Anadara Farmer was born and raised in Carlsbad, California, a suburb of San Diego. She grew up listening to her mother, a professional musician, perform songs stylistically similar to Carol King, Joni Mitchell, and John Denver. Now as a singer-songwriter herself, Anadara combines her interest nd talent in folk, jazz and pop music with her own unique and engaging sound, wrapping her light, flexible voice around clever piano and guitar arrangements of her own invention. As a music and theater student at Syracuse University, Anadara took advantage of the resources available to her, taking classes in Music Theory, Composition, and Music History during the day, and performing her own music to enthusiastic listeners in clubs across the city at night. Through frequent performances in Syracuse clubs such as Styleen's Rhythm Palace, The Stoop, No Borders No Boundaries, and Happy Endings, as well as solo radio presence (WAQX, WTKW, WAER) Anadara garnered sufficient critical and popular acclaim to win the area's highest musical honor, a SAMMY (Syracuse Area Music) Award nomination for Best New Artist. While in Syracuse, Anadara also began working her way into the San Diego music scene, performing at California venues such as 'Canes, Blind Melon's and Brick By Brick. Her talents were soon realized by 92.5FM, a San Diego radio station that included Anadara's sunny salute to her home state, "California", on their compilation CD THE LOCAL FIX. Anadara's music has also been sought after for several Cds released by SUR (Syracuse University Recordings). NO COVER BEFORE NINE, a collection of jazz influenced music, included her beatiful ballad "Next Time Around". Another showcase for exceptional S.U. musical talent, SIX STRING CIRCUS, featured performances of two more of Anadara's songs "California" and "Poisoned by You". Following her departure from the college scene, Anadara set her sights on New York City, in order to pursue a career in music. She has performed at The Bitter End, a cradle of independent music in the heart of New York's Greenwich Village, and continues to study the art of songwriting through the National Academy of Popular Music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.