Amanda Ayala

Amanda Ayala
Amanda Ayala performing at the Ridgefield Playhouse
Background information
Born	(1997-09-23) September 23, 1997 Mahopac, New York, U.S.
Origin	New York
Genres	Pop, Rock, Alternative
Occupation(s)	Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Years active	2015 - Present
Labels	Republic Records (2015)
Associated acts	Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Leslie West

Amanda Ayala (born September 23, 1997) is an American singer from New York who made her first appearance on the national scene on NBC's Emmy Award-winning show The Voice. Her first performance on the show was a rendition of Mississippi Queen by Mountain (band). Three out of the four judges on the panel turned their chairs for Amanda: Pharrell Williams, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine.^[1][2] Ayala chose to join Team Adam where she was mentored by John Fogerty. Amanda also performed a rendition of Edge of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks. Both of Ayala's singles charted on the iTunes Rock Charts. Her performances garnered attention from stars like Brad Paisley and Leslie West via Twitter. Her audition video has over 1.2 million views and counting.^[3]

Early life

Ayala began singing at the age of 3 and joined her first rock band at the age of 12. At 13 she and her band performed at New York City's oldest rock club, The Bitter End. As Ayala's voice matured she founded her own rock band and covered classic rock hits with a mix of originals throughout the tri-state area before she entered the national scene on television and began opening for other artists.^[4]

Career

After The Voice (U.S. TV series), Ayala's band was selected to open for the Pleasantville Music Festival on the Capitol Theatre sponsored stage. The headlining acts included Grammy Award-winning artist KT Tunstall, along with the alternative rock band Guster.^[5]

Ayala has served as a supporting act for many artists across all genres. Her first experience as support was at The Chance with rock band Blackfoot. Voice finalist Joshua Davis selected her to perform with him at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Connecticut.

In late 2016, Ayala was the opening act at the Annual Tuckahoe Music Festival which included freestyle acts like Sweet Sensation, Exposé and pop icon Taylor Dayne.^[6]

Amanda Ayala performing with Taylor Dayne

Some of Ayala's other shows include her concert with The Partridge Family star David Cassidy.^[7] This concert was covered on TMZ due to Mr. Cassidy's outburst towards a fan in the audience.^[8]

Ayala was selected to be an opening act for Sebastian Bach the original voice of Skid Row at The Chance Theater in Poughkeepsie, New York.^[9] She was also booked as a supporting act for Tony Harnell of TNT in the weeks that followed (Harnell was also the lead singer of Skid Row in 2015).

She is scheduled to open for American Idol winner Nick Fradiani at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, Connecticut on May 26, 2017.^[10]

Ayala performed with Leslie West at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill on June 24, 2017. The two performed a duet version of "Mississippi Queen".^[11]

In August 2017, Amanda Ayala performed at the annual Spiedie Fest. She opened for rock group Blue Öyster Cult and Eddie Money. Thousands of people attended this concert in Binghamton, New York.^[12] The line up for the three day event included country stars, Kellie Pickler and Sara Evans, along with Dennis DeYoung of Styx (band).^[13]

Most recently, Ayala performed with American Idol winner Taylor Hicks at the Palace Danbury Theater. The show was met with great reviews after both singers performed an impromptu version of The House of the Rising Sun.^[14]

Ayala performed with rock singer Dee Snider from Twisted Sister on November 4, 2017 at The Chance.^[15]

Amanda is working on her debut pop release. She is working with a platinum selling producer. Amanda has yet to reveal who she is working with but her social media indicates she is currently recording and in the studio.

Discography

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