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Dana LaCroix

Dana LaCroix is a Canadian singer and songwriter originally from Toronto, Canada. Her music is influenced by the roots and folk music she grew up with, and the R&B, pop and country-rock sounds of the late 1970's and early 1980's. Her father is Pat LaCroix, a well-known Canadian photographer and former member of 1960's vocal group, The Halifax Three, which featured LaCroix, Dick Byrne and the late Denny Doherty, of The Mamas and The Papas fame.

Dana attended the Humber College Jazz Studies program in the late '80s and spent the early years of her career working as a lead and back-up singer on the Ontario club circuit. In 1989 she moved to New York City where she worked as a side-musician for local bands and began focusing on songwriting. In 1995 she released her debut cd,"Pride", which received positive reviews and helped launch her career as a touring artist. Two songs from "Pride" were included in feature film, "Fear X", directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring John Turturro. Subsequent releases include "Down Home Blues" with European bluesman, Kenn Lending, and "Faith In You", which she released independently in 2007. Her song "In The Distance", which she co-wrote with Yadam Gonzales was released by Dutch artist, Hind, on her 1995 album, Halfway Home.

Dana is an active touring and recording artist, with a new EP slated for release in fall 2010. She currently lives in Upstate New York.