Singer-songwriter Angela Easterling was raised in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the daughter of a Baptist minister. Much of her childhood was spent on the farm that has been in her family since 1791, seven generations.

While homespun roots run deep for Angela, a native of Greenville, South Carolina, ironically, it wasn’t until she moved to Los Angeles that the musical calling in her soul became a siren’s song. A performer all her life, Angela had begun playing guitar and writing songs while studying at Emerson College in Boston. More and more her music returned to the place her heart called home. “As a kid, the only music I ever heard was the music in church, old-time gospel. It had such an impact on me.” As Angela began honing her writing and playing live, other artists began to spark her imagination, artists like Emmylou Harris, the Carter Family and Johnny Cash.

Her 2007 album "Earning Her Wings" was named the top album of the year by Smart Choice Music, a popular source of Americana music in Europe and the U.K. Easterling was selected as a New Folk Finalist at this year’s Kerrville Folk Festival. This year, she is releasing a new CD, "Black Top Road."

Having established a recognizable name in the vibrant West Coast alt-country music scene, Angela says she hopes to bring her music to an even wider audience.

“I want to be a part of the musical traditions of the artists that came before me, but filter them through my voice and my experiences as a young woman. I want to uplift people. Music has the ability to do that and that is my ultimate goal."