Angela Grace-Russell was born in Toledo, Ohio, April 18, 1963, to the union of Curtis and Loretta (Brownlee) Grace. Her musical journey began at an early age starting with singing in the Stateline Church of the Living God choir where her grandmother, Bishop Ella Mae Dupree, was pastor. Angela watched her mother, Loretta Grace, play piano during church services and was always fascinated with it.

It was very uncommon in the 1970’s to see females playing string instruments in church, but during a national church assembly in Indianapolis, Indiana, a young lady by the name of Kim Postel, played a musical selection on the Hawaiian steel guitar and that inspired Angela to play.

She began playing the Hawaiian steel guitar as her first instrument and later moved on to the rhythm guitar, and drums. As time went on, Angela started playing the piano for the group she formed with her sisters and friends and every now and again for the church choirs in the Toledo/Michigan areas. In 2019, Angela Grace Russell was inducted into the Queens Sacred Steel Hall of Fame.