svelte Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Biography from VH1.com She's the daughter of Arne Naess, former husband of Supreme Diana Ross. Born and raised in England but presently based in New York, Leona Naess is an introspective singer/songwriter whose alternative pop-rock draws on influences ranging from Edie Brickell, Tori Amos and Joni Mitchell to the Cure, David Bowie and Joy Division. It's impossible to miss the similarity between Naess' voice and Brickell's; nonetheless, Brickell is only one of the many artists who has influenced Naess' work. Naess was in her teens when she started singing and writing songs, and she was 18 when she moved to New York to study music and anthropology at New York University. After doing her share of gigs at such Lower Manhattan clubs as CBGB and the Bitter End, a 23-year-old Naess signed with Outpost/MCA in 1998 and started recording her debut album, Comatised....[more] Discography Comatised [cover photo] Release date: 03.14.00 Label: MCA Records 01. Lazy Days 02. Charm Attack 03. Chase 04. Lonely Boy 05. Anything 06. Chosen Family 07. Comatised 08. All I Want 09. Northern Star 10. Earthquake 11. New York Baby 12. Paper Thin I Tried to Rock You But You Only Roll [cover photo] Release date: 10.09.01 Label: MCA Records 01. Mexico 02. Mayor of Your Town 03. All the Stars 04. I Tried to Rock You But You Only Roll 05. Sunny Sunday 06. Weak Strong Heart 07. Blue Eyed Baby 08. Boys Like You 09. Hurricane 10. Panic Stricken 11. Serenade 12. Promise to Try Leona Naess [cover photo] Release date: 09.16.03 Label: Geffen Records 01. Calling 02. Don't Use My Broken Heart 03. He's Gone 04. Star Signs 05. Ballerina 06. Dues to Pay 07. Yes, It's Called Desire 08. How Sweet 09. Home 10. Christmas 11. One Kind of Love Quote
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