Tonya began singing as soon as she could talk. By the ripe-old age of four, her chirping had progressed from the innocent 'You Are My Sunshine' to the more precocious Paul Simon's 'Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover.' With family roots in Kansas and the Carolinas, her early music experiences were confined to church and school, and although she wrote her first poem at age 7, her songwriting didn't begin until her final year of high school when she pulled her mother's old Martin guitar out of the closet. She hasn't stopped strumming since, playing at bars, festivals, private parties, funerals, and weddings-- in South Carolina, Virginia, California, North Carolina, and most lately in Wyoming. Her first album is in progress and should be finished sometime this century.
She has been blessed to open for and/or share the stage with Katie Herzig, Steve Key, Joe Koenig, Stuart Mason, Paul Hobbs, Craig Dingman, Jade Jackson, Loren Radis, Bryson Jennings, The Keen Kousins, Ryan Huie, Benyaro, Beth Wimmer, Kenley Young, Jon Bartel, Katie Boeck, and many, many talented others...
