Alyssa Bonagura moved home to Nashville in August 2009 after earning a degree in Sound Technology at the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. On the heels of school, Alyssa was anxious to give her full attention to her burgeoning career, and she has done just that -- concentrating on both songwriting and performing. On her 22nd birthday, she signed a co-publishing deal with LA-based Rondor Music that will allow her to work on her music full time.
No stranger to the music biz, Alyssa’s childhood was spent between home and a tour bus with her singer/songwriter parents Michael Bonagura and Kathie Baillie, from the hit country act “Baillie and the Boys”. It seemed only natural for Alyssa to become a singer and songwriter herself—as a ten year old she recorded a Christmas duet with Kenny Rogers, and she started writing songs at eleven.
Her acoustic/pop style encompasses influences from European pop, urban and dance mixed with country, indie, pop and folk styles from the United States. Already, interest in her songs has come from both Europe and the US; her first cuts should come out this fall. Alyssa recently released The English Diaries, a collection of songs that she wrote, performed and recorded that represent the three years she spent in England.
She's performed with acts as varied as Pete Wylie, Ralph Stanley and Richard Thompson both in the US and Europe. She’s performed at two of the largest music festivals in the world--Glastonbury Festival and Bonnaroo.
Alyssa has a flair for fashion and style; she was selected as one of the Rimmel 10 - ten young women in the US who personify the “London Look” for Rimmel Cosmetics. Check out her blogs about Rimmel on her wordpress site and her You Tube Channel.