Anna Nalick Biography

How it started...

Anna Christine Nalick was born March 30, 1984, in Glendora, California. Her debut album, “Wreck of the Day,” introduced her initial radio hit, “Breathe (2 AM). It was released on April 19, 2005.
She wanted to be a performer since she was small, and she started to write songs in fifth grade. She also took bits and pieces of other singer’s words and music and revamped them to suit her style, but she was also penning her own lyrics. At the Nashville, TN. concert she said of one song (In My Head), “it’s about a boy I liked in school, and he wouldn’t give me a hall pass!” In high school she performed with a Rush cover band.
Anna grew up in Glendora, California, which is east of Pasadena. She grew up surrounded by music, including The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and Cream; she also listened to Elvis Presley and The Everly Brothers. Anna cites her influences as Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Blind Melon, John Mayer, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, stating Vaughn is “the guy that I’m going to marry when I get to heaven.”
Listening to these lyrics, you see an old soul with fresh eyes on the world, her life, and those around her.