2005-02-06
California-based urban pop songwriter Alana Davis is the daughter of jazz pianist Walter Davis Jr, who was a sideman for Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, and jazz singer Anamari Davis.Alana first reached your ears with a hit cover of Ani DiFranco’s “32 Flavors” from her 1997 debut release. Her latest disc Surrender Dorothy is her first offering since going the indie route and forming her own Tigress Records label.
It brings together Alana’s folk, pop and soul influences and even includes her take on her hero Bob Marley’s “Nice Time”.
J.J. CALE
ROLL ON
WE ARE AUGUSTINES
Rise Ye Sunken Ships
UNA
The Rain is Over and Gone
Grant-Lee Phillips
Virginia Creeper
Charlie Sexton & Shannon McNally
Southside Sessions
Rachael Yamagata
Happenstance
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