Maria Diane Taylor, born May 21, 1976, in Birmingham, Alabama, is an American singer-songwriter. Taylor started a musical career at fifteen with the band Little Red Rocket, which released the albums Who Did You Pay (1997) and It's in the Sound (2000) before disbanding. In Athens, Georgia, Taylor and Orenda Fink formed the duo Azure Ray, signing to Warm Records and releasing their self-titled debut album Azure Ray (2001). The duo's song "Sleep" was featured in the film The Devil Wears Prada (2006). Azure Ray released several albums, including Burn and Shiver (2002) and Drawing Down the Moon (2010), and collaborated with Moby. Taylor's solo career began with the album 11:11 (2005) on Saddle Creek Records. Her album LadyLuck (2009) reached number 48 on the Billboard Heatseekers charts. She founded Flower Moon Records, which re-released her early solo works and those of Azure Ray.
