Alma (say it like "Alamo") is from Western North Carolina. She plays patchwork music: country, folk, and Appalachian roots sewn together to make something unique. Songwriting is cheaper than therapy, and old songs make her happy. 

Music has taken her lots of places, from the hometown bars, to church, to the highway. She spent a while performing as an entertainer on a passenger train, she wound up getting 3 yeses from ABC's American Idol Judges on Season 1 and being sent to the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA, and these days she travels the country playing songs for whoever will listen. Her musical influences include old and alternative country, bluegrass, folk, old-time, and americana. She attributes inspiration to artists such as Allison Krauss, John Prine, Gillian Welch, Townes Van Zandt, Bobbie Gentry, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, and so many more.  Apparently she sounds a lot like Jewel. She's real happy to be playing for ya'll.