Alexa Wilkinson
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Alexa Wilkinson is an up-and-coming American singer-songwriter,guitarist and trumpet player with two albums to her name: 2007's Lullaby Appetite, partly co-written by Josh Kelley[1], and Lions, released in 2008. She has toured with a number of indie musicians, including Josh Kelley, Todd Carey, Jonathan Clay, Keaton Simons and Kate Voegele, [2][3]. Alexa Wilkinson's song, 'Miles Away' was featured on MTV's The Hills[4].
Alexa Wilkinson was born in Cherry Hill, NJ but moved to Park City, Utah aged 12. She began playing the trumpet aged 10, after being convinced to do so by a childhood sweetheart[7], and took up the acoustic guitar a year later.
Alexa Wilkinson was "discovered" by Josh Kelley in 2006 after a chance meeting with Josh's then girlfriend and now wife, Katherine Heigl. Josh signed her his independent record label, DNK Records and cowrote several songs with Alexa. In June 2007, aged 20, she released her debut album, Lullaby Appetite.
Alexa's second album, Lions, was released in April 2008. The first single off the album is 'Vanilla Rain'.
Band
Alexa Wilkinson's band is currently made-up of[8]:
- Michael Chaves: electric guitar
- Jonathan Ahrens: bass
- Aaron Sterling: drums, percussion
- Kristopher Pooley: keyboards
- Ben West: keyboards
- Eric Robinson: acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin
- Marshall Altman: backing vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, xylophone, programming
- Nick Lane: trombone
- Sal Lozano: saxophone
Discography
- Lullaby Appetite (2007, DNK Records)
- Lions (2008, DNK Records)
References
- ^ Josh Kelley, singer-songwriter. August 24, 2007 -- Singer-songwriter Josh Kelley visits ABC7 Chicago.
- ^ http://www.coolpicking.com/50226711/_whet_your_musical_appetite_with_alexa_wilkinsons_lullaby_appetite_cd.php
- ^ Three of Hearts Tour: [1]
- ^ http://www.seenon.com/music/the-hills/filter/episode_name/Stress%20and%20the%20City/#products
- ^ http://www.bestofbands.com/band_profile.php?id=1839
- ^ http://cdinsight.com/news.php?readmore=577
- ^ See official site, bio section: [2]
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/alexawilkinson
Park Record (Park City, UT). July 30, 2005. Alexa Wilkinson debuts in a leading role. by Matt James, of the Record staff]
External links
- Official website: http://alexawilkinson.com/
- Official MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/alexawilkinson%7Cwww.myspace.com/alexawilkinson
- Wilspro Management, the artist management company of which Alexa Wilkinson is a client (click on 'clients' to see webpage dedicated to Alexa): http://www.wilspro.com/wilspro_shellSWF_content.html
- Alexa Wilkinson
- American alternative musicians
- American female singers
- American pop singers
- American rock singers
- Female guitarists
- American singer-songwriters
- English-language singers
- Female rock singers
- Trumpet-players
- Living people
- Utah musicians
- New Jersey musicians
- People from Cherry Hill, New Jersey
- People from Park City, Utah