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Sofia Grey
Folk / Comedy / Folk Rock

"Hip-hop name: Sofitty-Sofs."

AUSTIN,
United States

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Last Login:  5/14/2008
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Member Since2/21/2006
Band Websitesonicbids.com/sofia
Influences70's Women: Sandy Denny, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon...Kids' Music: Lynn Ahrens & the rest of the Schoolhouse Rock people; The Last Unicorn; The Dark Crystal (there's singing, really); Really Rosie ("Pierre" is one of my all-time favorites); Howard Ashman & Alan Mencken; The Sherman Brothers; Jeffrey Moss & Joe Raposo...Great American Songbook All the usual suspects, esp. Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, Dorothy Fields, B. Comden & A. Green...Favorite Musicals, or, I Am Really a Gay Man trapped in a Woman's Body: A Little Night Music, Little Shop of Horrors, Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Secret Garden...Kerrville people: Susan Werner, Eric Taylor, Darrell Scott, Dave Carter, Devon Sproule, Anais Mitchell... Ladies of Song: Lilli Lewis, Dar Williams, PJ Harvey, Alanis Morisette...Olde Stuff: Gregorian Chant, Byrd, Tallis, Gibbons, Gesualdo, various Marian antiphons...Funny People: Tom Lehrer, Joss Whedon, David Sedaris, all those This American Life people...Led Zeppelin-influenced band that's most like Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin.
Sounds LikeMutant lovechild of Joni Mitchell and Sandy Denny. Um, well -- if they mixed their mitochondrial dna together, and then had the resultant frankensteinian egg fertilized by Tom Lehrer. ...Although I'm not sure he'd go for that....
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   About Sofia Grey
Raised in the wild by feral graduate students, Sofia learned to make simple vowel sounds at a young age. When she was not suckling at the teat of the mimeograph machine refill cartridge (ahhh -- delicious purple toxicity!), Sofia absorbed the basics of life, such as Latin declensions, poetic forms, and the proper use of the subjunctive.**

Entry into the modern world posed its challenges, but Sofia persevered with a cheerful naivete bordering on the pathological. Sofia now makes her home in Austin, TX, where she happily writes and sings The Folk Music for just about anyone who asks.

Sofia Grey is known by her childhood friends and creditors as Sofia Echegaray -- however, she found that 2 am at a bar was not the opportune time to teach an announcer the finer points of Basque pronunciation. So it's Sofia Grey as far as The Music Community is concerned. However, if you learn The Name, she will be happy to average an extra 100 into your quiz score at the end of the semester.


**(hint: "I wish the subjunctive were used more often.")



All right, here's a small addition from my "real" bio (whatever that means...):

A two-time SemiFinalist at the Mountain Stage NewSong Contest (2004, 2006), Sofia has also charmed audiences at Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival, singing her alternative-romance anthem "Geek Love" to a capacity crowd at the 800-seat Bagley Wright Theater.

While performing throughout the Northeast, Northwest, and Texas, Sofia has earned attention and praise from established artists such as Susan Werner and Mike Williams, and she has sung backup for a range of songwriters including Idgy Vaughn, Eric Taylor, Lilli Lewis, Johann Wagner, and Jack Wilson.

For more musical selections, check out the "Sofia Grey" podcast on The Austin Connection. Scroll down to June 12, 2007. Recorded live by Jeffrye Glenn Tveraas, with the incomparable Sick ably assisting.

Sofia is currently in production on her first studio album. If you are interested in sponsoring a song, feel free to contact her for more info.


   Sofia Grey's Friend Space (Top 20)
Sofia Grey has 338 friends.
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 sick 


 Nick Travis 


 RAINA aka Lady Bangs 


 paul pearcy 


 Persepolis 


 World Racketeering Squad 


 Michael Rubin 


 McMercy Family Band 


 Lilli Lewis, soprano 


 Jack Wilson & the Wife Stealers 


 J Wagner 


 Jimmy Joe Natoli 


 Devon Sproule 


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Sofia Grey's Friends Comments
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Save Kane





May 7 2008 2:48 AM

I,ve got four new recorded songs uploaded on my page!!! Hope you,ll like them, a bit more electronic sound.
Enjoy//Save Kane
troglodytes





May 6 2008 12:35 AM

As I suspected
Save Kane





Apr 4 2008 6:22 AM

My soul/elctro/hiphop project Domino-P feuturing Sick Witith, last track befor his debut album drops. Check it out!!! www. myspace. com/dominopeek
Shouting Hippo





Apr 3 2008 1:43 PM

A wee bird on our public radio station mentioned that today is Sofia Grey's birthday. :-) So unless there's another folk singer in town with your name, I believe birthday wishes are in order. Ready?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Hope you're having a good one.

- Jim

PS - If today is not in fact your birthday, then save the wish and have a great day anyway.
Blue Pickle Bicycle





Mar 31 2008 7:36 AM

come! come! come!

Blue Pickle Bicycle





Mar 23 2008 5:43 PM

hottie mcHottersons.
BF Deal Sampler Vol1





Mar 17 2008 11:29 AM

Thanks for coming aboard

JG
Him & Her





Feb 28 2008 9:17 AM

Sofia,

Thanks for being an important part of our 2008 Folk Alliance Showcase Room! Your performance was great, and we hope it was as much fun for you as it was for us and the audience.

Michael & Brenda, Creative Moondance Treasures, Inc.
D.C. Bloom





Feb 14 2008 7:52 AM

Do ANY of the candidates offer a bi-partisan party platform as stunningly simple as mine? I think not ...

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Renaissance- Thug Passion video on my page NOW!!





Feb 13 2008 11:36 PM

hey lady,
droppin by 2 say hi. hope all is groovey with ya. laterz!
J Wagner





Feb 8 2008 12:11 PM

Thank you again for being such a great part of the session....
Sofia...you are a real talent

"nickel and dime...nickel and dime"
Dwight





Feb 4 2008 12:57 PM

Thanks for the add. I've been enjoying the songs. BTW, Geek Love is great, Frodo, Dumbledorf, and the rest of the kids just live it.
McMercy Family Band





Jan 29 2008 7:26 AM

You're hot.
Eric Calistri





Dec 10 2007 7:46 PM

We don't take kindly to spammers 'round these parts, ma'am.

David Llewellyn





Dec 10 2007 4:00 PM

Half a dozen interesting bulletins!
:O)

Time to change the old password

Merry Xmas
David
sick





Dec 9 2007 4:10 PM

GREAT NEWS EVERYBODY!

2007 has been a great year for expanding Sick's Pack, and I'm proud to announce that the debut cd entitled THRASH FOLK is now available for sale online! So, for a limited time, THRASH FOLK will be on sale for $15 + shipping (normally $20), offer valid til 1-1-8.

BUT WAIT , THERE'S MORE!

Act now, and you can also order "Sick's Boxless Box Set". 3 cd's for just $30 + shipping, including THRASH FOLK, THAT DAMNED BAND and 3 REDNECK TENORS XMAS SPECTACULAR. Supplies are limited, so don't delay!

Just follow this link:

deptofrecords.com/sick

And, for song samples:

myspace.com/wreckcreationmusic
myspace.com/thatdamnedband
myspace.com/3rednecktenors
Failed Rock Star (Paul H. Tubb)





Dec 8 2007 7:40 AM

Can you feel all the peace, joy and goodwill in the air as we approach the festive season?

If your response is No, then clicking on the link below, will not change your mind in the slightest.

Paul Tubb (aka Failed Rock Star) Has Christmassed up his page Come and See
Shouting Hippo





Dec 6 2007 10:41 AM

Hello, Sofia:

Thank you for accepting our devoted virtual friendship. We love your application of The Folk Music. "Geek Love" is very hip and funny. "Soon" is just so beautiful. And "Dark Matter" ...well, it's kind of Zeppelin-esque, and that's always a good thing.

Thanks again for being our pal!

- Jim
Kimberley Kira Tempest





Oct 29 2007 9:21 PM

Geek Love is possibly one of the bestest songs I've ever heard.
Mark Virgilio





Oct 29 2007 3:40 AM

Hi Sofia, I love 'Geek Love'...that means I'm not a geek, right? I never named my child after a fantasy character...oh yeah, I don't have kids, do I.
David Llewellyn





Oct 11 2007 10:36 PM

Yes, a good conference.
Always fun to mess with you :O)

Love and jam butties
David
THAT Damned band





Oct 8 2007 1:24 AM

Hi Sofia,
Thanks ever so much for coming out to our CD release show you are awsome!!!

luv,
THAT Damned Band
Two High String Band





Sep 25 2007 7:43 PM

Eric Calistri





Sep 24 2007 10:42 AM

David Llewellyn





Sep 8 2007 5:43 PM


Sofia,
Good to see you at Little Folk
Hope I helped in my own little way to revive your voice :O)
It worked for me

Keep in touch
David
David Glaser





Sep 5 2007 7:41 PM

hey sofia - it was so nice to see you & hang at little folk. soon - david
Adam Sweeney





Aug 18 2007 1:17 PM

Very nice running into you again, Sofia. Safe travels, -adam
Schoolhouse Rock!





May 14 2007 5:51 PM

Thanks for being a friend of Schoolhouse Rock! Check out our fun and educational videos that have since become an important part of 80s pop culture, with songs that feature performers such as jazz greats Bob Dorough, Lynn Ahrens, Jack Sheldon, and Blossom Dearie! Thanks!

Shaun
Schoolhouse Rock!
http://www.school-house-rock.com/
Mojo





May 3 2007 12:39 AM

Nice singin' tonight...

most appreciated...

:)
JW





Feb 23 2007 11:46 PM

I keep forgetting to call you back! I'm so sorry! let's go see some live music sometime soon.
Anna





Feb 2 2007 4:42 PM

Hello, lady! How are things down there? (I saw in the you know what that someone beat me to the punch...) It was so nice to hear you play at The Burren. COME BACK SOON!
Michael Zuko





Feb 1 2007 5:13 AM

Uh, hello...hello...is this thing on? Sofia? Just wanted to wish you a happy pre-Groundhog's day. Dig?
J Wagner





Jan 30 2007 7:53 AM

What's up? HOw are you?
Let's hang out and play some music!
the kat's meow





Jan 23 2007 7:56 AM

wow! what a hoot! i love hearing stories like that! small world, huh?!?!
SWAN SONG - A Tribute to Led Zeppelin





Jan 5 2007 8:23 PM

Friday Nite @ Cafe Caffeine, just showin' some LUV!



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The Voltaires





Jan 5 2007 2:00 PM

Thanks for accepting our friend request. Let us know if you're ever swinging by the Big Apple.
DB Martin Group





Nov 15 2006 5:47 PM

Hi there ya Geek! Thanks for being my friend! ALl the very best, DB
Chris