Alexi Murdoch

Alexi Murdoch (born 27 December 1973) is a British folk musician and songwriter.[1] Since his debut in 2002, Murdoch has released two LPs and one EP. His music has been featured in numerous television shows and films.

Murdoch was born in London to a Greek father and Louise Cordet, a Scottish-French singer, and lived in Greece until he was ten, when his family settled in Scotland.[2][3]

He self-released the EP Four Songs through independent record stores and website CD Baby in November 2002.[3][4] CD Baby sold over 50,000 copies of the release, becoming the site’s all-time best-selling record.[5][6]

In 2003, he performed at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and that year’s Sundance Film Festival,[3][7] and, in 2004, at the Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film & TV Music Conference.[5][8] In 2004, the song “Orange Sky” from the EP also became the most-played song on Philadelphia indie station WXPN.[9][10]