Wammie award winning folk singer-songwriter SONiA comes to NightCat for a special reunion tour with disappear fear, Friday, February 17 at 8 P.M.
Longtime Andy’s music regulars; we’re talking back in the late eighties and early nineties, will recall SONiA and sister Cindy, (or is it CiNDY), consistently playing to a full house. Pretty sure I listened to their music via tape prior to booking the first show. Those days musicians used to send a physical press kit in the mail, CDs were still a bit of a novelty item. It was the Dark Ages. Today most music venues specifically request that you not send anything via snail mail.
The disappear fear sisters instantly charmed the audience; no whiny love songs, but powerful tunes with perfectly harmonizing vocals that sent shivers up your spine. SONiA reminded me of a sixtes protest singer, ready to take on the world, and indeed, Phil Ochs is one of her heroes. The two recorded a tribute cd last year titled, Get Your Phil.
Cindy stopped performing as part of disappear fear in the mid-nineties, she wanted to stay home and raise a family, but she still goes on tour every now and then. Don’t believe she will be singing with SONiA this weekend, but you never know !
Here is the official press release:
From the Opera House in Sydney, to the Open House in Jerusalem, SONiA (Rutstein aka disappear fear) writes and performs captivating love songs and confronts the hypocrisies and biases of our culture with a positive message of openness and optimism. Having performed in Israel/ Palestine and in many parts of the world, SONiA’s Judaic roots live in the colors of her songs and paintings. SONiA has performed in 16 countries and has just as many award winning Albums to her credit. She has received the GLAMA Award for Female Artist of the Year, Best Band, Best Song, WAMA Award for Best Vocalist, Out Music Award for OUTstanding World Music CD, OUTstanding Single, Best in Blues Finalist for IMA Awards, and Finalist for the Telluride Song Competition.
SONiA is also an extraordinary talent as a guitar player, leading the Santa Cruz Guitar Company to create a SONiA Model which has been sold in the US, Germany and Australia. In declaring her the city’s best singer-songwriter, Baltmore City Paper says, “her songs teach us, seduce us, remind us of happy growing up days. And they break down barriers…she makes her guitar speak as eloquently as her words do.”
SONiA’s reputation extends far beyond Charm City. Don Kening of the Chicago Herald says, “SONiA’s songs are a vivid celebration of the human spirit in all its infinite manifestations…Disappear Fear’s music has a singular sound all its own that makes labeling and categorizing a waste of time.”Her music deserves widespread exposure for a true audience that has both a heart and a brain and aren’t afraid of music that touches both.”
Recommended if you like: Jonatha Brooke, Ani DiFranco or Dar Williams
SONiA
Friday, February 17, 2011
8 pm
Tickets $20
NightCat
5 Goldsborough St
Easton, MD 21601
410-690-4544
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