie Daniels, and the Osmonds.

Well-known for her dynamic, powerful voice, and riveting stage presence; we feel that Kristina's long awaited debut CD will begin to earn her a place with the best of the country divas.

This, Kristina's first release, was produced by songwriter/producer Stephen Lester and Oscar and Grammy winning engineer Michael Farrow. We are very proud of the quality of the production, recording, and the songs. New Moon Records is glad to be a part of kristina's wonderful work.

Additional note:

We started putting these songs together in 1997 for Kristina. My pal, Gary Ham and I have been K fans for some time, and he jumped at the chance to contribute material to the project. Kristina had always loved Gary's work and we were having a great time making demos of the material when Gary's untimely death occurred in 2001. I had looked forward to doing a lot more work with him, and we all miss him. Goodbye, Hammer. (Steve Lester-Producer)