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Sonya Crites

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Sonya Crites Professional, Capable, Sincere, Dependable, Amazing They are all words that have at one time or another been used to describe the musical abilities and performance skills of Sonya Crites, who is a full time performer.As with so many Appalachian youth, Sonyas love for music began at church and at home. At home, her mother would sing with her, and soon, she would be requested to perform at church. When asked, Sonya always credits her mom as her greatest influence, which sums up the character of the young lady who takes great pride in delivering performances that are sincere and heartfelt. In school, Sonya was drawn to choirs and vocal ensembles as a place of refuge and became a part of anything she could musical. After high school, Sonya joined up with the Lindsey Wilson Singers, where she performed and traveled on tour.After college, Sonyas music began to take its own direction. She went into a studio and recorded her own demo and the love for studio music began in her. Since then, shes recorded or been a part of over 100 recordings at nearly every studio in the region. Several of these recordings have been circulated around Nashville, and she continues to build alliances with friends shes created along the way.Sonyas single greatest joy, however, is performing live in front of an audience, and her experience continues to grow in various settings and crowd types. She has performed in many types of settings, including coffeehouses (like the Paramount Arts Centers, the Rhythm Country and Blues Club), small private clubs (like The Bay Club, Music Depot, the Carter County Jamboree), festivals (like Cattletsburgs Labor Day Celebration, Ashlands Poages Landing Days, Flatwoods Red, White, & Blues Festival, Huntingtons Safe Trick or Treat), and even hosted her own show at the historic Paramount Arts Center featuring special guests Marty Raybon with Full Circle and Billy Dean.Sonya also takes great joy in giving back to the community involving herself with help organizations to benefit others. Shes been involved with Pathways by performing at events to honor people for their civic work and helping kick off a campaign against domestic violence.The work shes put forth is all worthwhile to her because she enjoys what she does and firmly believes that God gives us gifts to share with others, and to Sonya Crites, nothing is more fulfilling or brings more joy to her than sharing that very gift. Get Your Own! | View Slideshow .. DO NOT CHANGE OR REMOVE THE 3 TAGS ABOVE THIS COMMENT--

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Member Since: 23/05/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/sonyacritesmusic
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Influences: Sugarland, Martina McBride, Aerosmith, Diamond Rio, Bad Company, Sawyer Brown, the Eagles, Led Zeppelin, Brian McKnight, Heart, Norah Jones, .38 Special, Reba McEntire, Bon Jovi, Garth Brooks, Def Leppard, Prince, Allison Krauss, Dave Koz, all the Country Music Highway artists, Billy Dean, Marty Raybon, Pinmonkey, Michael Buble, Barry Manilow, Queen, Carrie Underwood, &; the Beatles to name a few off the top of my head...
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Sounds Like: She has a distinct voice that is clear and smooth like the great Jazz singers of old. Her sweet voice also has that touch of soul you could only have if you studied the classic R&B & modern blues tunes. Her Eastern Kentucky background supplied her with all the tools and drive to perform country, both classic and contemporary. Her distinct voice coupled with her vast influence has made her a standalone without characterization. The comparisons have been vast from Bonnie Raitt to Martina McBride to Wynonna... The best thing would be to listen for yourself and let her know what you think...
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My Blog

update on my mom's condition...

On a personal note, for all of you whove continued to keep my mother in yourprayers as she fights breast cancer, I am so thankful and cant even begin toexpress my gratitude.I wanted to update you al...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:39:00 GMT

Im back! Live performance tonight!!!

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Posted by on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:22:00 GMT

invasive ductile carcinoma and prayer...

My Mom had her appointment with Dr. Dunlop today, and the news was disheartening.  The tumor (invasive ductile carcinoma) has grown to 3 times it's size (from 10 days ago) making it nearly the size of...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:00:00 GMT

25 albums I couldn't live without.

Since Gary did this, I had to.  Think of 25 albums (in no particular order) that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life. Albums you just couldn't live without. Dig into your soul. Mu...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:03:00 GMT

My Most Sincere Prayer Request

First, thank you all for the wonderful comments and sentiments in regards to the arrival of Noah.   Hes a huge blessing considering all we went through to get him here.....Now, something serious has ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:38:00 GMT

BIG HUGE NEWS, read this!!!

So, as you can see, we're going to have a baby!  Sorry if we've been cryptic about what's going on with us these last 2 weeks, but we didn't want to say anything until we knew the baby was health...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:29:00 GMT

next gig!

New gig scheduled for the Boyd County Relay for Life
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:41:00 GMT

what I need...

...is for everyone I know to come out and check out all or part of my show at the Boston Beanery.  I was so thrilled to play there a couple weeks ago and I hope we can pack the place this week so...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 16:37:00 GMT

the Boston Beanery...

I just wanted to thank everyone so deeply and sincerely who came out to see me at the Boston Beanery Friday Night. I was so nervous because I'd never really done a show like that and I am so thank...
Posted by on Sat, 03 May 2008 23:13:00 GMT

new gig and looking for demands...

http://eventful.com/events/E0-001-010772930-4also, demand me below Events by Eventful
Posted by on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:30:00 GMT