From humble beginnings in St. Louis, Missouri, Lola has taken her music across the country, touring with noted musicians such as Premik Russell Tubbs (Santana, Sting, James Taylor), Jeff Haynes (Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock) and bass virtuoso Michael Manring.   She has collaborated with artists from all over the world, including Kinobe (Uganda) in a series sponsored by American Voices. In 2022, a live video of Lola performing went viral on TikTok, hitting 4.5M views which boosted her online presence. She is gaining notoriety amidst legendary rockstars such as Mick Fleetwood and Don Cromwell of Air Supply. She is currently living in Southern California, where she can be found performing at venues and clubs all up and down the coast.

Lola has also gained notoriety as a songwriter and original artist. She was a Top Ten Finalist in the 2015 Wildflower! Songwriting Competition in Richardson, Texas.  She was chosen as “Artist of the Week” in Coming Up Magazine in May 2017.   Her debut EP received recognition from Los Angeles music blogs, local radio play and placement on prominent Spotify playlists. Her song "Bring My Baby Back to Me" was a selected as a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition.  Her 2020 album project From Darkness to Light gained international attention with top plays in UK and Indonesia. In 2022, Lola collaborated with long time friend Justin Froese on a project called "Willow and the Wave."  They released an album of meditative and inspiring pieces.  

When off the stage, Lola works as a studio musician: session singing, arranging, coaching and playing keyboard.  She has worked with Grammy-award winning producers and artists. You can hear her voice on Season 5 Episode 3 of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow as Ava Sharpe’s voice singing “Poison” on the CW network. She was featured on Todd Mosby’s Open Waters (winner of ZMR’s Best Contemporary Instrumental Album) produced by Will Ackerman. She also plays a unique new instrument called the handpan and is a sponsored Novapans artist.

 

Her newest album CHAPTERS is currently in the process of being released and has already gained attention from notable music magazines Earmilk, Playground UK, and Music Mecca.  Her song “Just Friends” was placed on an episode of Children Ruin Everything on the CW network.

Her deeply honest music serves as a powerful source of inspiration for many on their healing journeys. 

A Missoula Montana native, Anna Ballew entered the San Diego music scene in 2021, incorporating jazz-guitar stylings and soulful vocals to pop R&B hits, modern classics and original songs. Her formal entrance to music started with classical violin at age four, then transitioned to bluegrass fiddle at the age of eleven. This ignited her love of free-form and collaborative musical spaces. After hearing her father jam to folk-americana artists like Jackson Browne and James Taylor as a kid, she decided to pick up guitar and try out singing for family and friends at dinner parties in high school. From hometown performances and acapella groups in college to moving to California and becoming a full-time musician, Anna has swiftly moved through stages of a musical journey. Now modeling her sound around artists like Amy Winehouse, Ella Fitzgerald and Lake Street Dive, Anna is working on her first EP to be released in the next year, and can be found performing around at local restaurants and live music venues in Southern California.