Sit Down with Crys Matthews

Pull up a chair for a message of hope and truth from Crys Matthews. Her profound message might just enable us to hang in there, and continue the good fight.

Crys describes her invitation and the experience of opening the Artists United for Our Freedoms Rally.

She discusses the beginning of her songwriting career with one inspirational night and a well-deserved award in Boone, North Carolina. The first lyric she wrote – amazing! She goes on to offer a few awesome tourism suggestions for the city.

Crys eloquently provides her definition of a social justice music maker and later, a community.

She takes us through her catalogue from 2025’s Reclamation album to April’s release of two songs – Citizen and Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream. We’re gifted with an intimate look at Crys’ intentionality and songwriting process.

She offers insightful truths when asked about the importance of hope in today’s world. Crys shares, “When we hope for better, we fight for better” and reminds us that today’s social justice heroes were ordinary people who were concerned about what was happening in their communities. We all have the power to be ordinary people doing extraordinary things. And, you guys… as Crys’ mom teaches us, “all things work together for good”.

Crys supports The Remix Way who is doing heroic work for Nashville residents' immigrant neighbors.   

Visit Crys’ website at crysmatthews.com and check out her amazing Patreon offerings. Learn more about The Remix Way at theremixway.org. Please consider making a small donation to support their hard work.

Hear more rare conversations at Compassionate Measures dot org and invite another music friend to pull up a chair. Join our community on Facebook or Instagram. Thanks always to YOU for listening, to Crys Matthews for being a musician who is changing the world and to Chris Downey for putting it all together.