Christa Wells is an American singer-songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee, with over 20 years experience in the music industry.
As an independent artist, Christa has released seven solo albums, along with several collaborations, developing a piano-based signature sound that is fresh, soulful and enduring. She has an ever-growing community of support on Patreon and has successfully crowdsourced her last several projects.
Christa’s 2018 album, Velveteen, produced by Ben Shive, chronicles the loss of her marriage, singing vulnerability and hope across canyons of grief. The songs on her subsequent album, Pacific (2020), produced by Waterdeep’s Lori Chaffer, reflect her transformative journey toward healing, freedom and joy.
In 2022, Christa worked with producer Latifah Alattas and released Lighter From Here, along with a small book of prose entitled, Before It Gets Lighter. And on her most recent EP, Redwood (2023), also produced by Latifah Alattas, Christa celebrates unconditional love for the world, love for those who suffer, and love for one’s own being in seven songs co-written with fellow Nashville artists Alattas, Taylor Leonhardt, Carly Bannister and Julie Odnoralov.
As a follow-up and companion to Pacific, Christa released Beloved, a book of poetry, prose & lyrics. Since then she has released two more volumes of prose and poetry (Before It Gets Lighter & A Safe House)
In 2020 Christa led a collaboration with Nicole Witt, Ellie Holcomb, Taylor Leonhardt, and Jess Ray to create The Bravest Thing, a five-song EP under the name More Than Rubies. The five songs were written and recorded in support of a new memoir by Vaneetha Risner, Walking Through Fire (Thomas Nelson).
An award-winning songwriter, Christa has collaborated with artists to write hit songs such as “Held” (Natalie Grant), “Need You Now” + “God Help Me” (Plumb), and “Red Sea Road” (Ellie Holcomb).
Christa passionately supports artists in coming alive through authentic creative expression and meaningful connection under the umbrella of Artist And, co-founded with Nicole Witt.
She has recently also created The Find Your Voice Retreat for spiritual women, and Myth Movement for professional women (with co-founder Johanna Middleton).
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