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Zella Day
12+ albums
popindieindie popfolkfemale vocalists
about
Born on March 13, 1995, Zella Day Kerr, known professionally as Zella Day, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Raised in the small mountainous town of Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona (population: 4,500), Zella was immersed in music from a young age, largely influenced by her family’s artistic background, her mother sang in a jazz trio, which Zella often lists as one of her biggest inspirations. Her parents owned a coffee house, Zella often mentioned it was the only venue for live music in her town, encouraging her to have routine gigs there. When Zella received her first guitar at nine, she taught herself how to sing and play guitar, further nurturing her love for music. Zella began to not think of music as a dream, but as a future, as she started performing more at her parent’s coffee house. She was heavily influenced by classic artists such as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Neil Young, which shaped her folk and indie-pop style. Her debut album, “Powered by Love,” released in 2009, was an independent project funded by a family friend that showcased her raw talent and potential. Getting signed at 15 to Wax LTD, Zella worked as a songwriter for BMG and would get flown out to Nashville by her label every month for songwriting sessions which exposed her to the developing music industry of the American Southwest. In an interview with GRL MAG, Zella said “The first time I came to Nashville was for writing sessions, I was around 15 or 16.” “The first thing I remember actually s
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