We had a great conversation with Alayna on the Chris & Sandy Show! We talked about so many things. We always love having her on as this was not her first time with us. We talked about family, she performed 2 songs, she told us some great stories to a whole lot more. This conversation got heavy VERY fast and you’ll see what we mean. Its why our tagline is “Up Close & Personal”.
Alayna left her hometown of Butler, Pennsylvania in the summer of 2011 with nothing but a few necessities and her favorite guitar to pursue a career in music. A few years later, she was writing with award-winning songwriters and playing Music City’s most prestigious venues including the world-famous Bluebird Café, Nissan Stadium, and The Listening Room.
Classically trained in piano from age 7, Alayna always had a love for music, but it wasn’t always Country. She grew up listening to Jewel, Brandy, LeAnn Rimes, Sheryl Crow. Now, she’s mixing those childhood influences of Pop/Rock melodies with the honesty of Country lyrics, bringing a new flavor to the table. Alayna wrote her first song at 12 but it wasn’t until a few years later that she recognized her newfound talent and began to nurture it. During this time, Alayna taught herself to play guitar and kept up with regular piano lessons.
Alayna currently has over 1 million YouTube views and nineteen independent cuts to her credit. She has played many prominent conventions and festivals including CMA Music Fest, Christmas 4 Kids Bus Tour, Muscle Shoals Songwriters Festival, National Cornbread Festival, Pensacola Beach Songwriters Festival, Smoky Mountain Songwriters Festival, Sunbelt AG, and the Tennessee State Fair.
She was named one of the CMA’s Emerging Artists in 2017; released her second fan-funded EP Wicked City; has received multiple awards over the years from TSAI (Tennessee Songwriters Association International), and released a fan-funded EP, The Wrong Side, in 2015 with sales in thirty-five US states and twelve countries; charting at #30 on the iTunes UK Country charts. In 2019, Alayna released her first Christmas CD, Christmas Party, which she co-wrote all of and followed it up in 2020 with singles, “Play Dumb” and “Stereotype,” and “Break It Down” and in 2021, “Making Babies.”
Recently, Alayna had one of her songs included as an instrumental on season 18 of NBC’s hit TV show, The Voice, and released her own version of the cover “Desperado” via an acoustic video on Country Rebel’s (the world’s largest country music network) Facebook page which is nearing 100k views in follow up to her cover of Martina McBride’s “Broken Wing,” which has just exceeded 172k views
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