[1] Born and raised in Houston, Edmonson is the only child of a single mother who enjoyed songs from the Great American Songbook and traditional pop from the 1940s and '50s.

[5] She worked briefly in real estate but quit her day job in 2005 making the decision to pursue music full time.

[7] Way Down Low was released in 2012 following a successful Kickstarter campaign[8] and received a warm critical reception from The New York Times[9] and NPR,[2] reaching No.

[16] In 2012, Edmonson appeared on NPR's Tiny Desk concert series,[17] Austin City Limits,[18] and in 2013, A Prairie Home Companion.

[19] She returned to A Prairie Home Companion in November 2014, reprising the character Cat Mandu that Garrison Keilor wrote for her for the show's regular skit, "Guy Noir, Private Eye.

[26] In Café Society (2016), directed by Woody Allen, she played the Les Tropiques Night Club singer, performing "Mountain Greenery" and "Jeepers Creepers".