Cornelia Murr delivered an entrancing show March 19 at The Blue Room when she brought her “Last Run to the Center Tour” to Nashville. Her powerful vocals and immersive soundscapes filled the room, dragging listeners headfirst along the emotional journeys of her songs.
This show marked Murr’s return to Nashville following her recent performance opening for Matt Maltese on his Sep. 16, 2025, show at Marathon Music Works. In the lead-up to the show, several concertgoers expressed that Murr’s performance ahead of Maltese’s show inspired them to return for her solo performance. This time, Murr was in Nashville performing her own tracks, including the albums “Lake Tear of the Clouds” and the recently released “Last Run to the Center.”
The night opened with performances from Storey Littleton and Reverend Baron. Littleton bared her soul with stripped down songs like “At A Diner,” with gentle chords supporting her lilting vocals, and “January,” which she introduced by bringing her friend Jack Weiss on stage to recreate the beginning of the song’s music video with band member Macky Bowman. As Littleton wrapped up her set, her delicate vocals gave way to Reverend Baron’s genre-bending, dreamy songs.
Reverend Baron alternated between playing the keyboard and electric guitar as he took the stage to perform soulful, layered songs like “Fool on the Ave” and gentle songs with sweeping guitar and piano melodies like the new song “Once in a While.” Reverend Baron finished his performance by playing fan favorite “Let the Radio Play,” a song filled with yearning for undisturbed quality time with a loved one.
Upon taking the stage, Cornelia Murr kept the mellow vibe of the night going, immediately launching into “In the Wings.” The atmospheric intro to the song gave way to an addictive beat, which supported a smooth saxophone that intertwined itself with Murr’s velvety vocals.
From the moment Murr stepped on the stage, she commanded the room, swaying in a blue shimmery dress and accentuating her vocal performance with gestures toward the audience. At the top of the show, she invited the audience to all come closer to the stage, creating a warm sense of community between the fans and herself that lasted throughout the show.
Murr continued to delight fans with popular songs “How Do You Get By” and “Different This Time,” which featured her trademark whistling on top of spacey synths and gentle, thrumming bass. She then surprised fans by bringing out her fellow members of the band, Tommy, for the first-ever performance of their recently written song “Sweet Mystery.” Though they experienced some technical difficulties, the band laughed through the challenges and came together to build hauntingly beautiful harmonies.
After this surprise performance, Murr covered Yoko Ono’s “I Have a Woman Inside My Soul” before performing her recently released single, “Come Undone,” joking with the audience that this track was not to be confused with the Duran Duran song of the same name.
As Murr moved toward the end of the setlist, her vocal talents were on full display. The soft, smooth “Tokyo Kyoto” had everyone in the audience swaying along as she built up to the belted vocalizations at the end of the song, and her voice soared above the gritty, rumbling bass of “Run to the Center.” All the while, Murr’s band and backup vocalists, which included the talents of both openers Storey Littleton and Reverend Baron, supported her with instruments ranging from an egg shaker to a flute.
Murr brought the show to a climax with the fast-paced, high-energy “Pushing East” with intense drums that set the stage for Murr to highlight her powerful vocals as blue lights pulsed around the stage. Finally, Murr closed the show with “Bless Yr Lil Heart,” a reflection on the complexities of human emotion and desire.
Throughout the show, the powerful and dynamic performances from Storey Littleton, Reverend Baron and Cornelia Murr left me eager to see what each artist achieves next, and hopeful that I’ll see each of them back in Nashville again.
