Leona Naess是著名的Diana Ross前夫Arne Naess的女儿，她生于英国伦敦并在那里长到18岁才返回纽约，之后就在纽约大学学习音乐。她的音乐受到广泛的影响，作为Indie Rock/Folk歌手，受到Joni Mitchell和Edie Brickell的影响是很自然的---尤其是同Edie如出一辙的声线，听了都让人觉得像到不可思议，但同时她的音乐还被The Cure，David Bowie以及Joy Division所影响着。在纽约的一些俱乐部演出之后，23岁的Leona出版了Comatised，并且Charm Attack还取得小小名气，在2001年的时候她推出了I Tried to Rock You But You Only Roll，这张专辑是在她同Eagle-Eye Cherry和David Gray的巡演间隙腾时间创作的，相比前一张，更加的阴暗了一点，但这张专辑发掘了她在音乐上更大的潜力，她声名雀起，成为别具一格的Indie Rock/Folk女歌手，并被很多音乐人如Nina Gordon等赏识推崇。2003年出版的同名专辑是她和Ethan Jones一起完成的，很是轻快可爱。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. That album was released in March 2000, and its first single, "Charm Attack," was used in Columbia/Phoenix Pictures' teen comedy film Whatever It Takes. Tours with Eagle-Eye Cherry and David Gray consumed Naess for most of the year, however she found time to compose another album. Her sophomore effort, I Tried to Rock You But You Would Only Roll was issued in June 2001 and portrayed a more upbeat Naess. The emotions were far more raw and dark on this album, but her musicianship sparked a new sophistication. Two years later, Naess joined producer Ethan Johns for a lovely self-titled effort.