Angel Taylor cut her teeth in various coffee shops in Southern California, where she honed her mix of mainstream pop/rock and singer/songwriter balladry. Several weeks before her freshman year of college, she made contact with producer Mikal Blue, who had previously worked with such marketable songwriters as Colbie Caillat and Brendan James. Blue took an interest in Taylor and flew her to New York City, where he helped negotiate a contract with Aware/Columbia Records. The two then set to work on fine-tuning Taylor's music, which made its first appearance on the debut album Love Travels in 2009. ~ Andrew Leahey