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Genre: Comedy / Folk / Folk Rock
Location AUSTIN, US
Profile Views: 21135
Last Login: 11/20/2010
Member Since 2/21/2006
Record Label Crunchploitation
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Raised in the wild by feral graduate students, Sofía 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!), Sofía 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 Sofía persevered with a cheerful naivete bordering on the pathological. Sofía now makes her home in Austin, TX, where she happily writes and sings for just about anyone who asks... Sofía's last name, Echegaray, is Basque. The Basques are a proud, unpronounceable people, famous for their paella, jai alai, and general beret-wearing. ..Echegaray is pronounced like this: Etch-eh-garrr-eye. .. Sofía sang under the name Sofía Grey during a brief and ill-advised effort to appear more normal. .. .. **(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. .. Her topical blues "Nickel and Dime" -- recorded with Carolyn Wonderland and Shelley King -- is getting attention and airplay on Folk & Americana stations throughout the country. .. An experienced ensemble singer with a classical background, she also has sung backup for a range of songwriters including Idgy Vaughn, Eric Taylor, and Lilli Lewis. She has background vocals for Johann Wagner, Jack Wilson, and Najeeb Sabour, and her co-write "Dancing" was recently recorded on the debut CD of Mountain Stage NewSong winner Grace Pettis. .. For more musical selections, check out the "Sofia Grey" podcast on ..The Austin Connection... Scroll down to June 12, 2007. .. Sofia is currently in pre-production for a video of "Nickel and Dime." If you would like to get involved in this or other upcoming projects, please feel free to contact her for more information. Sofia is also accepting Pre-Orders for her chapbook, ..The Portable Sof... 12 beautiful essays, $15, shipping included. Email her for more info!
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..70'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.
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Bio:

Raised in the wild by feral graduate students, Sofía 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!), Sofía 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 Sofía persevered with a cheerful naivete bordering on the pathological. Sofía now makes her home in Austin, TX, where she happily writes and sings for just about anyone who asks.

Sofía's last name, Echegaray, is Basque. The Basques are a proud, unpronounceable people, famous for their paella, jai alai, and general beret-wearing.

Echegaray is pronounced like this: Etch-eh-garrr-eye.

Sofía sang under the name Sofía Grey during a brief and ill-advised effort to appear more normal.

**(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.

Her topical blues "Nickel and Dime" -- recorded with Carolyn Wonderland and Shelley King -- is getting attention and airplay on Folk & Americana stations throughout the country.

An experienced ensemble singer with a classical background, she also has sung backup for a range of songwriters including Idgy Vaughn, Eric Taylor, and Lilli Lewis. She has background vocals for Johann Wagner, Jack Wilson, and Najeeb Sabour, and her co-write "Dancing" was recently recorded on the debut CD of Mountain Stage NewSong winner Grace Pettis.

For more musical selections, check out the "Sofia Grey" podcast on The Austin Connection. Scroll down to June 12, 2007.

Sofia is currently in pre-production for a video of "Nickel and Dime." If you would like to get involved in this or other upcoming projects, please feel free to contact her for more information. Sofia is also accepting Pre-Orders for her chapbook, The Portable Sof. 12 beautiful essays, $15, shipping included. Email her for more info!

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February 21, 2006

Influences:

70'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.