I write and compose music rooted in folk jazz, early country, and Afro-Caribbean traditions. My first album, Mellow Mood, was produced by Davin Givhan and recorded with my sisters. In 2017, I released my second album, Ego Trip, produced by Chris Schlarb at Big Ego Studios in Long Beach, California.
My music video "Human Prize" premiered on buzzbands.la. In 2019, I attended the Almanack songwriter residency on the island of Nantucket.
For more information about my work and my studio album Ego Trip, you can download the press kit here.
Available for: performance & songwriting gigs and collaborations.
Studio Album Available Now
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“Every Picture Tells A Story-era Rod Stewart meets Sade singing classic confessional Southern Soul in a country bar band.”
"Anchors Aweigh" Official Music VideoPremiere: October 20, 2017
Directed by Francis Capone and shot by Markus Mentzer 0n St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Produced by Alisha Westerman and Francis Capone. Creative direction and styling by Alisha Westerman. The video was shot just a few months before three hurricanes ripped through the Caribbean community. It features rich, bright imagery of Danish colonial architecture and natural landscapes. “St. Croix has the lush, the green, the vibrant, and also the crumbling and eroding. I love to show both,” says Westerman. Lyrically, the song is meant to mythologize Westerman’s loved ones, culminating in a verse about her father suffering a heart attack while sailing. Her father, sailor and Calypsonian Llewellyn Westerman, makes a cameo aboard his 37’ sailboat, Charis+.
"Human Prize" Official Music VideoPremiere: September 22 2017
“Human Prize” was produced and directed by Francis Capone and shot by Markus Mentzer in Los Angeles, California. It features Westerman busking on the LA Metro while traveling from Hollywood to downtown Long Beach. “Busking was something I started doing in New York,” says Westerman. “For one, I was broke and any bit of money helped. But also, it’s good practice. You see what resonates with people.” The video offers a candid depiction of commuters, including impromptu audience participation. The lyrics of “Human Prize” speak from the point of view of an isolated celebrity, a lonely billionaire and single working parents, and how each relates to money. It's a song Westerman co-wrote with her boyfriend Shane Gooding, who passed away before the song was finished. The song is a simple, stripped-down finish to an eleven-track studio album that features pedal steel, mandolin, brass, and keys. The video premiered on buzzbands.la — you can read the article here.
“Rats!” Demo Music Video
"Rats!" demo debuted on KLBP 99.1FM on July 28, 2020. Written & Composed by Alisha Westerman - Arranged by Davin Givhan - Produced by Alisha Westerman & Davin Givhan - Performed by Alisha Westerman & Davin Givhan - Directed by Francis Capone - Edited by Alisha Westerman - Creative Direction: Alisha Westerman - Shot on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands - Copyright Alisha Westerman 2018