Alaina Blair

Music – San Diego

21-year-old singer/songwriter Alaina Blair has been performing since at the age of 5 when her Grandfather built her a stage to sing to anyone who would watch and listen. Soon she began singing at festivals and pageants in her native Arizona as well as Southern California. Alaina describes her music as country/pop/rock while also reflecting some of her early soul music influences. Her current influences include Miranda Lambert, Grace Potter, Joss Stone and Sheryl Crow. She met producer/musician Billy Alexander (FEEL, John Waite) in the summer of 2011 and the two began to write a batch of songs that later become Alaina’s debut EP entitled “Gypsy Girl” (available on iTunes and physical CD). “Gyspy Girl” has been nominated for Best Rock Album Of The Year by the Los Angeles Music Awards. Alaina has been performing live with her band constantly around Los Angeles, San Diego, Temecula, and Arizona at venues such as the Viper Room, Witzend, House Of Blues and has created quite a buzz from her opening act performances with 3 Doors Down, Jonny Lang, Marc Cohn, Macy Gray, Aaron Lewis, Casey Abrams, Anna Nalick and others. Alaina released her full length, self titled album March 2013. The album once again being produced by Billy Alexander and features a wide variety of songs, textures and emotions from her life’s story. The album also shows off her versatility as a writer and vocalist; belting out a catchy rocker like “Sweet Talkin’ Lola” one minute (co-written and performed with Ron Blair of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), then singing with angelic quiet emotion on songs such as “I Dream That Way” the next. The album was awarded ‘Best Country Album of The Year’ by the LA Music Critic Awards as well as ‘Best Producer Of The Year’ for Billy Alexander. The album was also nominated for ‘Best Americana Album’ by the San Diego Music Awards 2013. And her songs have been featured on ABC’s The Vineyard, Hallmark Channel feature films and others. Alaina was asked to go overseas to North Africa and the Middle East this year to entertain the military on an Armed Forces Entertainment Tour. The experience was ‘life changing’ for the young artist and she succeeded once again in making more fans. Alaina’s current album “Here I Am” released 5/25/14 features 7 songs all worthy of national airplay. Most of the songs on the record were co-written with producer/guitarist Alexander and feature Alaina at the height of her vocal and artistic powers.