Andra Day

Take one look at Andra Day, with her saucy rockabilly-inspired look and you know you’re in the presence of a unique individual. The San Diego-bred singer and songwriter’s eye-catching personal style complements her brassy, yet alluring voice, as well as her music, which is both groovy and bluesy.

Day says her influences come not only from the Motown records, her father loved and the rock artists her mom favored, but also the jazz, doo-wop, and blues she was exposed to while attending the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts. ”During those years I fell in love with Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Etta James, Lauryn Hill, and Janis Joplin,” she says. “Women with big voices who can really communicate the emotion they’re feeling when they sing.”

After graduating from SDCP, Day began working with various producers and performing live. Stevie Wonder’s wife stumbled across one of her performances which she shared for Wonder. The R&B legend called Day and said he’d love to work with her, a moment Day describes as “surreal.”

Day is now signed to Warner Bros. Records through Buskin’ Records. Her debut album, Cheers to the Fall, was nominated for a GRAMMY and was produced by music industry greats Raphael Saadiq and Adrian Gurvitz. Day performed with Ellie Goulding singing ‘Love Me Like You Do’ and ‘Rise Up’ at the 58^th GRAMMY’s. Additionally, Day has made recent appearances on Ellen DeGeneres and Dancing with the Stars performing her song ‘Rise Up’.