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Alexa Wilkinson

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Lions (2011)	Mechanical Circles (2011)	Lullaby Appetite (2007)

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Pop

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Rock/Pop

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2007

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2007 to Present...

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4 users Alexa Wilkinson - Grey Skies
4 users Alexa Wilkinson - Vanilla Rain
4 users Alexa Wilkinson - Lullaby Appetite
4 users Alexa Wilkinson - Lullaby Appetite
4 users Alexa Wilkinson - Hitchcock In The Afternoon


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Born in New Jersey, Wilkinson moved to the wide open spaces of Park City, Utah at the age of 12, by which time the budding songbird had already learned trumpet, drums, and guitar. She's come a long way since writing her first songs at age 15 with a friend at soccer camp. When the perky, multitalented teen wasn't snowboarding, snapping photos, or indulging her travel bug, she was huddled up with the music of songwriters like Sarah McLachlan and Shawn Colvin, from whom she drew inspiration. After what she refers to as my time in jail at the University of Utah, where she wound up spending half her time recording demos, she realized academia wasn't her path, and strode proudly and purposefully toward a career in music.

Sometimes the best plan is to have a little luck, though, like Alexa having a chance encounter with pop star Josh Kelley. Kelley was so impressed he began writing and recording with Alexa and released her 2007 debut album, Lullaby Appetite, on his own label. That album, and subsequent tours with Kelley, Kate Voegele, Joshua Radin and Ingrid Michaelson, gave Alexa some serious momentum. Playing in front of that many people just kind of boot camped me into being a better artist, she says. Two songs from the album were also featured on MTV's The Hills, bringing her music to a whole new audience.

With the artistic energy and craft she picked up from that experience, she approached her next recording project with characteristic gusto, once again finding a meeting of the minds with a music-biz heavyweight, this time songwriter/producer/A&R man Marshall Altman, (Kate Voegele, Marc Broussard, Matt Nathanson). Once the pair set to work on Lions, their unique process immediately took shape. With Alexa as the sculptor and Altman supplying that all-important shimmer, she began to feel her musical powers rise to a new level.


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