Alana Davis: Biography

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Genres:

Singer/Songwriter Rock Music, Adult Alternative, Folk & Country Rock Music

Decades Active:

1990's|2000's

The daughter of jazz chanteuse Ann Marie Schofield and late jazz pianist, Walter Davis, Jr., Alana Davis has made her own stand as a singer-songwriter. Her debut album, Blame It On Me, released in October 1997, was named “one of the year's five best releases" by

-Time Magazine. Her second album, Fortune Cookies, released in 1999, was an equally powerful showcase of her original songs and unique covers. In a 2001 interview, Davis explained, “(Music) is a variation on therapy. It's a place to go as an outlet to express all these deep inner feelings that nobody wants or needs to hear."

Born and raised in New York's Greenwich Village, Davis learned to play the guitar as a youngster. Music remained an avocation, however, until her late-teens. Although she had begun writing songs, at the age of eighteen, Davis didn't turn to music as a career until briefly attending Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, New York. Leaving school to devote her full attention to music, Davis recorded a demo tapes of her original tunes. Signed by Elektra, she released her first single, a remake of Ani DiFranco's "32 Flavors", that reached the top forty of ~Billboard's “Hot 100" in early 1998. The single's success led to an invitation to participate in the Lilith Fair. ~ Craig Harris, All Music Guide