Diana's music is informed by the themes that have run through her life: love, loss and redemption. She began her life in a New York City welfare hospital where she was given up at birth. Adopted as an infant, Diana grew up yearning for a sense of belonging and the truth about her own story. Music became her solace and by age seven she was playing a little plywood guitar and making up tunes. Singled out for her unusual voice, she was often asked "Where did you learn to sing like that?" As she grew, so did her love of music and the pull to find her family, her roots and, the truth about her birth.
After studying art and American history in college Diana began the search that led her to discover her own rich history. With the help of a sympathetic hospital clerk and a message that came to her in a dream, Diana found her birth mother and family in the rural south of the Tennessee Mountains. She was welcomed with open arms and learned the stories that she had longed to hear, including how her grandfather played music on the country circuit with the likes of Chet Atkins and a very young Dolly Parton. For the first time she understood where she got her voice, her fiery Irish nature, wide-set eyes and Native American cheekbones.
Diana moved south to be near her family and pursue her passion for music. She appeared on the music scene with her first recording in 1996. Long hours spent around the Kerrville campfires and the mentoring and encouragement of many in the fertile Austin and Nashville music scenes helped Diana to develop her textured and unique style. She is grateful.
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