About this artist
Raihanna Estrada is an indie country artist-songwriter from California who now calls Nashville home. She grew up in a motorhome on a Ranch in Lake Berryessa in Napa County and fell in love with country music. Her ears were captivated by artists on 90’s country radio such as Jo Dee Messina, Phil Vassar, Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw, Travis Tritt and LeAnn Rimes. She started songwriting at age 13 creating stories and melodies.
Raihanna was adopted at six months old by her maternal Grandparents who she called Mom and Dad. They raised her to love everyone, help when you can, to work hard and to be creative. They were a different generation and that gave her a love of things of the past. Their suburban home had many treasures. They were everything to her. In 2005 and 2006 Raihanna’s world was turned upside down. Her Dad passed away abruptly from a heart aneurism and her Mom followed a year later passing away from Cancer. It broke her heart but instead of letting it ruin her she took that and channeled it into chasing her dreams of pursing a music career and living her life exactly how she wanted to. Thinking outside the box of the norm and living it to the fullest.
In 2009, Estrada made the move she had always dreamed of from the Bay Area to Los Angeles where she attended Musicians Institute in Hollywood to complete the Vocal Program. It was the best decision she ever made. Meeting people from all over the country and the world with an emphasis on Sweden. All of her roommates were Swedish. She put a band together, started writing new songs, and hit the ground running playing shows around the city. Her first full band gig was at a venue then called The Cat Club on the Sunset strip and she hasn’t stopped since. Raihanna isn’t only influenced by country music she’s also a big fan of Tom Petty, Brandi Carlile, Andrew McMahon and many others. She draws inspiration from everywhere.
She met her husband Eric Bickerstaffe at music school, a Canadian guitarist from Calgary, Alberta. The two love being able to write music together, record, perform, travel and sharing the same dream. The couple travel around the world together and have been all over Western and Eastern Europe. You can also follow along on her travels through her page: Facebook - Go Anywhere Girl Instagram - @thegoanywheregirl. They have plans to travel to more countries and play shows around the world. Eric is not only an amazing guitarist but he is also a composer and engineer. He played guitar and mixed Raihanna’s 2019 single “Cinderella”. To contact Eric Bickerstaffe for guitar or view his cue library please visit: www.ericbickerstaffe.com
Raihanna has released two EP’s, two singles and has a new single Cinderella coming out on Friday September 27th. Followed by a music video filmed with videographer Oceanna Colgan in Texas & Nashville out on March 9th. She has played at venues all over Nashville and beyond. Such as Musicians Corner in Nashville, the main stage at Buckle & Boots Country Festival in Manchester England and Napa City Nights in Napa California. She will be traveling to Spain to play the main stage at Salardu Country Rock Festival on August 28, 2020. To stay up to date with Raihanna’s videos, announcements, music, shows follow her on social media!