Crystal McGrath is a musician, activist, podcast host, and inspirational influencer. She has toured the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the U.K., and Australia. McGrath is nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the 2022 YYCMA’s and has supported country legends such as Jimmie Allen, Brett Kissell, George Canyon, Aaron Pritchett and Nelly proving that her high energy stage presence is just as powerful as her songwriting. 

Over the past year, she had success releasing her singles “About a Boy”, “Back to Never” and “All of These Things”. She received notable press as well as added to radio and digital streaming platforms, with both songs added to Sirius XM CBC Country Channel 171 in the United States and Canada and were featured on the Academy of Country Music’s highly esteemed New Music Friday playlist. Crystal was featured on large media outlets such as COWGIRL Magazine, VENTS Magazine, Music Crowns, and PopWrapped. The music video for “About A Boy ” was exclusively premiered on powerhouse media outlet SCENES Media, CMT/MTV (Australia) and was on over 150 Australian radio stations, including the Commercial Country Network’s Triple M and KIX radio. Crystal’s musical catalog has received over 300, 000 streams to date.

Additionally, Crystal is an advocate for women’s empowerment and wants women to feel that they can go after any goal that they hope to achieve. To promote this message, Crystal founded “Live With Love” an online platform with the mission of helping women live their best life through movement and mindset.

Crystal has partnered with thoughtful.co by Indigo to bring her movement, message, and music coaching as a part of their digital experience offerings.

She has a passion for connecting with people and creating an outlet for their stories to be shared. This is evident through her podcast Crushing Chaos where she interviews women pushing through the resistance in their personal and professional lives. Crystal also can be seen regularly hosting her video podcast and blog The Artists Behind the Music. In each episode, Crystal interviews her musical guest through inviting conversation around how they overcame obstacles to continue on their musical journey, followed by a performance by the guest.

Crystal lives by the words of poet John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem Don’t Quit “And you never can tell just how close you are, It may be near when it seems so far; So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit, It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.”