Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Alana Gentry was one of those people destined to be a performer. She started singing by the age of four and at seven began dancing and performing throughout the city with a dance company for many years. She studied acting as a child, was in many plays and continued to study into her twenties. After traveling through Europe and Greece she discovered it was music that she was most passionate about. Upon returning home she decided to learn to play the guitar. It was then that her life long love of singing came into the forefront and became her chosen vocation.

Alana started writing and performing solo throughout the Los Angeles club circuit. During that time she met many other musicians with whom she wrote, performed and recorded with and in February 2003 she released her second EP- Illuminate. She was also voted one of the top 25 artists in the LA Idol contest on radio station, STAR 98.7. In June 2004 she moved to New York City and found much inspiration that transferred into many new songs. She then recorded "Scarletina" written by friends Erik Gamans and Keith Rishkofski that was aired on NBC’s hit show "Medium". After two years in NY, Alana decided to move back to LA to continue the process.

Alana's own musical influences are broad. She grew up listening to The Beatles, Billy Joel and Elton John but as a dancer and child of the eighties Madonna was one of her favorites. As time went on she listened to everyone from Led Zeppelin and The Red Hot Chili Peppers to Depeche Mode and The Cure to Stevie Wonder and Sade to Ella Fitzgerald and Diana Krall. Dave Mathews Band, John Mayer and Ray La Montagne have become some of her favorites and the recent wave of female singer-songwriters- women like Sarah Mclachlan, Tori Amos, India Arie, Alanis Morrisette, Sheryl Crow, Jewel, Beth Hart, KT Tunstall and new artist Brandi Carlisle have also influenced her.

As a songwriter, Alana is honest and simple; her lyrics are infused with emotion and truth. She writes what she knows, finding the universal in the specific. As a performer, Alana Gentry is unstoppable.

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