Shane Alexander

L.A.-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist Shane Alexander has earned comparisons to Jeff Buckley, Art Garfunkel, and Jackson Browne for his beautifully emotive vocal style and haunting, finely crafted songs. Born in San Diego yet raised in Maryland and Pennsylvania, he sought refuge from a troubled childhood through music after early exposure to Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, an album whose influence continues to color his mature output in subtle ways. As his skills on guitar sharpened, producer Richard Podolor noticed him and began booking the musician for session work on various studio projects starting in 1994, an opportunity that revealed the inner workings of songwriting, arrangement, and recording. Alexander soon entered the band Young Art, contributing to two of its albums, then formed Damone and cut both a full-length release and a four-song EP with the new group. Damone built a following through West Coast club dates before splitting up in 2003. Alexander launched his solo career at once, issuing Shane Alexander in 2003, The Middle Way in 2005, Stargazer in 2006, and The Sky Below in 2008, each on his independent Buddhaland Records label. While supporting tours by Seal, Jewel, John Hiatt, Peter Case, and additional artists, his material found placements on television programs such as The Real World, Laguna Beach, Brothers and Sisters, Bones, Big Shots, Criminal Minds, and Wildfire, steadily widening the reach of his melancholic Americana.