Anika Paris

Anika Paris honed her craft as a respected songwriter and background singer through much of the 1990s before landing a solo deal and releasing her debut album. Paris was born into a family rife with artistic talent. Her father is a respected classical conductor who worked with Duke Ellington and Leonard Bernstein; her mother is a poet and publisher of a literary magazine; her brother is a professional drummer, and her grandmother was a renowned flamenco dancer. Paris was something of a child prodigy; she wrote her first song at age five and began playing piano and attending co...