Kassi Ashton

Kassi Ashton comes from California, Missouri, a small town in the middle of the state, and the rural Midwest runs through her songs. She signed to a major-label country deal and put out her first single, "Pretty Little Poison," in 2018, a dark, swaggering track that set the tone for her early releases. Her songs tend toward sharp-tongued storytelling about small-town life and the people who leave it, delivered in a strong, twang-edged voice.