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Sonni Shine

About Me

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Hello there, this is Sonni. She is a writer, performer, and musician working and living in the center of Philadelphia and on the coast of the Jersey Shore. She has been performing live shows for a little over 4 years, in venues of all shapes and sizes. She goes to Drexel University, where she is currently in the process of changing her major, more disgruntled with "the music business" and more content just playing music. Mainly she spends time writing and playing in reggae-punk band Infinite Detour, and has been doing so for about three years. On the side, she is a singer-songwriter.
Here are her songs, heavily influenced by the ideals and styles of old school punk and early roots reggae, and inspired by the truthful simplicity and "raw" storytelling of folk music. She has released one record, "Free" on her own, made in 2006, and is about to release another 10-song collection independently in April of 2009, entitled "Underwater Sounds." Also to follow are a new release from Infinite Detour, entitled "...On We Go," following 2007's "Pterodactyl Knife Fight." Look for these soon at their shows.
In the past she has worked with and sung for bands of all genres... Philly groups such as LP Stiles, Daga and the Rockers Band, In Clover, Lee G and Delon, and NJ/NY groups like The Predator Dub Assassins, Tommi Infamous, The UpSessions, Ron Santee, Mash McClain, Tourmaline and more.
She can be seen playing around town in Philly, frequently at Late Night Series open mic night and as host of an open mic on UPenn's campus...she has also appeared at The Khyber, The Fire, the 941 Theater, Paul Green's School of Rock, and J.C. Dobbs. In Jersey and New York, she has frequented The Stone Pony, The Knitting Factory, The Twisted Tree Cafe, The Saint, Asbury Lanes, S.I.C.A., and Espresso Joe's, and has had the privilege to play twice at Brookdale Community College's Guitar Show.
For booking, press, purchasing music, tickets to shows, or just to say hey:
[email protected]
[email protected]
732-673-9806
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 20/10/2004
Band Members: sonni shwings and plays geetar
Influences: ani difranco
sublime, brad nowell
bob marley and the wailers
elliott smith
bad brains
gregory issacs
dennis brown
minor threat
operation ivy
peter tosh
the distillers
the slackers
the yeah yeah yeahs
NOFX
lauryn hill
fiona apple
alanis morissette
the bouncing souls
rancid
lee "scratch" perry
the congos
tracy chapman
india arie
tegan and sara
the white stripes
...and a host of others... ">
Sounds Like: acoustic rock/folk with a bit of reggae mixed in
Record Label: For Glory! Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Underwater Soundzzzzz

The other day when i was checking my facebook like all the cool kids do...you know, updating my status, tagging photos of my friends, and taking quizzes, i got an informative email.apparently the trac...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:33:00 GMT

FINALLY!!!

Finally the record is done!  Just got done mastering yesterday... After almost a year of work in and out of the studio, "Underwater Sounds" is finally ready. We are designing the layout...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:43:00 GMT

INFINITE DETOUR @ Philafunk JAN 12TH!!

This Saturday, January 12th, we are playing one of our first shows in Philadelphia at the awesome venue Philafunk live, on 40th and Market Streets. If we bring enough people, we have to potential to ...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:54:00 GMT

THE BIG ONE

JULY 7th at the Intrenet Cafe...its gonna be fun. trust me. just trust me. http://events.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail &eventID=90202.17492&Mytoken=137396E1-BE5E-D3E2-3C3D 14230...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 07:12:00 GMT