Sierra Marie Swan (born April 5, 1978 in the San Fernando Valley) is an American musician.The daughter of guitarist, Billy Swan, sultry-pop chanteuse Sierra Swan grew up with music in her soul. After her first major label (MCA Records) alternative rock duo Dollshead broke up in 1999, she spent her time creating new material for a solo record and signing with Atlantic Records.
During that time she also collaborated with Chad Hugo of the Neptunes and also recorded some vocal tracks for the rock band Cold. She did complete her debut "Queen Of The Valley" (titled "Queen of the Valley Girls" at the time), but after being dropped by the label, it would was not find release until 2008.
After she met singer-songwriter Linda Perry she began to blossom. The two wrote and recorded Swan's official debut solo album, Ladyland, released on Interscope Records in 2006. "Her voice will take you on an emotional journey," said Perry.
"Beautiful, erotic, mesmerizing, captivating and suspenseful is everything that comes to mind when listening to Sierra Swan." For Swan, music was a way to cope with the hardships in her life, especially after her mother passed away.
Performing her honest and personal music became the ultimate form of therapy. "I realized that performing is like a little high, and I guess you could say it's the healthiest drug I've ever done," confesses Swan.
Queen Of The Valley was released in 2008 on Sierra's own label, Swan World Records. The album featured collaborations with Chad Hugo, Scooter Ward, Linda Perry, Anne Preven and Scott Cutler from Ednaswap.
In 2009 she released her third album, Girl Who Cried Wolf on Swan World Records. Carina Round is featured on two tracks, and subsequently Sierra is also featured on a track for Carina Round's album Tigermending.
Her latest EP "The Sun Sessions"was recorded in 2011 at the legendary Sun Studios in Memphis. This EP was produced by Sierra Swan and her father, Billy Swan, and was recorded in just 2 days. This is also the first project Sierra has done with her father.
Sierra is currently working towards a fourth album.http://www.sierraswan.comhttps://twitter.com/sierraswanhttps://www.facebook.com/Swan5
