Davina Lee Cooke is a songwriter from North West London. She grew up listening to Madonna and Salt n Pepa but when she heard the likes of Nirvana and PJ Harvey that is when she picked up the guitar. Before "missdavinalee" came about she gigged with Florence and the Machines's harp player Tom Moth under the guise of The Dave Browns. The band was labelled anti folk by reviewers and was laid to rest in 2006.

From left: Roald Madland, Davina Lee Cooke, Gareth Ashton, Jenny Green, Angus Wilson

Having met the current band members through chance and at university "missdavinalee' was born. The band released their first single Come On through Helix Records toured the UK, played their first festival and since set up their own label Smooth Exchange. She is currently working on a solo EP with 12 Dirty Bullets guitarist and producer Michael Smith. Davina also works as a Massage Therapist and Reflexologist and currently has a Therapy Room at Borough Studios. The songs are primarily written by Davina Lee Cooke and supported by the talents of Roald Madland, Angus Wilson, Gareth Ashton and Jenny Green.

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Roald Hellum Madland

Roald is from Stavanger, Norway and came to London in 2005 where he met Davina at LCC studying Sound Art. Since graduating with a first Roald has returned to Norway and has set up his own recording studio in Oslo. He creates beautiful soundscapes for dancers and animators and also has recently being laying his producing skills to the band, Ping. Dedicated to missdavinalee he flies back to the UK for gigs.

Angus Wilson

Angus is a DJ (eames) Radio host (Brighton's Juice FM) and keyboard player for 'missdavinalee'. Working at The Coconut Lodge in South London he also writes music for adverts. Angus met Davina through a friend she had massaged at a Motorshow. She mentioned she was looking for a keyboard player and they havent looked back since working together since 2007.

Gareth Ashton

Gareth is a Music Producer and Sound Engineer at The Coconut Lodge. He has worked with many artists including The Verve, Photek and more recently with Louise Golbey and Rumer. Gareth joined missdavinalee as a temporary drummer in 2008 and was soon asked to become a permanent member of the band. Gareth also recorded mixed and produced the bands first album.

Jenny Green

Jenny Green is the last member to join the band. She provides backing vocals, percussion, bass guitar and keyboards. Jenny used to be in a Roxy Music cover band but has since left to focus on her career as make up artist. Not only being musically talented she brings the average age of the band down by 10 years!