Allie's eclectic musical upbringing exposed her to a wide range of musical styles, particularly classical music and jazz vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and Nat King Cole.  At the age of 11, inspired by the folk boom of the 60’s and her discovery of country blues, she took up the acoustic guitar and taught herself how to play finger-picking style.  Heavily influenced by American blues and soul music and folk songwriters such as Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell, Allie was writing and performing her own songs by the age of 13. Her picking style - mainly in open guitar tunings - owes much to her early passion for the music of guitar luminaries John Fahey, Leo Kottke and Robbie Basho. Other key influences during that period include Stefan Grossman, Rory Block, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch & many of the great blues guitar legends such as Mississippi John Hurt, Rev Gary Davis and Big Bill Broonzy.

Allie has been performing professionally and semi-professionally in venues and festivals throughout Britain for over 30 years. In 2000 she released her acclaimed solo debut album 'Diving For Pearls' on her own label, Vixen Records, securing an exclusive distribution deal with Koch International and attracting major media coverage and radio airplay including Q, Mojo, Music Week and the Bob Harris Show, to name but a few.

'Diving For Pearls' was produced by Classical Brit Award winner, Iain McKinna of Offbeat Scotland in Edinburgh, whose production work has been described as "state of the art" by Ohm Magazine.  The album is a classic collection of Allie's "warm, accessible compositions" (Mojo) characterised by her "distinctive voice and meticulous guitar work (Froots), rich layers of vocal harmony, multi-textured arrangements and full-bodied production.  With songs full of catchy hooks and well-crafted lyrics and a warm emotive voice at times reminiscent of the late great Sandy Denny, 'Diving For Pearls' is an eclectic album appealing to a wide audience, transcending genres and defying categorisation.

Based in Scotland, Allie has built up a successful teaching practise and has become well-known for her music workshops – both for people who believe they can't sing and for people with special needs.  Allie has always enjoyed bringing people together through music and over the years has launched several successful live music venues, including the famous 'String Jam Club' in Galashiels which is now in its 11^th year.  In between her own composing and musical activities, Allie also runs the roots music booking agency 'Foxy Music' as well as 'Fox & Fox Music International' promoting the classical music of her late brother, Malcolm Fox, who died in 1997.

Allie Fox is currently nearing completion of her second album, 'Wayland's Blues', which is due for release late 2009.  Working again with her regular producer Iain McKinna, 'Wayland's Blues' has been long in the making.  Started in 2003, this is a purely instrumental album, featuring eleven tracks of original tunes and classic blues covers for acoustic guitar, a vibrant mixture of American, Celtic and classical ingredients.  Allie's intricate guitar layers are blended with evocative arrangements for slide guitar (Rod Clements), harmonica (Fraser Speirs), acoustic steel-strung guitar (Frank Usher), nylon-strung acoustic guitar (Neil Warden), cello (Ron Shaw), viola (Ben Ivitsky), banjo (Pat McGarvey), pedal steel guitar (John Wardell), bass (Gavin Dickie), drums (Dave Haswell) and percussion (Iain McKinna).