Alena Ciera is a Maryland-born, Washington, DC-based singer/songwriter and musician. Throughout her career, she played at The St. James Theatre, Jamming Java, Snally Gaster Festival, Nationals Park, EagleBank Arena, Audi Field, Pearl Street Warehouse, and a growing list of other venues across both the DC region and nationally. She performed in David Byrne’s American Utopia, and she has collaborated with Yolanda Adams, CeeLo Green, Bela Dona, and a growing list of others.
The Maryland-born, DC-based artist’s work frequently draws from her own life experience while her extensive musical background allows her work to draw from rock, pop and R&B among others.
Released earlier this year, Alena Ciera’s latest EP All In My Head attempts to take listeners on “an immersive experience through a fusion of ethereal electronic sounds, soulful melodies and introspective lyrics,” she says. The EP’s latest single “Change Your Mind” is a crafted, radio friendly, pop confection built around a crafted and lush arrangement of pop funk guitar, atmospheric electronics, rousingly anthemic hooks and choruses serving as a silky 80s-influenced bed for the Maryland-born, DC-based artist’s yearning delivery and lived-in lyrics.
“Change Your Mind” reveals a remarkably self-assured songwriter, musician and artist, whose work wouldn’t be out of place on Top 40 radio right now.
