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Krista Parrish is an american guitarist, singer and composer. Parrish is known for her intricate vocal stylings, vocal scat, unique alternate guitar tunings and applying two handed finger tapping, percussive playing and intricate finger style to her progressive songwriting in which she delicately blends genres.

In late 2008, Krista began playing with husband Steven Murphy, drummer Michael Fazekas and the Krista Parrish Trio was formed. They released their first full length LP, Krista's fifth LP, "Playing With Pendulums". Upon release, "Easier Said Than Done", track eleven, went to number one on the indie music charts in the rock americana category and then #1 in the all genre category. This accomplishment put Krista in the company of artists Sheryl Crow, Gnarles Barkley and Cindi Lauper.

Background
Krista was born into a musical family with a classical vocalist mother and classical guitarist father. Naturally, Krista was drawn to music at an early age. She began with piano and moved onto guitar in her early teenage years. She attended community college and became a music major, majoring in jazz guitar and voice performance, minoring in piano. Krista began teaching privately while she was finishing her degree and later went onto teach at Paul Green's School Of Rock and Lansdale Catholic High School. She earned a nomination for a golden kayak award (indie music award) for her song "Keep Your Eyes Closed" in 2009. Krista went on to share stages with Susan Werner, Keller Williams, Acoustic Alchemy, Jim Weider (The Band) and Garaj Mahal between 2008 & 2010.